Oslo, Norway

After yet another 4 hour train Journey we arrived at out next destination, Oslo.  We booked into the Anker hostel and had an exciting evening of laundry!

Day One - 07/06/2011
For our first day in Oslo we decided to...leave Oslo!  We had an extra day of train travel on our Interrail card and so decided to use it to visit some small towns outside of Oslo.  We visited Drammen first, then Larvik.

Drammen

Larvik

Day Two - 08/06/2011
On day two we actually saw Oslo.  Before going out we researched the various museums and galleries to decide whether or not it would be worth buying a Oslo card for about £25.  However, if we visited only the National Museums, it would only cost us about £5!  So, this is what we did!

Day Three - 09/06/2011
On our last day in the city it rained..A LOT!  Which is a shame.  We walked to the other side of the town to the sculpture park and decided to dry off at the City Museum.  However, when we left we figured it would be really silly to walk around the sculpture park for hours in the rain and headed back to the Hostel to pack and rest.  On the way back to the Hostel we stumbled across one of Marc Quinn's famous Kate Moss yoga statues inside a small randon shopping centre!  It was a lot bigger than we had anticipated!

We spent a total of 4 nights in Oslo, so it was one of our longer visits to one city.  However, I found it really hard to like it.  I don't think the weather helped, but Oslo didn't have the same vibes that Copenhagen and Gothenburg had.  It was more rushed, uptight and I didn't feel as comfortable here as I did elsewhere in Scandanavia. I also found the hostel wasn't amazing.  It was clean enough, and I liked that the kitchen and bathroom where ensuite, but the staff were incredicle dosile!  We did meet the nicest people though, including an 60-something year old from Oregon who talked forever, but was lovely!