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Observatories to visit in Norway

2 places in Norway where the public can look through a telescope, with their official pages. Schedules and prices are quoted with the date they were read.

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Solobservatoriet · Harestua (Lunner)Stavanger Astronomiske Forening, Byhaugen observatory · Stavanger
  • Regular opening days
  • Dated events only
  • By reservation
  • Closed to visitors

Outlines: Natural Earth (public domain).

Norway 2 sites

Solobservatoriet

Harestua (Lunner), Akershus

  • Research observatory
  • Closed to visitors

The former solar observatory at Harestua is currently closed to regular visits. Its site says a planetarium and a telescope platform for stargazing are planned, with no date, and that occasional courses and exhibitions run from autumn 2025.

Currently closed to visitors.

Schedule, as published
Page says « Enn så lenge holder vi stengt »; from autumn 2025 occasional courses, exhibitions and activities; planetarium and telescope platform are future phases with no date
Prices, as published
not published on the official page

Read on the official page on 26 Oct 2026. Visits in: NO

Official site

Stavanger Astronomiske Forening, Byhaugen observatory

Stavanger, Rogaland

  • Club observatory
  • Regular opening days

The society’s observatory next to the Byhaugen café has a 14-inch Schmidt-Cassegrain on a motor-driven equatorial mount and an 18-inch Dobsonian, used for visual observing. The site invites visitors on Wednesday evenings; it does not state which instrument visitors use.

Schedule, as published
Fixed meetings every Wednesday, doors open 19:30; visitors welcome to drop in (« Kom gjerne innom for en prat »); teaching for classes and scout groups by e-mail
Prices, as published
not published on the official page

Read on the official page on 26 Oct 2026. Visits in: NO

Official siteVisiting page

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