Outdoor Art and Parks
Pack a lunch and fill up your thermos with a tasty liquid to explore the local neighborhoods, Norwegian style!
Outdoor Art and Parks
Art lovers might enjoy a walk in the sculpture park around Henie Onstad Art Center on Høvikodden, or find the public sculpture parks in Bærum. Sculptures on a coastal trail? Walk or bike The Fjordtrail, from or to Fornebu. For a quiet leisure area, explore Nanspenparken.
Great hiking opportunities along the sea at Henie Onstad Art Center
Go on a Street Art Safari!
You will be amazed at how much fine street art there is in our country. The artist Martin Whatson has created several works of art throughout the Oslo region. If you take a trip to Asker or Jessheim center, you will find some of his works. Sandvika also offers a lot of cool street art.
Add a visit to the beautiful Løkke bro, the bridge made famous in the French Painter, Claude Monet’s artwork, or the Leonardo bridge in Ås - the bridge is designed after drawings from Leonardo da Vinci.
On your way to Oslo Airport Gardermoen you will have the possibility to stop an admire the Kepler star , or in Lillestrøm you will find the Hammering Manand the sculpture park along the river.
The garden at Norwegian University of Life Sciences, in Ås.
Go for a walk in the nice university park at NMBU (Norwegian University of Life Sciences in Ås). While you are in the area, stop by Vitenparken and see their latest exhibition or buy something tasty in the café. The open-air museum at Seiersten is also open to everyone. In Hvitsten you can golooking for figure heads - can you find all 37 of them?
Hunting for Figure Heads in Hvitsten
The museum garden around Asker Museum is open to everyone 24/7 - walk and look at the fairy tale sculptures, and the dinosaur carved in wood. Jason Taylor's underwater sculpture project on Sjøholmen aims to create new artificial reefs using large underwater sculpture parks - and recreate biodiversity. Two sculptures can be seen on the bathing jetty while the rest are experienced only on the large posters in the park or by free diving in the sea.
Asker Museum’s gardens