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An elegant Francophile of a bar that happens also to be part of a bike-repair workshop? Hello St Hanshaugen. Come here for daytime coffees (and bike repairs), or in the evening for a pre-dinner cocktail or Chablis. If you don't want to leave (the wine list is that good), don't, and make a meal of its duck rillettes, pâté or charcuterie plates.


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1. St Hanshaugen Park

0.17 MILES

This huge park is a locals' favourite and, from its top, a very pleasant place to get a view of the city. The neighbourhood's name – a reference to …

2. Gamle Aker Kirke

0.2 MILES

This medieval stone church, located north of the centre on Akersbakken, dates from 1080 and is Oslo's oldest building. Take bus 37 from Jernbanetorget to…

3. Vår Frelsers

0.21 MILES

This triangular cemetery dates to the Napoleonic wars, but it's most notable as the final resting place of artist Munch and writer Ibsen. Ibsen's grand…

4. Damstredet

0.33 MILES

The quirky 18th-century wooden homes of the Damstredet district and the nearby Telthusbakken are a nice change of pace from the modern architecture of the…

5. Oslo Reptilpark

0.41 MILES

For something slippery, most kids will love meeting the snakes and lizards (as well as the odd monkey) at the Oslo Reptilpark.

6. Historisk Museum

0.52 MILES

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

7. Nasjonalgalleriet

0.53 MILES

The gallery houses the nation's largest collection of traditional and modern art, and many of Edvard Munch's best-known creations are on permanent display…

8. Standard

0.56 MILES

A decade-plus player in Oslo's contemporary art scene, Standard has two exhibition spaces in an industrial block. It shows a range of Norwegian and…