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Just north of Oslo's cargo port, travelers can check out the medieval Akershus Castle and Fortress, as well as the Norway Resistance Museum, an institution that houses exhibits about the Nazi ...

Norwegian and SAS offer connections from Oslo and Tromsø to the capital Longyearbyen. Another alternative is to choose a ...