Oslo

One of my most interesting, and ultimately rewarding, weekend breaks was to Oslo the Capital City of Norway. My girlfriend booked us tickets a few years back as I'd become really interested in the paintings of Edvard Munch and wanted to see the museum in his home town of Oslo. It's not often a holiday is ruined by international criminals before it starts; unfortunately this was what happened to us. Weeks after booking the tickets some international art thieves stole the world-famous 'Scream' picture as well as another of his more famous works. Obviously we were slightly miffed that one of our Christmas break's main attractions had been made less attractive ...  Read the complete review

"I wonder if there's a vacancy in a brighter place... if they need a cop in Bergen" (H.Hole) Say you go to visit Norway. Of course you want to stay in Oslo a few days. Say you want a unusual guide giving you an overview of the city with the eyes of a local (a very disillusioned one, I should add) and a few political and historical insights, keeping always your attention to "on your toe" level. My choice was Harry Hole (Jo Nesbø's "The Redbreast " character). He took me around places and showed the good and the bad side of the city, some bars and restaurants included, made me smile explaining the ...  Read the complete review

Having just returned from a weekend in Oslo I thought I had better put pen to paper and write a review about Norway's capital city. In the past I have always travelled to Norway by ferry which is a scenic and enjoyable way to arrive. I remember passing endless islands and holms situated in the 100 kilometre Oslofjord to be greeted by wooded hills in the background and shores lined with port installations, ferries and commercial vessels in the foreground. The city of Oslo is hidden amongst all this and on past visits I have often found it quite a dull city compared with Norway's other delightful gems, Bergen and Trondheim. So why am I re-visiting. Because I ...  Read the complete review

Oslo, the capital of Norway, was the second stop on my current month long journey around Europe. Going to Oslo was an obvious choice, as we were working our way through Scandinavia, it made sense to go to one of its capitals, and was also very easy to get to from Bergen, on Norway's west coast, where we'd made our first stop. Getting to Oslo was relatively easy: we took an overnight train from Bergen, which since it was during the summer meant that it was slightly difficult to sleep as it didn't get very dark, though this did mean that we got to see the beautiful scenery of the Norwegian fjords as we wizzed across the country through the night. It really was a ...  Read the complete review

Oslo, the Nordic City of Light, has changed over the last 100, and even the last 20 years, and a new cosmopolitan Oslo has wakened in the shadow of the images of the old sombre Oslo as depicted by Edvard Munch, the city’s famous painter. Getting There ----------------- Oslo is situated in southern Norway, at a latitude of almost 60 degrees N. If you have the time and the money, you can reach Oslo via one of the 100 or so cruise ships that stop here every summer, but otherwise the simplest way is via direct flight to one of Oslo’s two airports – Gardermoen to the north of the city, takes 40 minutes into the capital, or Torp, served by Ryanair takes ...  Read the complete review