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Oslo Tramway Museum
Located in Majorstuen, Oslo, this museum represents a key portion of Norway’s cultural history- trams. Dedicated to the preservation of the Oslo Tramway, Oslo Trolleybus and more, the museum is run by the “Lokaltrafikkhistorisk Forening”, a non-profit organization, and also runs a heritage tramway in Vinterbro- just outside of Oslo. Ideal for a walking tour down the path of history and culture, the Oslo Tramway Museum houses the biggest collection of antique trams and buses in Norway.
Given away by the tram lines heading inside an otherwise nondescript building, the Oslo Tramway Museum is a quaint way to spend an hour or two, especially for vehicle enthusiasts.
Run by the “Lokaltrafikkhistorisk Forening” (or “Local Traffic history association”), the museum is a collection of several exhibits, including trams, trolleybuses and buses. You can find more than 50 rail vehicles, 32 buses and seven other vehicles. Unlike most other museums, the Oslo Tramway Museum allows visitors to sit on the exhibits. Here, you can sit in and feel the aura of the beautiful vintage vehicles. Many trams and buses still house old notices, period advertisements and other materials, making you feel as though you have entered a time capsule, memories of a time gone by flooding back.
In a quaint little village called Vinterbro, just outside Oslo, the museum also built a 300meter standard gauge heritage tramway. With construction beginning in the 1970s, the heritage tramway includes a Narvesen Kiosk, and the old station building of Slemdal Station was dismantled and re-assembled on the site. Unfortunately, the site has been closed to the public since late 2008 due to some overhead wires being stolen.