The Nobel Peace Center occupies a graceful white building at Oslo's waterfront that once served as a railway terminus for trains arriving from western Norway. When the tracks were consolidated at Oslo Central Station, the old station found a second life as a museum dedicated to the world's most scrutinised prize.

Inside, the Center tells the story of Alfred Nobel, the Swedish chemist who made his fortune from dynamite and felt some ambivalence about it, and of the laureates who have received the prize. It is also a forum for debate on pressing global issues, drawing around 250,000 visitors a year, including more than 700 school groups.

VoiceMap's self-guided audio tours of Oslo use the Center as a landmark to unpack the city's role in the Nobel tradition, connecting it to the Grand Hotel nearby, where prize winners have traditionally stepped onto the middle balcony to receive the crowds' tribute.