Bygdøy or Bygdø is a peninsula on the western side of Oslo, Norway. It has several museums, like the Kon-Tiki Museum, the Norwegian Museum of Cultural History (Norsk Folkemuseum), the Viking Ship Museum, the Norwegian Maritime Museum and the ship Fram, used by Roald Amundsen. The royal estates Bygdø kongsgård and Oscarshall are also located here. Bygdøy has beautiful parks and forests and some of Oslo's most popular beaches, including the Huk nudist beach. A peninsula is a geographical formation consisting of an extension of land from a larger body that is surrounded by water on three sides. ... County Oslo NO-03 Landscape Viken Municipality NO-0301 Administrative centre Oslo Mayor (2004) Per Ditlev-Simonsen (H) Official language form Neutral Area  - Total  - Land  - Percentage Ranked 224 454 km² 426 km² 0. ... A museum is a non-profit making, permanent institution in the service of society and of its development, open to the public, which acquires, conserves, researches, communicates and exhibits, for purposes of study, education and enjoyment, the tangible and intangible evidence of people and their environment. ... The Kon-Tiki raft is shown on the cover of the DVD of the documentary. ... The Fleet Rehabilitation and Modernization (FRAM) program of the United States Navy might be considered the beginning of the final phase in the shift of mission for destroyers from a surface attack role to that of a submarine hunter. ... Roald Amundsen Roald Engelbregt Gravning Amundsen (July 16, 1872–June 18?, 1928) was a Norwegian explorer of polar regions. ... Naturists find going without clothing both enjoyable and relaxing. ...

Administratively, Bygdøy belongs to the Frogner district. Frogner is a borough of the city of Oslo, Norway. ...

See also: Museum ship A museum ship, or sometimes memorial ship, is an old ship that has been preserved and converted into a museum open to the public. ...

External links

Bygdøy (Norwegian text) (http://oslooyene.no/bygdoy/)