The first Milestone - starting point in Oslo

How to find the Milestone?
From Oslo Central Station you can follow a marked route that will take you from the sculpture "The Tiger" at the central station to Oslo Opera House, Munch Museum and the Medieval Park, a distance of 1.7 km. Here you can download a map: click here. 
You can also take the tram and go off at "Middelalderparken.

The Milestone – 643 km to Nidaros
Opposite Oslo Ladegård (the white building), you will see a stone wall with a gate. By the gate, you will find a  pilgrim mark.  Now you are standing by the ruins of St Hallvard’s Cathedral and the first milestone, which reads "643 km to Nidaros".  Just beside to the milestone, you will see a signpost pointing to various pilgrimage destinations around the world. 

Pilgrim Centre at Bispegården
From the milestone, follow the pilgrim marks, which will take you past the ruins of Hallvard’s Cathedral. You will now arrive at Bispegården (the yellow building to the left), where the Oslo Pilgrim Centre is located. At the Pilgrim Center you can get information about the route ahead, buy a guidebook and pilgrim pass. If you like you can also receive a pilgrim blessing or attend one of the pilgrim services in the Olav Chapel, dating from the 13th century. Read more about Pilgrim Center Oslo: click here.

Oslo's patron saint - St. Hallvard
St. Hallvard was related to Olaf the Saint. When Olav fell in the battle at Stiklestad, Hallvard was 10 years old. St. Hallvard's Cathedral was the second largest church in the Middle Ages, only Christ Church in Trondheim, which we know today as Nidaros Cathedral, was larger. The Hallvard Cathedral, which is now in ruins, was a sister church to Gamle Aker church and looked almost identical, only larger. St. Hallvard is still the patron saint of Oslo.