Practical Information

Airport

Oslo International Airport is located in Gardermoen 49 kilometres away from the capital city. It is possible to take a bus or a train to go downtown. We chose to take the train.

Counters and selling machines are available for you to purchase tickets. Therefore you don’t need to buy them ahead.

Trains leave every 30 minutes for approximately NOK 90.

For more information: www.nsb.no

Oslo Pass
The Oslo pass is a card valid between one and three days. It offers you a free access to many Oslo’s museums and also the access to public transports (with the exception of the boat to go to Bygdoy).

It is possible to buy the Oslo pass at the tourist office, but also in some museums, hotels, etc.

It is worth being purchased if you wish to visit a great deal of museums within a day (or three) or if you stay far from downtown. It should be calculated according to your budget, given that the pass is quite expensive: From NOK 395 for a day to NOK 745 for three days per adult.

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

Public transport

Since we stayed downtown Oslo, we went places on foot for the most part, taking public transport (bus, tramway, metro) at times.

There are 6 metro lines and it functions till 0:30 a.m..

The ticket price is NOK 33 for an adult in zone 1.

For more information: https://ruter.no/en/

Bottle recycling

It may be noted that most plastic bottles are returnable and can be dropped in many stores to get the deposit back.

Sale of alcoholic beverages

The price of the alcohol is very expensive in Norway. The import taxes are important since Norway is not a member of the European Union. Only beer and cider are sold in supermarkets. After 6 p.m., the stores are no longer allowed to sell alcohol. Your bottles would be removed from the conveyor belt (true story!). This restriction hides actually a Norwegian societal problem: Excessive alcohol consumption (abuse and intoxication).