City Hotel Oslo

OSLO is an extremely cold city in the winter..the temperature can drop rapidly .....bring lots of layering.. otherwise you will freeze your buns in the wintertime. And also quite expensive!!!!!! A small pizza with a small drink = 25.00 dollars. our ...

This city has ...

... blocks with bronze statues of naked men, women etc. all done by Norwegian artists.  That was the cool thing about Oslo...the city seemed to embrace art openly and one saw many bronze statues, like the ones I saw here in this little "park" ...

... . After great effort, we finally find our hotel.  We really hope this is the worst hotel of the trip.  City Hotel in Oslo is in a slightly tough section of downtown but near the restaurants etc.  wierd.....the entire hotel is lock down ...

... ride went fast, was smooth and sunny, and full of distractions, and at rush hour, we arrived in the biggest Norwegian city of Oslo, about 5-600,000 people.  We were surprised at how hot it was in Oslo and quickly learned that they were experiencing ...

... Scandic KNA. We rest for 5 minutes in our room before heading out again. We walked through the Slottparken and through the city to Oslo Train Station. From there, we make our way to the Radhus by the harbour and saw the Akershus Slott (Akershus Castle). ...

... Munch is one of Norway's best known artists.  His most famous work is "The Scream", and he left over 1000 paintings to the city of Oslo when he died in 1944, which they put in the museum.  His picture is on the 1000 Kroner bank note.  ...

... Palace to call in on King Harald and Queen Sonja, who were home as the flag was up. The walk there through the city was beautiful as Oslo is so clean. The palace was amongst beautiful gardens and had some photogenic guards too. The men in Norway are huge! ...

... a couple of days in Oslo on the way up to Svalbard. We only had time to see the main sights within walking distance of the city centre and a couple of hours boat trip in the fjords but we really enjoyed it. We had a lovely sunny day on the first day for ...

... doors are not that soundproof in the middle of the night! The plan had always been to walk from the DFDS terminal in Oslo to the hotel, it had been chosen because it was in a central location between the DFDS dock and the central train station. What ...

... relie l'aéroport à la ville en seulement 20 minutes. Durant notre séjour à la capitale norvégienne, nous avons logé à l'Oslo Budget Hotel. Il est situé à 5 minutes de la gare central. Une chambre pour 4 personnes coûtait 799 NOK / nuit ...

... Italian gelatteria (that served really good espresso by really nice Italians) and asked for restaurant suggestions.  Oslo is an expensive city so we asked for someplace reasonably cheap…then promptly ignored her suggestion of Indian food (New ...

... £7 for a beer - that is $10 au. Meanwhile in Oslo.  We stayed beside and wandered in Slottsparken and then the main hub of Oslo city, Up and down Karl Johannes Gate cafe row. The city is quite relaxed and open. The air is certainly fresh as it comes ...

... Wednesday, June 29 we had to switch to a bus outside of Oslo to get to the central station in the city center. This was due to the Oslo central station undergoing renovations right now. Upon arriving at the central station at around 5pm we walked to our ...

... timed our visit in Oslo with the Norway Cup, basically 1000s of kids playing soccer, lucky us we had the US team at our hotel, breakfast was more of a rugby scrum.   Places to drink Aku Aku - great tiki bar, amazing cocktails www.akuaku.no Bar Boca ...

... gets old in the 3rd city! LOL And after lunch we went back to the sculpture garden and just got to our hotel for the first time a little bit ago. I love Oslo so far! I don't know what I was excepting, but it is so very different then Denmark. I ...

... to see the ski jump (used in 1994 Winter Olympics). Bordering lake Mjosa (the biggest in Norway) we arrive at Oslo at 1.00 p.m. It's a beautiful city, very modern and urban. It has nothing to do with the incomparable fjords but it's OK. We're used to ...

... airport living in norway and after talking to him for a while he offered us a lift to oslo which saved us getting the bus. oslo is a great city really nice buildings and statues all round the city. we got good weather the first day as well so it was ...

... TV, air conditioning, and free internet, it was an impressive feat for us to pry ourselves away from spending our entire time in Oslo in the hotel room.  We eventually forced ourselves to venture out and see the city.  We took the subway out to ...

... the day. It makes acclimating much easier, even though I was tired. Before we headed out, we had breakfast at the hotel. The offerings consisted of cold meats, cheeses, tomatoes, cucumbers, fruits, juices, fresh breads, crackers, jams, waffles, ...

... not allowed up there - where we enjoyed the view over the city under the "midnight sun" We could see Dee all night in the open kitchen, then she joined us at the end of her shift. We caught a cab back to the hotel, dropping her back home on the ...