Bygdøy

Bygdøy
Bygdøy Peninsula
Geographical location
Coordinates	59 ° 54 '25 "  N , 10 ° 40' 49"  E Coordinates: 59 ° 54 '25 "  N , 10 ° 40' 49"  E
Waters 1	Oslofjord

Bygdøy or Bygdø (before 1877 it was called Ladegaardsøen ) is a peninsula in the Oslofjord and a district of Oslo . The peninsula has served many Osloers as a recreational area since the 19th century .

View of the Fram, Kon-Tiki and Norsk Maritimt museums

Geographical location and connection

Bygdøy is bounded to the east by Frognerkilen and to the west by Lysakerfjord and its northeastern extension, Bestumkilen.

In the summer months a passenger ferry runs between Oslo's “Rådhuskaien” (Rathauskai) and Bygdøy.

Attractions

On Bygdøy are

• the Bygdøy folkepark , an English landscape garden and the first public park, most of which was placed under monument protection. Exceptions are some zones that are under nature protection , as well as the mansions
  • Bygdøy Kongsgård and
  • Oskarshall , the pleasure palace of King Oskar I , which is subject to the right of disposition of the royal family,
• the Framuseum ,
• the Norwegian Maritime Museum ( Norsk Maritimt Museum ),
• the Kon Tiki Museum ,
• the Viking Ship Museum ( Vikingskipshuset ) with the Oseberg ship and the Tuneschiff ,
• the open air museum Norsk Folkemuseum and
• the Center for Holocaust and Minority Studies .

On the southern side of the peninsula, the so-called "Huk", there are several smaller beaches and bathing areas, including a nudist beach.

Movie

• Museums of the world. The Maritime Museums on Bygdoy. A production by Saarländischen Rundfunks / Fernsehen, 46´, 1985. Script and direction: Klaus Peter Dencker

literature

• Annegreth Dietze-Schirdewahn, Bjørn Anders Fredriksen: Bygdøy folkepark. The first protected public park in Norway . In: Die Gartenkunst  24 (2/2012), pp. 207–222.

Web links

• Fram Museum (Norwegian, English)
• Norsk Maritimt Museum (Norwegian Maritime Museum) (Norwegian, German, English, French)
• Kon Tiki Museum (Norwegian, English)
• Vikingskipshuset (Viking Ship Museum) (Norwegian, English)
• Norsk Folkemuseum (Norwegian Folk Museum) (Norwegian, English)

Remarks

1. ↑ Protection status: "kulturmiljø" (Dietze-Schirdewahn, p. 219).

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Dietze-Schirdewahn, p. 219.