What's new in Oslo

Closures, openings and new dates that change a visit to Oslo. Latest update 9 Nov 2026.

Source: National Museum

Adrián Villar Rojas opens at the National Museum on 19 November

Sculptures from the series The End of Imagination are in the Light Hall, on the museum's top floor, until 7 March 2027. It is the Argentine-Peruvian artist's first show in Norway.

National Museum guide

Source: Nobel Peace Center

Watch the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony on a big screen on 10 December

Navi Pillay receives the prize at Oslo City Hall on Thursday 10 December at 13:00. The ceremony lasts an hour and a half, and the Nobel Peace Center shows it live outside, across the street.

Nobel Peace Prize guide

Source: Astrup Fearnley Museum

Astrup Fearnley Museum opens two new shows in November

Material Shifts, an international group show on sculpture, runs from 13 November to 28 February 2027. A show of the Norwegian artist Hariton Pushwagner runs from 28 November to 11 April 2027. The collection display closes on 15 November.

Oslo museums guide

Source: Jul i Vinterland

The Christmas market at Spikersuppa is open

Jul i Vinterland runs until 3 January 2027 in the middle of Oslo, and it is free to enter. The skating rink opens in the week of 23 November.

Oslo Christmas markets guide

Sources: City of Oslo, Norwegian Armed Forces

Part of the quay below Akershus Fortress is closed

Part of Festningskaia has been a military zone since Thursday 5 November, while HMS Prince of Wales, a British aircraft carrier, is in port. Guards will turn you away, but the pavement along Akershusstranda stays open. Drones are banned within 3.7 km of the warships.

Akershus Fortress guide

Source: National Museum

Frida Kahlo comes to the National Museum in June 2027

About 400 works and objects fill the whole Light Hall from 19 June to 7 November 2027. It is the first big Kahlo show in Norway in 30 years.

Frida Kahlo guide

Source: MUNCH

Monet and the musician girl in red come to MUNCH in February 2027

Norwegian Summer sets Munch's paintings to new music by the Norwegian musician girl in red from 5 February to 9 May 2027. Monet: Wild and Tamed runs from 19 February to 23 May 2027.

Monet at MUNCH guide

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