The Viking Museum is reminiscent of a cathedral, which seems proper homage to the three Viking long ships housed there, dating from the period of 800-900 AD. Unearthed during 19-century excavations, the ships were found buried along the city's fjord. Well preserved and endearingly maintained, you will be amazed at the incredible artisanship these ships display. The museum also offers you a chance to see the vast collection of sleds, implements, and gold and silver jewelry found with the ships.

Rejoin the coach to travel through the suburban areas and farmland of Jevnaker County to the 230-year old Hadeland Glassworks. During your visit, you will learn about the glassworks history and its development through more than two centuries. You will watch glass blowers at work and creating beautiful pieces of art from sand and molten glass. You will have time to visit the museum with its unique collection of glass articles from the beginning of the 18th century through today. Time permitting; you can visit the glass shop for gifts and souvenirs. Coffee and light pastries will be served in a local establishment prior to the return to the vessel.

From the Vigeland Sculpture Park, you will continue on to the Henie Onstad Art Center. The Center is beautifully situated by the Oslo fjord and is surrounded by an extensive park area with sculptures from the Henie Onstad Collection. In addition to six exhibition halls (nearly 10,000 sq. ft.), the Art Center also includes a library, an auditorium, a workspace for children, a cafe and restaurant and a museum shop that sells art books, prints, posters, exhibition catalogues and designer products. After your tour of the Henie Onstad Art Center, you will reboard your coach for the return ride to the ship.

At the Viking Ship Museum, see three authentic Viking long ships, as well as items recovered from the burial mounds of chieftains around the Oslofjord. These well-preserved artifacts, dating from 800 AD, were unearthed during 19th century excavations.

The Kon-Tiki Museum is the home of the balsa raft used by the modern-day adventurer Thor Heyerdahl to cross the Pacific from Peru to Polynesia in 1947. You will also see the papyrus boat, RA II, which he sailed across the Atlantic in 1970.

Visit the popular Norwegian Seafarers Museum, which offers an attractive setting astride the Oslo fjord, and provides a unique insight into the Norwegians' relationship with their marine environment. Your guide will lead you on a journey through the many exhibits concentrating on commercial hunting, fishing, shipbuilding, marine archaeology and many other fascinating sites. There are hundreds of model boats, and a new attraction featuring Ivo Caprino's Super-videograph (wide-angle over 5 screens), offering a unique perspective on the collections presented in the purpose-built auditorium.

Visit the Viking Ship Museum with excellent examples of the Viking periods daring initiative and shipbuilding artisanship. Next to the Viking Ship Museum, you will visit the Norwegian Folk Museum, a vast permanent exhibition showing the way town and country people used to live in bygone days. Your walk will take you through parts of the open-air museum consisting of 150 buildings, including one of Norway's unique stave churches.

Continue to Vigeland Sculpture Park, Norway's most visited attraction where you will view the fantastic sculptures in bronze, granite and iron. There will be a photo stop at the Holmenkollen Ski Jump, where you can take in the view of the fjord and city of Oslo.