Oslo Getting there & around

Getting there & away

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Land

Bus

Long-distance buses arrive and depart from the Galleri Oslo Bus Terminal (Schweigaards gate 8, Galleri Oslo); the train and bus stations are linked via a convenient overhead walkway for easy connections.

Nor-Way Bussekspress (82 02 13 00 or 81 54 44 44; www.nor-way.no) has the biggest range of services. International services also depart from the bus terminal.

Car & motorcycle

The main highways into the city are the E6 from the north and south, and the E18 from the southeast and west. Each time you enter Oslo, you must pass through (at least) one of 19 toll stations and pay Nkr15 to Nkr25.

Train

All trains arrive and depart from Oslo S in the city centre. It has reservation desks (6am-11pm, international 6.30am-11pm) and an information desk (81 50 08 88), which provides details on routes and timetables throughout the country.

There are frequent train services around Oslofjord (eg Drammen, Skien, Moss, Fredrikstad and Halden). Other major destinations include Stavanger via Kristiansand, Bergen via Voss, Røros via Hamar, and Tronheim via Hamar and Lillehammer.

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Hitching

When leaving Oslo it’s generally best to take a bus or train to the outskirts of the city and start hitching from there.

To hitch to Bergen, take bus 161 to its final stop and wait beside the E16 towards Hønefoss. For Trondheim, take T-Bane line 5 (direction: Vestli) to Grorud and wait beside Rv4, which connects to the E6. For the south coast and Stavanger, take bus 31 or 32 to the Maritim petrol station.)

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Boat

Ferries operated by DFDS Seaways (21 62 10 00; Vippetangen 2) connect Oslo with Denmark from the Vippetangen Quay off Skippergata. Bus 60 stops within a couple of minutes walk of the terminal.

Color Line Ferries (81 00 08 11; www.colorline.no; Color Line Terminalen, Hjortnes) runs to/from Hirtshals (Denmark) and Kiel (Germany); boats dock at Hjortneskaia, west of the central harbour. Take tram 10 or 13 from Oslo S, or the Color Line bus, which leaves Oslo S one hour before boat departures.

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Air

Oslo’s Gardermoen International Airport (91 50 64 00; www.osl.no) opened in October 1998 and has a motorway and high-speed rail link to the city centre.

Domestic flights also depart from here and include services (with sample one-way fares) to Ålesund (Nkr459), Bergen (Nkr374), Røros (from Nkr498, daily except Saturday), Stavanger (Nkr374), Tromsø (Nkr708) and Trondheim (Nkr374).

KLM, Widerøe, SAS Braathens and Ryanair also operate ‘Oslo’ services to/from Torp Airport, some 123km southwest of Oslo.

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