Tjuvtitten

In the model, Tjuvtitten stands like a pale, slender rod in the middle of Tjuvholmen. The tower is taller than all the buildings around it, and you can see it from almost every angle. At its foot is a white plinth, surrounded by Albert Nordengens plass.

In the evening and at night the tower lights up. You choose the colours yourself: white, pink for the Pink Ribbon campaign, Ukraine's blue and yellow, the colours of 17 May (Norway's National Day), or changing colours on New Year's Eve, when the fireworks go off over the city.

From the sea you can see the tower rising behind the sail roofs of Astrup Fearnley Museet. From the square you can see how closely it stands between the homes and office buildings.

Tjuvtitten opened in 2012 and was designed by the architecture firms Narud Stokke Wiig and Knut Ramstad. The tower is built of glass and metal in a helix, a spiral in three dimensions.

The tower stands on Albert Nordengens plass, the highest point along Tjuvholmen allé. The square marks the main entrance to Astrup Fearnley Museet and the sculpture park on Skjæret. It was completed in 2012 and has a bronze bust of Albert Nordengen, Mayor of Oslo from 1976 to 1990, made by the sculptor Nina Sundbye.

In summer, a lift took visitors up to a height of 54 metres in around 40 seconds. From there you could look out over Aker Brygge, Pipervika, Oslo City Hall, Akershus Fortress and the harbour. The tower has been closed to the public since 2021, and no date has been set for reopening.

• The name Tjuvtitten came from five seventh-graders at Rosenholm school, who won a naming competition.
• The project name was “Icon Tower”. The tower was part of the same project as Astrup Fearnley Museet.
• The tower, the museum, the sculpture park and the beach were part of the “gift to the city of Oslo” when the developers bought Tjuvholmen.
• The lighting in the tower can be set to different colours. In 2022 it was lit in Ukraine's blue and yellow.
• In May 2026, Aftenposten reported on an application to use the tower as a frame for graphic art on its façade.

Tjuvtitten stands on Albert Nordengens plass, where Tjuvholmen allé ends, by the main entrance to Astrup Fearnley Museet. The tower is closed to visitors, but the square is open to everyone, and the tower is easy to see from the harbour.