The Tjuvholmen Sculpture Park offers free public art next to the Astrup Fearnley Museum in Oslo.
Where is the Tjuvholmen Sculpture Park?
The Tjuvolhem Sculpture Park is one of the best places in Oslo to see public art. It’s nowhere near on the scale of the more famous Vigeland Park elsewhere in the city, but the Tjuvholmen Sculpture Park does have the advantage of location. It’s on Tjuvholmen Island near the touristy Aker Brygge waterside strip on the Oslofjord, next to the city centre.
What to see in the Tjuvholmen Sculpture Park?
The Tjuvholmen Sculpture Park is small, but ambitious. It features seven commissioned works from major international artists including Ugo Rondinone, Anish Kapoor and Antony Gormley.
Ugo Rondinone’s Moonrise is a splodgy, alien-style head with a smile on its face, while Gormley’s Edge II is a cast iron human figure attached at 90 degrees to the Astrup Fearnley Museum and facing down.
Public art on the Oslo waterfront
Franz West’s Spalt is by the water’s edge, featuring a supersized and brightly-painted anchor, life buoy and rope. But perhaps the most recognisable artwork in the Tjuvholmen Sculpture Park is Eyes by Louise Bourgeois.
Eyes features two giant metal balls with nipple-like protrusions on the front. This Oslo sculpture may be called eyes, but sure looks like breasts.
Tjuvholmen Sculpture Park entry fee
There is no entry fee to enter the Tjuvholmen Sculpture Park, which makes it a great way of spending half an hour in an otherwise expensive city.
More Oslo travel ideas
Other Oslo experiences include fjord cruises on a silent electric catamaran, bike tours and sea kayaking adventures.
If you’ve found this article on the Salmon Tjuvholmen in Oslo helpful, check out these other Oslo pieces:
- Review of Oslo’s Kon-Tiki Museum.
- Is The Salmon Oslo’s best free museum?
- Is there a Fridtjof Nansen Museum in Oslo?
- How to see Roald Amundsen’s ship in Oslo.
- How to get to the Bygdoy Peninsula when the ferry isn’t running.
Further Norway travel articles on Planet Whitley look at whitewater rafting in Voss and what you learn on a Norwegian fjords cruise.
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