rummysmom

My university daughter is headed to Oslo in February for an international case competition at BI Norwegian School of Business. They have 2 free days after the competition ends, what can they do? She would love to see the fjords or the Northern lights, but that looks ambitious for 2 days... Any close in fjord tours by Oslo? Any other day trip suggestions?

Thanks

Leslie

Hello CC!

 

We are living in Oslo, Norway. So if someone has questions for Oslo and needs help whit planning feel free to ask. We ask you when we go somewhere new, so we can share from the homeport:cool:

 

Quicklinks for Oslo and some regional:)

 

TRAVEL GUIDES

 

Visit Norway-Official travel guide to Norway.

http://www.visitnorway.com

 

Visit Oslo-Official travel guide to Oslo

http://www.visitoslo.com

 

Oslo Pass-Touritscard that covers local transport and entry to more than 30 museums.

http://www.visitoslo.com/en/activities-and-attractions/oslo-pass/

 

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Cruise piers

 

http://www.visitoslo.com/en/trade-media-cruise/cruise/the-port-of-oslo/cruise-piers-and-facilities/

 

If you don´t know were you will be docking or wondering if another cruise will dock at the same day.

Open the PDF and find your sailing in the list.

http://oslohavn.no/no/cruise/

 

 

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TRANSPORTTATION

 

Oslo Airport Gardermoen OSL-main airport for Norway.

https://avinor.no/flyplass/oslo/

 

NSB- Train in Norway. Local and regional trains.

https://www.nsb.no/en/frontpage

 

Ruter#-Local transportation Oslo and Akershus. Bus, Tram, Train, Metro and Boat

https://ruter.no/en/

 

SAS- Domestic and international flights. Together whit Widerøe they cover the small airports in Lofoten, Helgeland and Finnmark.

https://www.flysas.com

 

Widerøe- Domestic flights that covers small airports around Norway(Lofoten, Finnmark etc)

http://www.wideroe.no

 

Norwegian- Domestic and international flights. Do not cover the small airports in Norway. Low-cost carrier.

http://www.norwegian.com

 

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APPs

 

Ruter# There is 2 app´s. One for tickets and one for departure times.

 

Ruterbillett

This app is just for buing tickets to the local transportation in Oslo/Akershus.

 

Ruterbillett IPHONE. For bying tickets if you dont have OsloPass.

https://itunes.apple.com/no/app/ruterbillett/id581486486?ls=1&mt=8

Ruterbillett ANDROID. For bying tickets if you dont have OsloPass.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=no.ruter.mobile&hl=no

Ruterbillett WINDOWS. For bying tickets if you dont have OsloPass.

https://www.microsoft.com/nb-no/store/apps/ruterbillett/9nblggh0873c

 

RuterReise

This app is for departure times and for finding routes to destination.

RuterReise IPHONE

RuterReise ANDROID

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=no.ruter.reise

RuterReise WINDOWS

https://www.microsoft.com/nb-no/store/apps/ruterreise/9wzdncrdc89j

 

 

VisittOslo

http://www.visitoslo.com/en/oslo/apps/

Gives you offline map of Oslo, event calendar, museums, cafes etc. Can be used when dataroaming is off. IPHONE/ANDROID

 

OsloPass App

http://www.visitoslo.com/en/activities-and-attractions/oslo-pass/oslo-pass-app/

You can buy the pass at home and activate it on arrival in Oslo. No need to pick up cards. IPHONE/ANDROID

 

VisitNorway App

Gives you information about museums, hotels, nature walks, mountains, restaurants etc.

IPHONE

https://itunes.apple.com/app/id391468072?mt=8

ANDROID

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=makingwaves.in.vn.android.app&feature=search_result&hl=en

 

NorwayLights App

Northern lights (Aurelia Borealis) forecast.

IPHONE

https://itunes.apple.com/no/app/norway-lights/id717106363

ANDROID

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.visitnorway.norwaylights&hl=en

 

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Places of interest in Oslo, a small list of what you can do.....

 

The Royal House of Norway

Guidet tours in the castle during the summer season. Nice walk from the pier.

http://www.royalcourt.no

 

The Vigeland Museum

Offers guidet tours and you can walk free inn the park.

http://www.vigeland.museum.no/en

 

Norsk Folkemuseum

Here you will find old norwegian houses and a stav kirke. Open air museum.

http://norskfolkemuseum.no/en

 

The Viking Ship Museum

Viking ships

http://www.khm.uio.no/english/visit-us/viking-ship-museum/

 

Kon-Tiki

Thor Heyerdahls rafts and tours.

http://www.kon-tiki.no/en/

 

Opera

http://operaen.no/en/

 

Edvard Munch

Famous painter, Skrik

http://munchmuseet.no/en/

 

Astrup Fearnley

http://afmuseet.no/en/hjem

 

Ekebergparken

http://ekebergparken.com/en

 

The Ibsen Museum

http://norskfolkemuseum.no/en/Related-units/The-Ibsen-Museum/

 

Akershus Fortress

http://www.forsvarsbygg.no/festningene/Festningene/Akershus-festning/English/

 

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TIP

In Norway the salary is higer then in the US. So there is no need to give lots of tip. If you have a sit-down lunsj or dinner and you are very pleased then you leave some tip. But there is no need to tip 18%.

If you are on a guidet tour and your guide is super, feel free to give some tip but you dont have to tip according to price of the tour.

If you buy take-out coffee and pastery, no need to tip.

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Debit/Creditcards

Most places in Norway take cards (99%) All norwegians cards have pin+chip.

You must have pin-code to your card. Prefer to have pin and chip.

 

 

Hope this give you a quick introduction for Oslo and Norway. If you have questions, feel free to ask.