BANQUET DINNER

The banquet dinner will be held on Tuesday June 21st 2011 at the Kon-Tiki Museum, Bygdøynesveien 36 - 0286 Oslo. See: http://www.kon-tiki.no/e_aapning.php See the Kon-Tiki hall in 360 degrees: http://www.kon-tiki.no/Museumtour.php

The museum will be open for banquet dinner guests from 19:00, and dinner will be served at 20:00.

The Kon-Tiki Museum contains the original vessels Kon-Tiki and Ra II. Other fascinating items from Thor Heyerdahl’s world famous expeditions are also exhibited: from Fatu-Hiva and Easter Island, and the Tigris expedition. There is a separate area housing temporary exhibitions, a 30 m cave tour and an underwater exhibition including a life-size model of a whale shark. The museum has a souvenir shop. Thor Heyerdahl (1914-2002) is one of Norway’s most famous sons: scientist, adventurer and champion of the environment. See: http://www.kon-tiki.no/E-Heyerdahl.php

Getting to the Kon-Tiki Museum by public transport

The Kon-Tiki Museum is situated at Bygdøynes, just outside the centre of Oslo, and can be reached by bus or boat. Bus number 30 departs from the National Theatre and the Central Station at 10 minute intervals and the journey to Bygdøynes takes approximately 25 minutes. See: http://www.kon-tiki.no/E-praktiskeoppl.php

The bus route from the National Theatre to the Kon-Tiki Museum

The ferry sails frequently from the quayside near the City Hall and takes only 15 minutes to reach Bygdøynes, which is the second stop. The Kon-Tiki Museum is situated next to the museum where Fridtjof Nansen’s ship Fram is exhibited. http://www.fram.museum.no/en/ and the Norwegian Maritime Museum http://www.norsk-sjofartsmuseum.no/pub/index.php?subkat=en&lang=2.

At a walking distance from the Kon-Tiki Museum (ca. 1500 m) you will find the famous Viking Ship Museum with the Oseberg, Gogstad and Tune ships from ca. 800-900 A.D. and Norsk Folkemuseum giving a broad representation of the Norwegian and Sámi culture from the 16th century to present. http://www.khm.uio.no/vikingskipshuset/index_eng.html http://www.norskfolkemuseum.no/en/

The ferry from Aker brygge to the Kon-Tiki Museum The Banquet Dinner

A three course dinner consisting of Kon-Tiki fish casserole, lamb and the Kon-Tiki exotic fruit arrangement will be served. Three glasses of wine are included.

For more details concerning Thor Heyerdahl’s adventures and the Kon-Tiki Museum: http://www.kon-tiki.no/e_aapning.php

The Kon-Tiki Museum

The balsa raft Kon-Tiki at the Kon-Tiki Museum

The papyrus boat Ra II at the Kon-Tiki