Huk is a parkland and a sandy beach (Hukodden) at the furthest south of the

Bygdøy Bygdøy or Bygdø is a peninsula situated on the western side of Oslo, Norway. Administratively, Bygdøy belongs to the borough of Frogner; historically Bygdøy was part of Aker Municipality and became part of Oslo in 1948. Bygdøy is a popul ...

peninsula west of the city center of

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. The area was acquired by Aker municipality in 1921.

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, ed. (2000).

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(4th ed.). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. p. 209. The bathing beach is divided into a regular public beach and a

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beach area. The naturist beach is on a shank northwest of Hukodden, formerly the garden of the brush manufacturer

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's second government bought in 2005 a villa with shoreline bordering the public beach at Huk, and in 2006 opened a new public beach there. The villa was later resold but the shoreline is still open for all. Just off the beach area are sculptures, ''Large Arch'' (1963–1969) by Henry Moore and ''Icarus'' (1965) and ''Døhlen'' by Anne Sofie Døhlen (1967). The area is accessible by bus number 30 from central Oslo.Bus line 30
www.ruter.no 30 Nydalen-Bygdøy] Huk seen from fjord

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