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Viking Ship Museum vs Nobel Peace Center
Both are praised by experts. On balance, The Viking Ship Museum is the choice of most reviewers compared to The Nobel Peace Center. The Viking Ship Museum comes in at 88 with praise from 5 reviews like Fodor's, Lonely Planet and concierge.com.
Viking Ship Museum
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Huk Aveny 35, Oslo 0287, Norway
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Concierge
"Highlights of this streamlined museum include three Viking ships, at once graceful and fierce, that once stormed the seas."
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"A fascinating chapter in Viking history came alive when three Viking funereal ships were discovered in the Oslofjord between 1867 and 1904."
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Tip: If you go between 11:30am and 1pm, you'll tend to avoid the summer mobs who descend on this building
Fodor's
"The Viking legacy in all its glory lives on at this classic Oslo museum."
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Avoid summertime crowds by visiting at lunchtime.
Frommer's
"one of Norway's most eye-opening and best-loved museums, appealing to families and history fanatics alike. "
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3 Stars
"The Viking Ship Museum displays the moving contents of three burial ships discovered near Oslo between 1867 and 1904."
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Nobel Peace Center
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Brynjulf Bulls Plass 1, City Hall Square, Oslo 0250, Norway
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Concierge
"Around the corner from the Rådhus (city hall) where the Nobel Peace Prize is awarded every year, the Nobel Peace Center offers info on Peace Laureates."
Frommer's
"Presents the history of the founding father of the prize, Alfred Nobel, "the dynamite king," and the biographies and careers of Nobel Peace Prize laureates such as Nelson Mandela."
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"Read about Alfred Nobel's inventions and travels in a huge interactive book."
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"Part of the skill of this museum is presenting weighty issues in an informed but accessible format."
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Afar Magazine
"The Nobel Peace Center was opened in 2005 and is absolutely fascinating…and very humbling. It was established by Alfred Nobel (who was Swedish) in his will. "
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