Open again after closing the doors on Sunday due to extreme heat

On Monday morning, the Nobel Peace Center was once again able to welcome visitors through its doors, after being closed on Sunday due to the extreme heat in Oslo. The museum is housed in an old, listed bulding at the City Hall Square in downtown Oslo, and is not equipped with modern air conditioning.

"Now, in the middle of the tourist season, we have several hundred visitors every day, and the indoor temperature rises throughout the day. We recommend people to come early and spend more time in the exhibitions located in the cooler rooms," says Head of Communications Ingvill Bryn Rambøl. "The museum’s second level, which features the Nobel Peace Prize exhibition A Message to Humanity and the Nobel Field, has a more comfortable temperature than the ground floor," Rambøl adds. Other measures to make the museum visit more pleasant during the heat wave, include access to cold drinking water and the option to take a break in a cooled room.

On Sunday, the Nobel Peace Center chose to remain closed because the indoor temperature was not safe for either visitors or staff. Starting Monday, slightly lower temperatures are forecasted in Oslo, and the center hopes to remain open as normal throughout the week.

July is one of the Nobel Peace Center’s busiest months, with between 500 and 900 visitors per day.