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Oslo
August 14 -17, 2026
 In a city where food is super expensive, the hot dogs at Syverkiosken are a welcome relief for the wallet. |  Syverkiosken serves hot dogs in lompe, a potato flatbread. |  This super cute cafe is right by a waterfall and the perfect place to try waffles with brown cheese. |
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 Gotta try the waffles with brunost (brown butter), jam, and whipped cream. |  Damstredet and Telthusbakken are two small streets lined with wooden houses dating to the 18th and 19th centuries. |  The fiskesuppe (seafood soup) at Vulkanfisk Seafood Bar in Mathallen food hall was incredible. |
 You know I love a good flea market. I got the cutest necklace and a cozy sweater. |  The Angry Boy (Sinnataggen) is the most popular sculpture in Vigeland Sculpture Park. |  The Wheel of Life is one of the highlights of Vigeland Sculpture Garden, which features more than 200 sculptures and 700 figures by artist Gustav Vigeland. |
 The Monolith Plateau is a 17-meter-tall monolith with 121 human figures carved entirely out of a single block of granite. |  Spent the day catching up with college buddy, Sarah, who is a professor in Bergen, Norway. |  Fish and chips at Fiskeriet Youngstorget were incredible. Finished every bit! |
 City hall may not be much to look at on the outside, but the inside is amazing. |  Oslo's town hall has the most incredible murals! |  The walls, the ceilings, this place is a maximalist girlie's dream! |
 I loved the Norwegian Museum of Cultural History, an outdoor, living museum. I thought I’d spend 2 hours there, but I spent most of the day there. |  Another day, another hot dog. This time I got creamy mushrooms and fried onions on top and had it with a rhubarb juice. |  As a living history museum, they had demos all over the place. This woman made porridge (grøt) to try. Luckily, Norwegian cuisine has improved since then. |
 Of course I had to check out the traditional dancing! I even got up there after to learn a few moves. |  Is this a statue of a woman peeing? And does water periodically come out of the bottom? Yes, yes, it is. Just one of the many statues in Ekebergparken. |  I did try the whale tartare at Restaurant Schrøder, an old-school Norwegian restaurant. |
 Loved the Rakfisk (fermented trout) at Restaurant Schrøder, an old-school serving traditional Norwegian dishes. |  Took the ferry to the island of Hovedøya for lunch at Klosterkroa and a little beach time. |  Yummy Skagensmørbrød (seafood salad with prawns and shrimp on fresh bread) at Klosterkroa (the cute cafe on Hovedøya. |
 These sheep were just hanging out right by on of the beaches on Hovedøya island. |  Marina on Hovedøya. |  Tried the plum cocktail at Himkok, where each drink centers around a Scandi ingredient. |
 Went to Himkok two nights in a row. Loved the Scandi-inspired menu, including this elderflower drink made with Greek yogurt. |  Had a later flight, so I had time to stop by Fuglen (Norwegian for "The Bird"), a coffee brand founded in Oslo in 1963. At night, it turns into a cocktail bar, and I loved the mid-century modern vibe. |
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