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Has anyone been to Oslo? I'm going on a last-minute work trip tomorrow. I'm staying near the Nationaltheatret Station which I understand is a direct train from the airport? :confused: Is the train easy to navigate? Our work travel people got a quote of £216 for a one-way airport transfer :eek: (although I'm sure a cab should only be £70-odd)

Anyone know any decent restaurants or things to see in that area? It looks easy to walk to the waterfront.

I understand it is cold.. :p
 
Aye, what Cosimo said. The transport systems in Oslo were very good when I was there last winter. Taxis can be stupendously expensive though.
 
Cheers folks. I'm staying 10mins walk from the Aker Brygge as suggested in the other thread so that'll be my first port of call for dinner I think :p
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Taxis can be stupendously expensive though.
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Do they take credit cards? I won't have much use for the metro (unless it's particularly fun/impressive) so I think I'll do the easy airport express to the main station and taxi from there. Sometimes figuring out a metro system isn't worth the time/effort.
 
Yeah they do but always ask before you get in as I got stung by one once who didn't. Pretty much everything and everyone there does though.
 
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Cheers folks. I'm staying 10mins walk from the Aker Brygge as suggested in the other thread so that'll be my first port of call for dinner I think :pDo they take credit cards? I won't have much use for the metro (unless it's particularly fun/impressive) so I think I'll do the easy airport express to the main station and taxi from there. Sometimes figuring out a metro system isn't worth the time/effort.
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Very easy to catch the metro or even a tram so I wouldn't bother with a taxi.

All the maps you need:

https://ruter.no/en/journey-planner/route-maps/
 
you can walk up the opera house onto the roof... basically is designed as a big slope, go see the palace, some park with statues in it (including one of some bloke kicking babies!)


found a really nice sushi restaurant over there - the waitresses were very nice:

http://hanami.no/

Also everything is pretty expensive, best not to think about it too much... just take it as a given that it will cost a lot to eat out etc.. over there
 
dowie said:
found a really nice sushi restaurant over there - the waitresses were very nice:

http://hanami.no/

Also everything is pretty expensive, best not to think about it too much... just take it as a given that it will cost a lot to eat out etc.. over there
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I'm sold on the sushi place thanks :p As for costs, a friend of mine who had been says I'm doing it the right way - visiting with someone else paying the bill :p
 
in relation to your question re: getting from the airport... the train is very easy, it starts from the airport itself, you can be on it within minutes of picking up your bags and is the fastest way to get into Oslo... paying 200-something for an airport transfer would indeed be ridiculous
 
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Has anyone been to Oslo? I'm going on a last-minute work trip tomorrow. I'm staying near the Nationaltheatret Station which I understand is a direct train from the airport? :confused: Is the train easy to navigate? Our work travel people got a quote of £216 for a one-way airport transfer :eek: (although I'm sure a cab should only be £70-odd)

Anyone know any decent restaurants or things to see in that area? It looks easy to walk to the waterfront.

I understand it is cold.. :p
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Just back from Oslo last week... how long do you have there?

There are two main train options from airport to Oslo central station - the express train at £14, or a standard NSB train which takes a few minutes longer and is a few pounds cheaper. If work are paying, get the express. You'll then need to probably change to another train or tram to get to where you are, or walk - it's only about 15 minutes from the central station in a straight line(ish). Pretty much everything on trains etc. had signs with the English translation, same on the train - the automated announcements would play in English after too - so you hopefully shouldn't find it too hard to get around.

I found that most things in Oslo are quite expensive, and they keep "work hours" - so most "tourist things" aren't open after 5/6pm. The opera house roof is however a good suggestion - some nice views of Oslo, although I did it during the day, so can't comment on what it will look like at night.

Where you are staying, directly south west ish towards the waterfront, is a brand new quarter of Oslo - I'd broadly compare it to "Canary Wharf", in that there are lots of offices and expensive apartments, and restaurants to serve the busy office workers! Don't expect much change from £25 for a main course to eat somewhere nice.

If you go East from where you are, heading back towards central station, is the main centre - so lots of places to eat and shop.

If you have time, there are tour buses (http://www.visitoslo.com/en/product/?TLp=181656) organised from outside the city hall - you can pick different length tours depending on what time you have, they start at 10:30am (ish) and the shortest is about 2 hours. It takes you to the big ski jump slope (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holmenkollbakken) which is pretty amazing to see, and then to the Vigeland park on the way back with lots of statues (http://www.vigeland.museum.no/en/vigeland-park) - both are worth a visit. One free attraction I quite enjoyed was the city hall, which is quite near you - doesn't take long to go round and see it either.

Last thing I'd add, is that most tourist places seem to close on a Monday, which was a bit annoying.
 
Thanks all. Looks like I can get a direct train from the airport to nationaltheatret which only takes 37mins. Possibly easier than the express to Oslo S and faffing with the metro. Hmn.
 
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