Oslo Attractions

A very Norwegian statue park

Advantages: Impressive art, free, easily accessible from Central Oslo
Disadvantages: Can be crowded in the summer

...wrought iron gates of the Vigeland park, you are immediately surrounded by almost propaganda-like, imposing huge granite statues and smaller bronze ones, expressing every aspect of human life and emotion. The park culminates in the impressive Monolith sculpture, a chaotic 17m tall tangle of interlocking human bodies, carved from a single granite block. Children and fun-minded adults often have fun trying to count the number of people in the sculpture. ...
...closes at night) visit to the park. The Vigeland park is located at the western end of Oslo in Frogner, and can easily be reached with public transport. On a nice day, bring a bathing suit and combine it with a visit to the adjacent Frogner public baths. ...

scotrail 30.10.2005 · Read full review
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Review of Vigeland Park and Museum (Vigelandsparken), Oslo

OSL, Open Spacious Lovely

Advantages: Clean, nice design and modern
Disadvantages: Baggage reclaim

Oslo Gardemoen (OSL) is Norway's main airport, it is located approximately 45km (28 miles) north of Oslo just off from route E6 near Jessheim. This dual carriageway road gives you good access into Oslo, but the airport itself is some distance from the city centre taking about 30 minutes to get there by car. We arrived by plane and used a hire car as our transport from and to the airport so I cannot really comment on getting to the airport by other ...
...be said for south to Oslo but you only need 20 NOK for this toll into the city. These tolls only take coins and not notes so you will need a little bit of change if you hire a car. ~Arrival~ On our arrival we left our flight and walked up the gangway and on to an escalator. I was surprised to walk through a door and enter into the passport control area. So the walk from your flight to get your passport checked will be a lot shorter than what you ...

buzzard_cad 05.09.2006 · Read full review
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Review of Oslo Airport (OSL)

Jump-start your Holiday in Oslo

Advantages: Impressive, pretty, easy to get to, affordable
Disadvantages: The tower is not for those scared of heights

...the underground train up to Holmenkollen which proved to be really straightforward. The underground system works just like any other in a European capital city and the lines are numbered rather than coloured (like they are in London). There was an underground station pretty near our hotel, but there were also more further into the city centre and the route was pretty simple. As well as being (essentially) free, the train ride also didn't stay underground ...
...There are plans to demolish Holmenkollen within the next few years for a ski competition in 2011, and they had the designs for the new jump which was pretty interesting. Although it seems a shame it's being demolished, the models demonstrating how it had changed over the past century made you realise how much it had changed since it had first been constructed anyway. This demolition would be the most drastic thing to happen to it since the Olympics ...

tac20 01.01.2008 · Read full review
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Review of Holmenkollen Ski Arena (Oslo)

A Worthwhile History Lesson

Advantages: Lots of information, Worthwhile visit
Disadvantages: Children might get bored

...not least of which was Norway's Resistance Museum. We actually considered going to this museum on the very first day we ventured out to see the capital, but we decided not to in the end because it looked rather unimpressive from the outside and we hadn't decided which days we were going to buy an Oslo Pass (card for getting free access/discounts to attractions) yet. In the end we actually visited this museum on our last day in Oslo. When we purchased ...
...about in my Holmenkollen review) we opted for a 48 hour pass for 300 NOK (c. £27) and this didn't begin until it was stamped at the first attraction you visited. As we didn't get our pass stamped until 11.30 on the day we bought it, it effectively ran over three days, as we were able to use it for the morning of our last day. Location and Prices The Resistance Museum is housed in an old, but modest looking building within the grounds of the ...

tac20 13.01.2008 · Read full review
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Review of Norway's Resistance Museum (Norges Hjemmefront Museum), Oslo

A haven of calm for travellers to/from Norway

Advantages: Contemporary design, amazingly quiet and relaxing atmosphere!
Disadvantages: Refreshments are expensive

Not the largest of airports, Oslo Airport Gardermoen is the least stress-inducing airport I have ever had the pleasure of visiting. Considering I normally visit this airport fairly frequently, I should be pretty fed up with it by now - but I'm not! This is Norway's main airport, located just outside the capital (Oslo). There is convenient access to Oslo via train (Flytoget) and also of course domestic flights on to other locations in this beautiful ...
...annoyed and aggravated - at Oslo Airport Gardermoen you will notice the difference! ...aaaaaaaah....relax... UPDATE: From Oslo Airport you can connect to domestic flights to several destinations in Norway, like Bergen, Trondheim, Stavanger, Haugesund, Bodø, Tromsø, Molde, Kristiansund... the list goes on! This is an international airport, and you will find most major airlines operate from Gardermoen. You can travel on to just about anywhere in ...

solopop 12.11.2003 · Read full review
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Review of Oslo Airport (OSL)