Oslo - taxis at cruise port?

[mocrimlaw]

Is it easy to get a taxi at the dock in Oslo when we dock? We get in at 4pm and I want to rush to the Folkmuseum as it closes at 6pm. Should I arrange for a driver ahead of time? We are on the NCL Jade, so 2400 passengers. Thanks!

[Eboracum_d]

I am sure you will be able to get a taxi but it will take at least 20 minutes to get there. You would be faced with a very rapid tour round the folk museum -- a collection of separate buildings over quite a large site.

 

Would you not do better to choose some other attraction (the Vigeland Sculpture Park foe example) for that arrival day? Incidentally the pleasanter way to get to the Folk Museum is to take the water bus which goes from the harbour, about a 10 minute walk from where you are likely to be berthed. From memory that crossing takes about 20 minutes and boats go about every half hour.

 

 

 

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[kaisatsu]

If time is the priority, you should probably arrange a driver ahead of time rather than counting on finding a taxi right away.

 

It's a fairly easy trip by public transit, since the bus #30 stops in front of the city hall, 500m in front of the pier where your ship is docking. The bus (direction towards Bygdøy) runs every 10 minutes and stops right outside the museum about 15 minutes later. Taking a taxi would really only save you 10 minutes, but catching the bus would require having 50 NOK/person to buy tickets from the driver. (A 24-hour pass might be useful since you're staying overnight, but you'd need to stop at a convenience store like the 7-11 behind the city hall to buy one.)

 

I would have suggested doing it the next morning, but with a 12:00 departure, that leaves you the same or even less time at the museum in the morning. NCL chose rather unfortunate timings for that port visit!

Edited December 29, 2016 by kaisatsu

[mocrimlaw]

Thank you both! I really only want to see the Stave church at the Folkemuseum - I mean, I would love to see the whole museum, but I will be happy with just the Stave church. We are actually getting off the ship early the next morning and flying to Stockholm for a Baltic cruise, rather than returning to Southampton with the NCL cruise, so we will only have that evening in Olso and the Stave church is my main goal there (and of course most things will sadly be closed). I wish NCL had us longer in Oslo, or really any of the other ports (Stavanger, Alesund, Geiranger, and Flam) as there is plenty to do in any of them, but instead our last port before Oslo is Haugesund, where I can't find anything to do really and there are NO shore excursions either! Seems like a waste of a day when we could be seeing so many other things!