Norwegian Technical Museum (Teknisk museum)

Description:

• You don't really have to be an engineer to enjoy this museum, which showcases Norway's prime developments in industry, technology, transport, medicine, and science. The first aircrafts, royal automobiles, a Model-T, the first car and tram in Norway, a paddle steamer, even a robot center where you can program your very own robot -- all of these exhibits and more are on display here on the outskirts of the city, with views along the banks of the Akerselva River. One intriguing exhibit documents the flight of the Leiv Eiriksson, a small plane that was the first ever to travel between America and Norway, flying from New York to Bergen in 1935 in 57 hours.

• © Frommer's 2013