Norway · Storytelling Tours

Oslo Viking Quest: Exploration Game and Tour

2 Hours Round trip from Oslo Easy pace

The journey

Trip highlights
  • 01 Solve 11 interactive puzzle challenges across Oslo
  • 02 Explore landmarks including the Royal Palace and Akershus Fortress
  • 03 Discover stories tied to Harald Hardrada and Oslo’s history
  • 04 Enjoy a self-guided experience using your phone
  • 05 Learn about Norwegian independence, royalty, and the Nobel Peace Prize
  • 06 Pause and resume the quest whenever you like

Step into Oslo’s past on a self-guided city quest that blends sightseeing, storytelling, and puzzle-solving. Follow clues through the Norwegian capital as you uncover stories linked to Viking heritage, royal history, national identity, and the city’s most important landmarks.

Using your phone, you’ll move between locations such as the Nobel Peace Center, City Hall, the Royal Palace, the Storting, Oslo Cathedral, and Akershus Fortress. Along the way, each challenge reveals another chapter of Oslo’s history, making this an engaging way to explore at your own pace.

Step into Oslo’s past on a self-guided city quest that blends sightseeing, storytelling, and puzzle-solving.

From the itinerary

At a glance

What this trip includes

Duration 2 Hours
Tour type Private
Activity level Easy
Accommodation Not included
Transport Not included
Wheelchair access No
City Oslo
Languages English, German

Day by day

The itinerary

1
Day 01

The Nobel Peace Center in Oslo, Norway is a showcase for the Nobel Peace Prize and the ideals it represents. The Center is also an arena where culture and politics merge to promote involvement, debate and reflection around topics such as war, peace and conflict resolution.

Here you will have to look around to find the answer to our challenge to advance to the new location and learn the story of this place.Oslo City Hall is a municipal building in Oslo, the capital of Norway. It houses the city council, the city's administration and various other municipal organisations. The building as it stands today was constructed between 1931 and 1950, with an interruption during the Second World War.

Here you will have to look around to find the answer to our challenge to advance to the new location and learn the story of this place.Nils Sigurd Aas (21 April 1933 – 10 February 2004) was a Norwegian sculptor. He was one of the most prominent artists in modern Norwegian sculpture and is particularly well known for his statue of Haakon VII, located in the June Seventh Square in Oslo, and for designing coins for Norwegian currency, including 10-krone and 20-krone coins.

Here you will have to look around to find the answer to our challenge to advance to the new location and learn the story of this place.The Royal Palace in Oslo was built in the first half of the 19th century as the Norwegian residence of the French-born King Charles III John of Norway, who reigned as king of Norway and Sweden.

Here you will have to look around to find the answer to our challenge to advance to the new location and learn the story of this place.The University of Oslo, until 1939 named the Royal Frederick University, is the oldest university in Norway, located in the Norwegian capital of Oslo.

Here you will have to look around to find the answer to our challenge to advance to the new location and learn the story of this place.The Storting building is the seat of the Storting, the parliament of Norway. The building is located at 22 Karl Johans gate in central Oslo, Norway. It was taken into use on 5 March 1866 and was designed by the Swedish architect Emil Victor Langlet.

Here you will have to look around to find the answer to our challenge to advance to the new location and learn the story of this place.Oslo Cathedral — formerly Our Savior's Church — is the main church for the Church of Norway Diocese of Oslo, as well as the parish church for downtown Oslo. The present building dates from 1694–1697. The Norwegian Royal Family and the Norwegian Government use the Cathedral for public events.

Here you will have to look around to find the answer to our challenge to advance to the new location and learn the story of this place.Norway's Resistance Museum also known as the Norwegian Home Front Museum is a museum located at the Akershus Fortress in Oslo. The museum collection focuses on Norwegian resistance during the occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany from 1940 to 1945. The museum displays equipment, photos and documents from the war years.

Here you will have to look around to find the answer to our challenge to advance to the new location and learn the story of this place.Akershus Fortress or Akershus Castle is a medieval castle in the Norwegian capital Oslo that was built to protect and provide a royal residence for the city.

Here you will have to look around to find the answer to our challenge to advance to the new location and learn the story of this place.

The route

Where you'll travel

Tour route map
Round trip from Oslo 1 city · 2 Hours

The fine print

Trip details

What's Included

  • Mobile access code for the quest
  • 11 interactive puzzle challenges
  • Immersive Viking storyline and Oslo history content
  • Flexibility: pause and resume anytime

What's Not Included

A physical tour guide

Know before you go

  • STROLLER OR PRAM ACCESSIBLE
  • ANIMALS OR PETS ALLOWED
  • PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION NEARBY
  • Not wheelchair accessible
  • Infants must not sit on laps
  • Infant seats unavailable
  • To unlock the experience in the Questo app, go to and add your booking number and e-mail address. Then, download the Questo app and create a new account with the e-mail address you used for unlocking.

Logistics

Meeting & route

Meeting point
Oslo, NO
Tour start
Oslo, NO
Tour ends at the same location as the start point.
End of the journey

Your 2 hours finish where they began, in Oslo.

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