General Information
Oslo offers a large variety of distractions.
Have a look at
Visit Oslo
to see what's going on.
The currency in Norway is Norwegian Crowns (NOK and not EURO).
You can use your credit card everywhere for payments (sometimes
you might be asked for an identification with passport or id
card) and for cash withdrawal (called Minibank).
Participant are asked to book their hotel room by directly
contacting the hotel.
If you order double room, please personally pick your companion.
We have reserved rooms at three different accommodations.
Guesthouses at the campus of the University
Twelve rooms on campus are reserved for the workshop.
They have a simple standard, and cost 1250 NOK/
week.
There is a common kitchen, bath, and living room.
For booking of these rooms, please
contact
Sunniva
Siem (sunniva.siem#fys.uio.no) by e-mail before March 30,
2009.
Thon Hotel Guldenløve
We have reserved single rooms for 1010 NOK/night in the
Thon Hotel
Guldenløve.
Please give the reservation no.
4277070 when
booking.
Please book your room before March 15, 2009.
Cochs Pensjonat
In
Cochs
Pensjonat, single rooms for 460—610 NOK/night and
double rooms for 660—820 NOK/night are available.
No breakfast is served.
We have reserved single and double rooms until March 9, 2009.
Please give the reservation no. 36221 when
booking.
If you arrive later than 14:00, please notify the hostel on
beforehand.
The airport for Oslo is
called Oslo Airport Gardermoen
(OSL).
There are two other airports which are sometimes
called Oslo, namely Rygge and Torp
(see below), but they are much
further away from Oslo than the Gardermoen airport.
They are used by low-cost carriers, but they are only
recommended if you are very short on money because of the long
travelling times to and from the airport.
When you left the customs area at OSL airport, you should turn
right and walk down to the end of the hall until you reach the
stairs to the Flytoget
(airport express train).
The train takes you to Oslo Sentralstasjon (or Oslo
S) in about 25 minutes.
It costs 160 NOK.
You are obliged to buy a ticket before boarding
these trains — it is not possible to buy tickets on board.
Tickets may be bought by swiping a credit card, at the
distribution machines or at the NSB counters.
The Torp airport is serviced,
e.g., by Ryanair,
widerøe,
and wizz air.
From Torp, the company
Torpekspressen
offers buses to the Oslo Central bus station (Oslo
Bussterminalen) which is in walking distance (5 minutes)
from the central train station.
They ride takes about 1:45h and cost about 260 NOK for a
return ticket.
Cash withdrawal is available in the airport check-in hall.
From Rygge airport, there are
buses run
by
Rygge-Expressen and
by TIMEkspressen.
Rygge airport also has a train connection, see
here.
The workshop will take place at the Department of Physics,
University of Oslo, Blindern.
The sessions will be held in Helga Engs building in
Auditorium 1/2 (see the map).
Signs will be put up from the entrance hall of the building.
Some relevant maps:
From Hotel to the Workshop
There are two ways to get to Blindern from either
Thon Hotel Gyldenløve
or
Cochs Pensjonat:
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Either walk or take the tram up Bogstadveien to Majorstuen
(recommended for Thon Hotel Gyldenløve).
From there, go across the big road intersection and continue
in the same direction until you see a football field on your
right.
You will then also see the Physics Building on the top of a
hill behind the football field.
Walk past the field and follow the roads up the hill.
This takes about 30 minutes if you walk and 20 minutes if you
take the tram.
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Or you can walk down to Nasjonaltheatret subway
station in the city center, which takes about 10 minutes
from Cochs Pensjonat.
From there take the westbound subway, either line 3
(Sognsvann), 4 (Ringen) or 5 (Storo).
Get off at Blindern station.
Go up the hill on the right-hand side of the subway (the stop
is outdoors), and you reach the university campus.
The whole journey takes about 30 minutes.
Also see the
map where hotels, stations,
and the workshop location are indicated.
If you have problems finding your way to Blindern, call Magne
(+47 45667796), Cecilie (+47 95051841), Alexander
(+47 40283625), Andreas (+47 41671147), or Sunniva
(+47 90011301).
Some useful links for travelling:
In case you would like to take the opportunity of coming to
Oslo for a visit to other parts of Norway, we have collected a
few hints and links:
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The 17th of May is
the Norwegian
constitution day. All over norway you can watch parades,
listen to marching bands, and see people dressed up in the
national costumes.
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The company Norway
in a nutshell ® offers 1—3 day trips
between Bergen and Oslo.
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On VISITNORWAY.COM
you may find general information on touristic highlights in
Norway.
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The web pages Visit
Oslo offer information about the Oslo region.
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If you have a lot of time and money, you might be interested
in
a Hurtigruten
boat trip along the western coast of Norway.
Updated 2009-02-06 by:
alexander.buerger#fys.uio.no