Traveling to Oslo December 30th - January 2

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ohsnails
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Hi all

Taking my first trip to Oslo (and later, Copenhagen) from December 30th - January 1st or 2nd. I currently live in Manhattan in NYC.

I know it's not a lot of time, but I want to get as much packed in as I can. A few interests I have are:

The Munch Museum
Norwegian Museum of Cultural History
The best thrift/vintage shopping for clothing, small home items, etc.
Gay nightlife (especially on NYE)
Other nightlife (good bars, restaurants, etc).
Any surrounding countryside (needs to be pretty close to town) that is particularly beautiful.

I have just begun my own research, so forgive me for being so vague. I thought this would be a good place to start. Any city I ever visit, I'd like to feel submersed in. So if you could direct me to any particularly hip/young neighborhoods to look to stay ,that would be great as well.

I currently live in downtown Manhattan (Chinatown/Lower East Side), so I'm very interested in the real culture of the city, as well as everything it has to offer.

I understand this may be low season, so any beautiful quiet streets/architecture/etc is great as well!!

Thank you!!

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janjor
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The Grünerløkka area is a very nice if you are looking to stay in a hip / cool area. If you stay in this area you'll be quite close to the Munch Museum and you can easily walk down to the main street area.

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dawe
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Oslo is usually quiet in holiday seasons, but there is the usual fireworks on NYE in front of the town hall (Rådhuset). Also on 1 Jan most of the museums will keep closed.
Grünerløkka is a good area, and there are also good places to hang around in Torshov, or in center.

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muminmamma
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Surrounding coutryside: take 'T-banen' (tube) to Holmenkollen, check out the ski jump arena, then continue to Frognerseteren, end of line. If there's snow you'll see a zillion people head for the slope together with their sleighs ;-) Go to the cafe and enjoy the apple cake.

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skrivebord
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Do thorough research on opening times. A lot of the public institutions are liable to be closed due to the holidays. And plan your days around the fact that there'll be only 5-6 hours of daylight (I'd hazard between half past nine and half past three).
If you're into modern arts, I'd recommend the Astrup Fearnley museum - it's a nice location as well.
The thrift and vintage mainstay in Norway is the Fretex chain, run by the salvation army.

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