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title: "What's new in Oslo"
description: "Closures, openings and new dates that change a visit to Oslo, with the organiser's link and the guide that covers each one."
canonical: "https://osloexplore.com/whats-new-in-oslo"
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# What's new in Oslo

Closures, openings and new dates that change a visit to Oslo, with the organiser's link and the guide that covers each one.

## Adrián Villar Rojas opens at the National Museum on 19 November

9 Nov 2026. Source: [National Museum](https://www.nasjonalmuseet.no/en/exhibitions-and-events/national-museum/exhibitions/2026/adrian-villar-rojas/).

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](https://osloexplore.com/oslo/places/national-museum.md)

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

9 Nov 2026. Source: [Nobel Peace Center](https://www.nobelpeacecenter.org/en/events/screening-of-the-nobel-peace-prize-ceremony-2026).

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](https://osloexplore.com/events/nobel-peace-prize.md)

## Astrup Fearnley Museum opens two new shows in November

9 Nov 2026. Source: [Astrup Fearnley Museum](https://www.afmuseet.no/en/exhibitions/).

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](https://osloexplore.com/blog/oslo-museums-guide.md)

## The Christmas market at Spikersuppa is open

7 Nov 2026. Source: [Jul i Vinterland](https://www.julivinterland.no/).

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](https://osloexplore.com/blog/oslo-christmas-markets.md)

## Part of the quay below Akershus Fortress is closed

5 Nov 2026. Sources: [City of Oslo](https://aktuelt.oslo.kommune.no/britisk-hangarskip-med-havnebesok-i-oslo), [Norwegian Armed Forces](https://kommunikasjon.ntb.no/pressemelding/19131814/britisk-hangarskip-med-havnebesok-i-oslo?publisherId=17848553).

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](https://osloexplore.com/oslo/places/akershus-fortress.md)

## Frida Kahlo comes to the National Museum in June 2027

3 Nov 2026. Source: [National Museum](https://kommunikasjon.ntb.no/pressemelding/19117208/frida-kahlo-inntar-nasjonalmuseet-i-2027?lang=no).

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](https://osloexplore.com/events/frida-kahlo-oslo.md)

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

23 Oct 2026. Source: [MUNCH](https://www.mynewsdesk.com/munchmuseet/pressreleases/munch-announces-2027-exhibition-programme-3473724).

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](https://osloexplore.com/events/monet-at-munch.md)