KEY TO THE CITY
If Oslo’s compact size and walkability make exploration on foot simple, its excellent
public transportation makes it easy to explore with a minimum of walking. An intricate
network of streetcars (trams) scatter in all directions from Oslo’s Central Station.
Having a day ticket for the network lets you hop on and off the trams at will—and is
valid for the subway line out to Frogner Park and the water taxis across the harbor to
Bygdøy, too. Day tickets are available at the transportation hub at Oslo Central Station.
An even better deal—for those looking to visit some of the many museums in Bygdøy
and throughout downtown Oslo—is the Oslo Pass which covers admissions to many
attractions and serves as a public transportation pass. Available for 1, 2, and 3-day
durations, the Oslo Pass gives visitors the freedom of the city.
FREE ENTRY TO THE
KON-TIKI MUSEUM WITH THE OSLO PASS
WINTER IN THE CITY
Active, outdoorsy Oslo is a natural destination in the long days of the Scandinavian
summer. The surprise is that Oslo is a fascinating city of lights and outside activity
even during the longest, dark Scandinavian winter nights. Oslo is the only major European
city with skiing available just outside of the city center accessible by subway.
Oslo’s main boulevard, Karl Johan’s Gate, is as full of people and bright as a
summer afternoon even on snowy nights in December. Skaters of all generations fill the
rink (the Oslo Pass even offers reduced price skate rental!) and the pedestrian shopping
mall is full of Christmas shoppers looking for everything from expensive furs to
traditional reindeer pattern sweaters. There are special Christmas markets in
town—even a Designer Christmas Market—and a special Christmas exhibit at the
Kunstnerforbundet Art Gallery. Across the harbor at Bygdøy (reached by bus #30 rather
than by water taxi in winter), the Museum of Cultural History recreates a traditional
Norwegian Christmas complete with a children’s choir and folk dancing among its
authentic historic houses from around Norway. HOLIDAY SALES OF NORWEGIAN
SWEATERS
In the winter, of course, Oslo’s café
society has retreated indoors. Everywhere there are cozy, warm restaurants with hot food
and drinks of the season, offering a refuge from the snowy cold, and fortifying guests for
the next foray outside.
A PRIZE-WINNING DESTINATION
Oslo is as comfortable as an old pair of jeans. Just show up—the rest is easy.
Cultures will cross. People will meet and ideas will be exchanged. New foods will be
tried, unfamiliar territory will be discovered, and old traditions will be examined. And,
finally, the Nobel Peace Prize will be awarded, at the landmark City Hall by the harbor,
as it is every December, when the world comes to Oslo.
OSLO CITY HALL —
NOBEL PEACE PRIZES ARE PRESENTED HERE
If Oslo’s compact size and walkability make exploration on foot simple, its excellent
public transportation makes it easy to explore with a minimum of walking. An intricate
network of streetcars (trams) scatter in all directions from Oslo’s Central Station.
Having a day ticket for the network lets you hop on and off the trams at will—and is
valid for the subway line out to Frogner Park and the water taxis across the harbor to
Bygdøy, too. Day tickets are available at the transportation hub at Oslo Central Station.
An even better deal—for those looking to visit some of the many museums in Bygdøy
and throughout downtown Oslo—is the Oslo Pass which covers admissions to many
attractions and serves as a public transportation pass. Available for 1, 2, and 3-day
durations, the Oslo Pass gives visitors the freedom of the city.
Active, outdoorsy Oslo is a natural destination in the long days of the Scandinavian
summer. The surprise is that Oslo is a fascinating city of lights and outside activity
even during the longest, dark Scandinavian winter nights. Oslo is the only major European
city with skiing available just outside of the city center accessible by subway.
Oslo’s main boulevard, Karl Johan’s Gate, is as full of people and bright as a
summer afternoon even on snowy nights in December. Skaters of all generations fill the
rink (the Oslo Pass even offers reduced price skate rental!) and the pedestrian shopping
mall is full of Christmas shoppers looking for everything from expensive furs to
traditional reindeer pattern sweaters. There are special Christmas markets in
town—even a Designer Christmas Market—and a special Christmas exhibit at the
Kunstnerforbundet Art Gallery. Across the harbor at Bygdøy (reached by bus #30 rather
than by water taxi in winter), the Museum of Cultural History recreates a traditional
Norwegian Christmas complete with a children’s choir and folk dancing among its
authentic historic houses from around Norway. HOLIDAY SALES OF NORWEGIAN
SWEATERS
Oslo is as comfortable as an old pair of jeans. Just show up—the rest is easy.
Cultures will cross. People will meet and ideas will be exchanged. New foods will be
tried, unfamiliar territory will be discovered, and old traditions will be examined. And,
finally, the Nobel Peace Prize will be awarded, at the landmark City Hall by the harbor,
as it is every December, when the world comes to Oslo.