Your stay in Oslo

How to get to Oslo from the airport

The easiest way to get to Oslo is by airport express train. It leaves to Oslo Central station every 10 minute. It costs 85 NOK for students and 190 NOK for others. Normal train costs less, but has fewer departures.

Place of the Conference

The conference will be held at the Faculty of Theology, Blindernveien 9, only a few minutes walk from the university campus.

Currency

To convert between NOK and other currencies, click here. 10 NOK = ca. € 1,12 or USD 1,40.

Where to stay

Hotels
For regular prized hotels, we suggest to search the usual hotel-websites. We strongly recommend early reservations since May is a busy season! Click here to go to hotels.com and here to go to visitoslo.com.

Guesthouses
For affordable housing there are several options. We have pre-booked a number of single and double rooms for conference guests at the following two guesthouses. NB. These guesthouses only have rooms available from 10-12 May, 2012.

Sta. Katarinahjemmet Guest house
Prices: starting from 400 NOK. Rooms available from 10-12 May, 2012. As per March 9: one room available from 10-12 May, 2012.
Website

Lovisenberg Guest house
Prices: starting from 500 NOK. Rooms available from 10-12 May, 2012. As per March 9: all rooms are booked.
Website

To make use of these reservations, please contact Ragnhild Opsahl of the conference staff.

Other tips for reasonably priced housing

Cochs Pensjonat
Prices starting from 500 NOK for value rooms with shared shower and toilet in the hallway. 600 NOK for standard rooms.
Website

Anker hostel
Single- and twin rooms. Prices starting from 580 NOK. There are also 4-, 6- and 8 bed dorms.
Website

Comfort Xpress Hotel
Single room, prices starting from 580 NOK.
Website

P-hotels
Single room, prices starting from 595 NOK.
Website

Perminalen Hotel
Single room, prices starting from 620 NOK. 380 NOK for a room with 4 beds.
Website

See also Use-it Oslo, Tourist Information for young travellers.

Where to eat

At the conference
Two meals (one lunch and one dinner) are included in the conference fee.
The cantinas in the university campus also have reasonable prices for food and drinks. When at the conference this will be the easiest way to get food.

Downtown
Hai Café
serves affordable and nice Thai food.
Carlmeyers gate 6.

Fiskeriet
A small, but wonderful place for sea food in Youngstorget.
Prices: 150-220 NOK.
Website

Bistro Brocante
French food in Grünerløkka.
Prices: 220 NOK.
Website

Café Christiana
Decent dinner in old environment.
Prices: 150-250 NOK.
Website

Kaffistova
Traditional Norwegian food.
Prices:150-180 NOK.
Website

Arakataka
Good food for a reasonable price.
Prices: 220 NOK
Website

How to get around

The easiest way to get to the conference is by tram. Take tram nr. 17 or 18 to Ullevål Sykehus. You can also take the subway nr. 3, 4 or 5 to Blindern.

Taxi is quite expensive.

Oslo has good public transport: Make sure to buy tickets in ticket machines or kiosks, since on-board ticket is double price. All subways stations down town (marked with a T) have ticket booths. You can buy single tickets or coupon cards called Smart tickets.

Click here for time tables and more information about tickets in English.

More websites with tips on Oslo

Use-It, Visit Oslo and Lonely Planet.

Your contact

If you have any questions, please contact Ragnhild Opsahl.