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Note that this is the opinion of some but that you will find plenty who will tell you otherwise. I have no idea why "no tipping in scandinavia" is so frequently stated in this forum. It's perfectly ok to don't like the concept of tipping and it's certainly different than in the US, but to act like it is not a part of the restaurant industry is just wrong. So in an effort to give a more balanced picture on the topic of "tipping in restaurants": Tipping in Norway is not required in the sense that you won't have the waiter chasing you and yelling at you like you almost could experience if you choose not to tip at the wrong NYC restaurant. You are in your full right to pay whatever stated on your final bill and leave. Nobody will come after you. Some might think you're a bit cheap, but that's all. Tips are however most certainly an important part of the the benefit package for a lot of people in the restaurant industry. A few years back there was a supreme court ruling in Norway whether the employer could enforce "tip poolling" between kitchen-staff and waiters (they could) and for the moment there's a battle in the courts on the question whether the employer can withold "employer tax" and an admin fee to handle the accounting and reporting from the received tips. If there were no tipping in restaurants in Norway as some claim, who would have bothered all of this? In the first court case examples were shown of tips per waiter in the restaurant in question in the range of fifteen to eighteen thousand USD per year. Probably less per person after they started pooling tips with the kitchen, but it is stil rather obvious that tipping at many restaurants is very common and a significant source of income for the persons in question. So to sum it up; My advise would be to look at the efforts given, the style of the restaurant and how happy you were with the overall experience. For a restaurant dinner I'd say ~10 % is considered a nice tip, but this is not a strict rule. ~20 % like you might see in the US would be considered an surprisingly/extremely high tip (or a "tourist tip") so no reason to go that high. If you think it all was way below what should be expected; Don't tip, tips should be deserved. You still don't need cash though as you will be able to add tip when you pay with your credit card, just inform your waiter. If they hand you the credit card terminal without the option to add tip/enter the desired total amount it's a sign they propably don't neccessarily expect tips or are not used to it. PS. I'm not in the restaurant business and have no personal interest in this, I just enjoy seeing skilled and motivated personel getting paid what they deserve.

It's very easy to buy tickets and plan your journey using the Ruter app, which you should be able to download in advance. For more information: https://ruter.no/en/buying-tickets/ If you plan to do multiple stops during the day a 24 hour ticket might be your best choice. (Not neccessarily relevant for you, but for future reference since a lot of the readers of this forum falls into this demographic: "The senior discount applies to: Everyone aged 67 or above and Spouses/registered partners travelling together with the person entitled to a senior discount") The 12 tram would, as you have identified, be a good choice. It runs fairly frequently and you will get to see some nice parts of the city on your way. (You could also go via bus or subway depending on where you wanna go first or next, but from where you most likely will dock I'd take the tram)