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- Oslo
- Capital
- Norwegian Krone (NOK)
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- 4,503,440
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Oslo
Travel Blogs from Oslo, Norway
Oslo, oops, there indipendence day...busy!
Well im here in Oslo, quite a big town. I dont really like the big towns much because they make me feel like I am in NYC. I guess im not used to big towns. But the city is croweded, and packed because today was there independence day! Party ...
Fjell and Fjord, driving to Oslo
... , but very cool. Then it was back down again into the Gudbrandsdal valley. We have now crossed the "spine" of southern Norway - the Jotunheim ("Giants home") mountains. Still a long ways north of Oslo though. We reach Lom at mid-afternoon. Lom ...
Leaving Oslo for 6 months travel - lucky me :-)
... around the world. Not that I haven't been travelled before, but not like this. Met Halvor and Thomas at the airport in Oslo, 2 colleagues from Telenor. Will meet them again when I get back to work 1 May 2007. Telenor has very kindly granted me a ...
Not so Solo in Oslo
... nbsp; That may be false. Now I will spend four days in Bergen, seeing what I’m told is a very scenic area of Norway. After that its backtracking to Gothenburg for the festival, and then Iceland. Someone I ran into at the hostel yesterday ...
Amazing Ships and Leaving Oslo
... nbsp; After the Vikings, we walked about twenty minutes down the road to the Fram Museum. Fram is a spectacular example of Norway’s ship building Exploring achievements. She is a ship built like an egg, but of wood and everything braced to the ...
Like royalty in Oslo
... the trip we sat in the sun on the back of the boat and had a little sleep. When we disembarked we discovered Norway has become a part of the Schengen group of countries. We drove straight off the boat and into Oslo, we saw the huge gates, ...
There was nor way we were missing out on...Oslo!
... went back to the hotel afterwards. DAY TWO Today we had arranged to hire a car for a chance to see the Norwegian countryside. Since Norway is such a long country, we knew we were pretty limited with just day use of a car but we also knew we'd do the best ...
Week 5 - last week before exams
... and Crazy. I'd heard of this film before, and was really looking forward to it. It's a documentary about a men's choir in a northern Norway fishing town. The first half is a bit slow, as you get to know the guys... then the second half is a bit more ...
May 17 - National Holiday
May 17 is the National Holiday in Norway. A constitution more than 200 years ago definitely requires annual attention. Hail to the nation. What greater thing is there to hail.But they do this in a nice and authentic way here. People dress up for the ...
Oslo, or, We Made It!
... with Lea's bag, delivered as promised by the airline to our hostel. We spend one more night at Anker tonight before embarking on the Norway in a Nutshell tour, part I (details to follow). Hope all is well back home! Lea and Dan ...
And we're back home in time for Christmas...
...and we're back where we started almost two years ago. We came to Norway on December 20th, and visited Anne's brother and his family, staying with them for a couple of days. After this we travelled to our respective home towns to celebrate Christmas and ...
Walk Around Oslo
We slept in til 8am and then had breakfast at the hotel. Started walking tour of Oslo starting in the Grønland district then walked up past the Gunerius building to Storgata and the Opera House. We walked on to Youngstorget and then down Torgata ...
Avreise
Hei og Hå! Nå er sekken pakka og står klar. Jeg ordner det siste før vi durer av gårde til Gardermoen, kanskje jeg rekker en powernap før vi drar også:) Opdaterer neste gang i India hvor jeg skal studere i 10uker nå. Byen jeg skal bo i heter ...
Departure!!
Hei:) De siste dagene har vært veldig blandete. Jeg reiste fra Sverige på torsdag morgen, og har brukt de siste dagene i Bærum på å gjøre meg klar for min 3 mnd lange reise ril Sør-Amerika. Jeg har kjøpt piller, snakket med treneren, trent, ...
Gold in a Tube
... , we haven't been able to justify paying the equivalent of six Canadian dollars for a small tube of Colgate. Oslo is the capital of Norway. It is also the capital of free stuff. The city is quite compact and the central pedestrian street, Karl Johans ...
Being cultural in Oslo
Defying security, greatly enjoyed the Munch museum. Waved at the king (or: took the obligatory pic of the man's dwelling), strolled through the Vigeland park and sniffed some sea breeze at Åsgårdstrand, before enjoying the ...
Up In The North
If one looked up Oslo, Norway in Webster's, I believe a snippet would read something like this: "...city inhabited by breathtaking blondes in messy buns and big sunglasses." And Oslo is just as pretty as the people that live there. The architecture is ...
Leaving Stavanger
... was spectacular as we stayed close to the coast, but then a third of the way into the trip cut into the interior of Norway up to Oslo. We had two people to visit tonight and then make the 11:05 pm all night train to Trondheim. This ...
Oslo
We met up with friends in Oslo, and toured the Royal Palace. Max and Andy danced a quick tango in the palace's ballroom, but it was "no bags, no dogs" on the ...
Oslo!
... 40 minutes away by train, so it was a nice easy way to get out of Moss and see another part of Norway. We took the train to Oslo central station, then transfered to the subway, which brought us to the center of the city, and likewise, ...
Oslo Booze Cruise
... boat moved in the waves. In the morning we had an all you can eat buffet breakfast. Then at about 9.30 we arrived in Oslo, Norway. We left the ship to do some sightseeing for the day. Oslo was very cold, windy and overcast. It was also a ...
In Norway!
... we have allotted to get to the bus station from where will take the bus up the west coast of Sweden to Oslo, the capital of Norway. As usual, we had a lively breakfast conversation. Stefan was out shoveling so that we could easily get the car out. ...
Oslo and the tour
... a downloaded copy of house that we had missed - very romantic! So heading off tomorrow towards Stockholm - to sum up Norway - rainy, cold & expensive!!Nice people who speak very good English, and some amazing views/ scenery throughout the country. ...
Tales of fjords and other such Scandinavian things
... the perfect Easter weekend--r & r, and a truckload of candy. Thank you so much for the good times Elisabet (and Bebe). From Oslo we bussed our way back into Sweden's second largest city, Goteborg. We had made plans to stay with David, a ...
Rockin with the Stones in Norway!
Headed up to Oslo this morning, and managed to get a ticket for the Stones concert tomorrow night. This is the biggest music festival in Europe, and Tool, Amy Winehouse, Jesus and Mary Chain, theEagles and others all all in town for the same three days. ...
Big fun in the Oslo parks and museums and water!
... what we needed. Part of our routine has been to shop at the grocery store daily to restock our breakfast and lunch food. But Norway is notoriously expensive to eat out in, so we went to get food for a barbeque dinner in the park. They have these ...
Chef's Table
... was the best three hour diner I've ever had, and that's saying a lot. JEFF'S REVIEW 9:15 PM 7/16/2008 - Wednesday - Copenhagen Oslo was really good yesterday. We had our Chef's Table meal - which was bizarre, but really well worth it. Ten of us ...
Taking the Bad with the Good!
This is a top pick! ... take pictures so you'll have to come see for yourself. The customs officers let me through without a second glance as I entered Norway. Still no passport stamp. The highway also has a toll. But it's Zero for motorcycles. Awesome! Then the ...
