Aker Brygge and the adjacent Tjuvholmen are Oslo's waterfront redevelopment districts, stretching west of City Hall along the Oslofjord. Once a shipyard, Aker Brygge was Oslo's first major post-industrial conversion in the 1980s; Tjuvholmen was completed more recently, with the Astrup Fearnley Museum of Contemporary Art as its centrepiece.
The waterfront is pleasant for walking, and the combination of restaurants, galleries, and fjord views makes it one of Oslo's most agreeable public spaces. The Astrup Fearnley Museum, designed by Renzo Piano, is worth visiting for the building alone — a glass-and-steel structure straddling a small canal, with a good permanent collection of post-war and contemporary art. Ferries to Bygdøy (the Viking Ship and Fram museums) leave from the Aker Brygge docks.