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Where the hell should I stay in Oslo?
So I've plunked down my $130 for the Norway Birkie next March. I've
lined up lodging in Lilly-hammer, but I'll have 3 days before to hang out in Oslo. Anyone know anything about this place? I'd like to be near a good place to ski (do people ski in Norway?), as well as close to any tourist traps that I should see (Viking museum, snow factory, etc.). I know that it's godawful expensive there, so my budget is about 100-150 greenbacks per night. Any thoughts from my well-traveled friends at r.s.n.? bt |
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Where the hell should I stay in Oslo?
sknyski wrote:
So I've plunked down my $130 for the Norway Birkie next March. I've lined up lodging in Lilly-hammer, but I'll have 3 days before to hang out in Oslo. Anyone know anything about this place? I'd like to be near a good place to ski (do people ski in Norway?), as well as close to any tourist traps that I should see (Viking museum, snow factory, The Viking ships are at Bygdøy, a small peninsula that has the least snow of any place in Oslo, while the Ski Museum is up at Holmenkollen. However, the 24-hour passes on the public transportation systems will get you anywhere quite efficiently, so that's less of a problem. The best (never mind the costs!) place for a skier is probably the Holmenkollen Park Hotel, but that's definitely one of the 2-3 most expensive places to stay in all of Norway, so skip that. I'd contact my ski association (Skiforeningen, the organizers of all Holmenkollen events), and ask for suggestions! http://www.skiforeningen.no/hk/tourist/#english (There's a mail link at the bottom of the page) etc.). I know that it's godawful expensive there, so my budget is about 100-150 greenbacks per night. Any thoughts from my well-traveled friends at r.s.n.? If you want to stay in Hell, you have to fly to Trondheim instead of Oslo: The Trondheim airport (Værnes) is actually located in Hell, there's a nice postcard available from the local train station, where the parcel/package ("gods" in norwegian) expedition terminal is shown: You have a nice smoke-bellowing train in the foreground, The big HELL sign, and then besides it: "GODS EXPEDITION". Anyway, back to your question: Lodging only in the $100 to 150 range is doable, including a _big_ breakfast, but if you want lunch/dinner as well it is going to be harder. Terje -- - "almost all programming can be viewed as an exercise in caching" |
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Where the hell should I stay in Oslo?
As others have said there are very expensive hotels in
the Holmenkollen area. I've stayed at Haraldsheim Vandrerhjem (hostel) in Grefsen (NE Oslo). It's not very central but cheap ( 200-300 Kr overnight+breakfast). The closest skiing is in Lillomarka, about a 20 minute walk. Best way to the main ski trails was bus #23 to Taasen, then transfer to T-bane to Sognsvann. If you time it right, you could be at Sognsvann in 20 minutes. From Sognsvann there are several trails going to Holmenkollen (maybe 10-15 km). Maybe bus #23 continues to make a connection to the Holmenkollen T-bane. There are several bus/tram lines going from Grefsen to central station, I don't remember the line numbers. A bus/tram/T-bane transfer ticket is good for 1 hour. You can get ticket packages: 24 hour, 1 week, package of 8 tickets etc. There are also several trains per day stopping at Grefsen station on the Oslo-Gjøvik line. These trains give access to the trails in north Nordmarka- Stryken, Grua etc. It is extremely popular on weekends for people to take this train north and then ski back to the city. There are frequent express trains from Gardermoen airport to Oslo central station. There are also regular trains going directly to Lillehammer from the airport. There was also a bus company (Flybuss-ekspress or something like that) going from the airport to several places in Oslo. Coming back, I caught their bus near Haraldsheim directly to the airport. Some info about Oslo skiing at: "http://www3.ns.sympatico.ca/dermott/ski/99/ski99-1.html" -- David Dermott , Wolfville Ridge, Nova Scotia, Canada email: WWW pages: http://www3.ns.sympatico.ca/dermott/ |
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