Private and small-group walks · English & Français
Oslo, read slowly: its buildings and its painters.
Three-hour walks guided by a trained urban planner, at weekends and in the evening. Never more than eight guests, every ticket included.
- Guided by an urban planner
- English · Français
- Max 8 guests
- Everything included
- Free cancellation 48 h
Architecture
Read the city like a planner
Three walks by a trained urban planner: the 21st-century waterfront, the 19th-century city that grew around the palace, and the west harbour, from shipyard to Renzo Piano.
Oslo reclaims the fjord: from motorway to masterpiece
How Oslo sank a motorway under the sea and built an opera, a library and a leaning tower on top.
Palace, villas and a sculptor's axis: Frogner and the Royal Park
How the city followed the King west: a romantic palace park, a villa town born of a fire, and Vigeland's 850-metre axis.
From shipyard to Renzo Piano: City Hall, Aker Brygge and Tjuvholmen
How a poor harbour quarter became City Hall, and how a closed shipyard became Oslo's most walked waterfront.
Art history
From fjord to Scream
Nordic painting in order at the National Museum, from romantic fjords to The Scream; and on summer evenings, two unhurried hours inside MUNCH.
From fjord to Scream: the Scandinavian painters, in order
A century of Nordic painting in one morning: romantic fjords, realist interiors, the women painters, and The Scream at the end.
Munch, in depth: two hours at MUNCH, and The Scream at dusk
Two unhurried hours inside MUNCH with your own guide, only on summer evenings, when the museum allows it.
Private days
One guide, one car, a whole day of Oslo.
Combine the three chapters into a single private day with hotel pick-up, a tasting lunch, every ticket and a printed booklet waiting at your hotel the night before.
The Maison Oslo way
Small groups, a guide trained to read cities, and every detail taken care of.
- An urban planner as your guideNot a script: someone trained to read cities, who explains why Oslo looks the way it does.
- Eight guests, never moreRoom to ask questions, headsets inside the museums, and private walks for one to four guests.
- Everything includedMuseum tickets, coffee and a keepsake. Every entry is listed before you book.
- Weekends and eveningsSaturday and Sunday walks, and evening walks from 16:30 when the city lights up.
- English or FrenchChoose your language when you book. Booklets are available in both.
- Flexible and free to cancelFree cancellation up to 48 hours before. Weather plans for every walk.
Your guide · English · Français
Urban planner and founder of Maison Oslo
I trained as an urban planner, and I guide every Maison Oslo walk myself. I show Oslo the way a planner reads a city: why the palace sits on that hill, how a motorway ended up under the fjord, how a villa town grew out of a fire. On the art walks we follow a century of Scandinavian painting in order, up to Munch. I guide at weekends and in the evenings, in small groups, so there is always time for your questions, in English or in French.
From the journal
New stories every Tuesday and Friday.
Is the Munch Museum worth it? An honest guide for 2026
MUNCH drew 775,000 visitors in 2025, but the building divides people and the museum faces cuts in 2026. Who should go, how long to spend, and what to see.
From motorway to fjord: how Oslo rebuilt its waterfront in 25 years
In 2000 Oslo decided to give its harbour back to people. The Opera, Deichman, MUNCH and the Barcode followed. An architect's guide to the Fjord City, and what is still being built.
Can you walk on the Oslo Opera House roof? Yes, and here's how to do it well
The Oslo Opera House roof is free and open all day and night. An architect's guide to when to go, what you're looking at from the top, and what most visitors miss.