[Closed] Oslo hotels

Went in February and stayed in 'Smart Hotel'. Clean, modern but our room was very small. Wasn't really an issue for us as it was just used to sleep in, the rest of the long weekend we were out exploring.

That's a decent price.

But the hotel costs pale into insignificance against food and booze prices, so get a breakfast rate at the very least.

Holmenkollen is worth a visit. It's right at the top of the hills above the city and fjord. Easy to get to by 'underground'. You can go up the ski jump etc etc. Biking and walking in summer. Skiing and Nordic skiing in winter.

Otherwise, take a boat trip or ferry out onto the fjord from Akkerbrygge.

TBH I've worked there quite a bit and never really found it that inspiring, and I have tried hard. Having been there now for work, it's not somewhere I'd throw a chunk of cash at to go back on holiday. There's a few other places I'd prefer: Copenhagen, Stockholm, Krakow.

But hopefully someone else can point you in the direction of something more impressive in Oslo.

PS don't get a cab from the airport to the hotel, it's a sure fire way to ruin the start of your holiday £££. Get the train instead. You could then cab it from Sentral Station if you really have to.

Yeah looked at the smart hotel and it was coming in at €100 per night, think we must have got some sort of deal. We flew into an airport further afield so transferred by bus which was quite reasonable in the scheme of things...

As above was going to suggest the smart as one of the cheaper option. I've not found a really nice place at a decent price. Continental is nice but I've paid more like £160. Good to remember that the Clarion brand (e.g Folketeater) not only include an excellent breakfast (as do all apart from the smart I think) but also a free hot evening meal. While this won't be the most exciting as it's limited selection, it is usually perfectly ok in my experience. So in effect this could save you £40-50 on a meal out. Even McDonald's will be over a tenner!

I enjoyed Oslo for the few days I was there but as noted food is ridiculously priced.

I ended up taking a couple of pret buttys with me and then not eating for a day, I could afford it just chose not too.

I wandered round town, churchyard, art gallery, shops, harbour - enough to fill a couple of days

I went to Oslo a couple of years ago and really enjoyed it. We went in late March / early April, it was the first warm sunny days and the locals were all out enjoying it, the atmosphere was lively and fun.

We stayed in the Radisson Blu near the station. It felt a bit rough in the streets around it but in reality was very safe. The city centre is quite small and easy to walk around. The bars around Grunerlokka are good an not as expensive (still silly prices for a pint!) compared to the bars near the waterfront in the city centre.

If you like history or stories of explorers I would recommend the viking ship museum and the fram museum about the arctic explorers. The Fram Museum is built around the boat and you get to walk around it with loads of info and pictures in the galleries surrounding the boat. To get to the museums you get the ferry from near the opera house.

Brilliant city and because of the price of food and drink it is free of British stag and hen parties.

Had an overnight in Oslo on my way up to Narvik ealier this year and stayed in Oslo 'Citybox' - didn't need owt fancy - just somewhere fairly close to Central Station, and clean so that I could shower and sleep.

It was perfect! fairly central (it's not a big city) and meant I could see a few of the sights!

Not sure of the price, but the Radisson Blu Scandinavia is lovely with great rooms, view and location.

I don’t know how much the Radisson hotel was. Work paid for it. If you do book it make sure you request a room on a high floor. The view is brilliant and the bar on the top is good as the sun goes down.

If you fancy doing the museums, get an "Oslopass" - it gives you 24/48 hours of free access to a bunch of different stuff in the city as well as transport on the bus/tram/metro/boats. If you plan your day, you can do the ones on Bygdøy (Fram, Kon Tiki, Viking Ship) in an afternoon, then something else like Holmenkollen the next morning.

Coming from/to the airport, don't bother with the Flytoget (airport express), it's only about 4 minutes quicker than the regular lines to Oslo Sentral station and much more expensive.

Free stuff that's worth doing includes Vigeland and Ekeberg parks, plus just walking around the city of the weather is nice. It's a small city so is easy to get around and the public transport is really good.

Don't bother changing up loads of currency, everywhere (and I mean everywhere) takes card payments. If you have time it might be worth getting a card that gives you free foreign exchange or one of those prepaid ones. As above, Grunerløkka is fairly nice for food, and slightly cheaper that other areas but Norway as a whole is expensive. The weather can be bad so pack accordingly!
Hope that helps.