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Bookmark & shareOslo's Scandinavian friendliness puts the 'nice' in 'ice'.
Norway's capital and largest city creeps up on you and makes you very glad you came. Possessed of a staid reputation and by no measure Scandinavia's most beautiful city, low-key Oslo nonetheless has lots to see and do - it just doesn't make such a big fuss about it.
Fast Facts
Population
500,000
Currency
Name: Norwegian Krone
Code: NOK
Symbol: NOK
Electrical Plugs
230V 50Hz
Languages Spoken
Official: Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk
Time Zones
GMT/UTC +1
Country Dialing Code
+47
Weights & Measures
Metric
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