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Day-by-day itineraries, what to eat, how the city actually works, and the places within a train ride that are worth the day.
Day Trips From Oslo
Islands on a bus ticket, a fort that changed the war, a Viking mound, and the best train journey in Europe.
Eating in Oslo
New Nordic at the top, brown cheese and hot dogs at the bottom, and a supermarket strategy in between.
Friluftsliv, and Why Oslo Empties at the Weekend
A legal right to walk anywhere, a forest at the end of the metro, and a national conviction that being outdoors is not optional.
Getting Around Oslo
One ticket for metro, tram, bus and the fjord ferries — which makes an island trip free.
How Much Does Oslo Cost
Expensive, and not uniformly. The sights are cheap or free; it is the beer, the dinner and the taxi that hurt.
Oslo Airport to the City
Two trains run the same track to the same station. One costs roughly twice the other.
The City That Oil Built
A poor country on the edge of Europe found oil in 1969, and then did something almost no other country has managed.
Three Days in Oslo
The waterfront, the peninsula of museums, and a day in the forest or on the fjord — which is the day people skip.
Where to Stay in Oslo
Five areas, what each is like on a Sunday, and why the weekend is cheaper than the week.