Oslo Experience

A capital disappointment

Advantages: nice palace, parks, fountains, nice hostel
Disadvantages: extortionate prices, boring buildings

...journey around Europe. Going to Oslo was an obvious choice, as we were working our way through Scandinavia, it made sense to go to one of its capitals, and was also very easy to get to from Bergen, on Norway's west coast, where we'd made our first stop. Getting to Oslo was relatively easy: we took an overnight train from Bergen, which since it was during the summer meant that it was slightly difficult to sleep as it didn't get very dark, though ...
...you're travelling from the UK, Oslo has a major airport so it shouldn't be too difficult to find a flight from an airport not too far from you, or you can get the ferry from Tyneside to Bergen like we did. When we tried to get a train to Stockholm, we were told that there is apparently only one each day, but I find that difficult to believe, so if you're in Sweden you could always get the train (or a bus) to Oslo. Since we got an overnight train ...

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Independence Holiday

Advantages: Unique, not full of tourists
Disadvantages: Cold, expensive

...the beggars or prostitutes in Oslo are immigrants. This is one thing that brought Oslo down for me. I hate to see people living in poverty and in Oslo you will be asked numerous times "please, please help", which on the one hand made me feel very sorry for these people in their situation, but then, without getting into politics here, you have to look at the wider picture. Oslo is the most expensive city in Europe and if you don't have a decent job, ...
...of lager, for example, in Oslo it costs anywhere from £4.50 to £8. I stuck to half pints and gave my usual white wine a miss. I would advise visitors to Oslo to pick up a few bottles of wine at duty free if you're staying for a while so you can have a glass back at your hotel room. It cost us approximately £40 for two meals in a restaurant, without wine or dessert. The food we had everywhere was exquisite though and we had gone to Oslo knowing that ...

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The beautiful Vigeland Park

Advantages: Beautiful sculptures, a break from the city life
Disadvantages: Can be quite crowded in the summer time

...amazing Vigeland Park located in Oslo :-) Prelude My wife and I have had the pleasure of stopping by Oslo on a few occasions. The last time we went there was in connection with Nikki’s annual Christmas party in mid December 2004. We spent a few hours taking a look at the beautiful Vigeland Park located in the Frogner park area. We stayed at Radisson SAS Plaza hotel near the main train station in Oslo by the way. We were there during the Nobel Peace ...
...up with the city of Oslo and he got a house and a studio and in return he made sculptures for the park. You can read a lot more about the history on the homepage of the park and the museum. Gustav Vigeland himself never got to see the park finished before he died by the way. Our visit to the park We came to the park at about 11 am and it was pretty cold. I’m used to the mild winters of Stavanger so I was freezing my butt of. There were not that ...

gard 29.01.2005 · Read full review
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  OSCILLATE WILDLY IN OSLO!

Advantages: Beautiful, friendly and welcoming
Disadvantages: Expensive and cold.

Upon deciding to visit Oslo due to the unbelievable flight deals and cheap accommodation that was on offer, my travel "companion" and I quickly realised upon arriving in the city that a bargain is not what it seems, especially since we discovered that Norway is one of Europe's most expensive countries to visit, however, never let it be said that a paralyzing fear of flying or a distinct lack of money has ever prevented me from travelling further ...
...and being approximately 120km from Oslo itself doesn't stop one from travelling there, Torp Ekspress ensures that every Ryanair passenger will have a seat on the fun bus that will leave Torp and arrive in Oslo roughly 2 hours later, we were very nearly caught out with the one hour time change and happily drinking our expensive coffee nearly watched our bus pull away, frantic scarf waving ensured the driver spotted us in time, anyway cost of the Torp ...

marylou2u 22.11.2004 · Read full review
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  Nordic City of Light

Advantages: Cosmopolitan, Lively, Compact, heaps of Museums and Parks
Disadvantages: Expensive

...years, and a new cosmopolitan Oslo has wakened in the shadow of the images of the old sombre Oslo as depicted by Edvard Munch, the city’s famous painter. Getting There ----------------- Oslo is situated in southern Norway, at a latitude of almost 60 degrees N. If you have the time and the money, you can reach Oslo via one of the 100 or so cruise ships that stop here every summer, but otherwise the simplest way is via direct flight to one of Oslo’s ...
...return. Getting Around ------------------- Oslo can easily be explored on foot, as the city is still reasonably compact. Karl Johans Gate is the amin thoroughfare linking Sentralstasjon in the SE and passing the University and the National Theatre to reach the expanse of Slottsparken in the NW of the City. The Oslo T Bane has five lines which cross the city from East to West, and most lines run through all the more central stations. A 24 hour ...

helencbradshaw 04.07.2004 · Read full review
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