Norwegian Resistance Museum Oslo

Norwegian Resistance Museum Oslo - darkometer rating : 5 - A well-established museum in Oslo about the Norwegian Resistance during the German occupation in WWII . But it also places the whole topic in a wider context, ranging from military aspects to the everyday life of ordinary citizens. It's an endearingly old-fashioned museum, not hi-tech, so it may not be for everyone, but I'd recommend it to anyone with a genuine interest in Norway 's part in WWII history. > More background info > What there is to see > Location > Access and costs > Time required > Combinations with other dark destinations > Combinations with non-dark destinations > Photos More background info: The "Norges Hjemmefrontmuseum", to give its original Norwegian name (sometimes also slightly mistranslated as ' Norway resistance museum'), was established in the late 1960s and as such predates most of Norway's other war-related memorial museums by quite some time! Its age shows, however, in that it's quite crammed, and palpably lo-tech compared to many other such institutions. But I liked that fact – some of the home-made looking dioramas with models and improvised accessories like cotton wool balls for smoke almost reminded me of my own childhood attempts at making such model diorama scenes ... But I do not mean to belittle the museum's significance or the seriousness of its subject matter. Norway did suffer a lot in WWII at the hands of the occupying power of Nazi Germany – as well as from its own collaborationist right-wing "government" under Quisling (see Villa Grande !). The number of Norwegians who either fled into exile (mostly to Sweden ) or were arrested, deported or sent to the front, may not seem high at a total of ca. 50,000, but given how small the country's total population was/is (ca. 3 million) it is not really an insignificant figure.