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Saint Olav's Cathedral

The Roman Catholic main cathedral in Norway. Seat of the Roman Catholic diocese of Oslo

the first Norwegian Roman Catholic cathedral (from 1856) which was built after the Protestant Reformation. The cathedral has church services and masses in Norwegian and several other languages, including English, Spanish and Polish.

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Address: Akersveien 1
Website: visitoslo.com (opens in a new tab)

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Listing from Wikivoyage: Oslo/Inner North, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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