Miss Sophie

Oslo


A pretty corner shop opposite the park does all-day dining in glamorous surrounds. There are simple, if rather luxurious, pan-European standards such as steak frites, rösti done with sweet potato, or pasta with truffles on offer, although the super-popular weekend brunch is less so, with omelettes vying for attention with more Instagram-friendly dishes such as chia pudding, pancakes, banana bread and eggs Benedict.


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Nearby Oslo attractions

1. Ibsen Museet

0.07 MILES

While downstairs houses a small and rather idiosyncratic museum, it's Ibsen's former apartment, which you'll need to join a tour to see, that is…

2. Royal Palace

0.13 MILES

The Norwegian royal family's seat of residence emerges from the woodland-like Slottsparken, a relatively modest, pale-buttercup neoclassical pile. Built…

3. Slottsparken

0.14 MILES

Rising up above the western end of central Oslo is the sloping parkland of Slottsparken, one of the capital's first public parks. Filled with rambling…

4. Queen Sonja Art Stable

0.15 MILES

The former palace stables, used for half a century as storage, were reopened as a public gallery space by Queen Sonja on her 80th birthday. The charming…

5. Nobel Institute

0.24 MILES

It is unclear why Alfred Nobel chose Norway to administer the Peace Prize, but whatever the reason, it is a committee of five Norwegians, appointed for…

6. Historisk Museum

0.25 MILES

The Historical Museum is actually three museums under one roof. Most interesting is the ground-floor National Antiquities Collection (Oldsaksamlingen),…

7. Nobels Fredssenter

0.25 MILES

Norwegians take pride in their role as international peacemakers, and the Nobel Peace Prize is their gift to the men and women judged to have done the…

8. Rådhus

0.29 MILES

This twin-towered town hall, completed in 1950 to commemorate Oslo's 900th anniversary, houses the city's political administration and is filled with mid…