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Distance

Bergen : 189 miles
Lillehammer: 83.4 miles
Stavanger: 188 miles
Trodheim: 244 miles

Weather of Oslo

Oslo has a humid continental climate. Because of the city's northern latitude, daylight varies greatly from more than 18 hours in midsummer to around 6 hours in midwinter. Despite its northernly location, the climate is relatively mild throughout the year because of the Gulf Stream.

Oslo has pleasantly mild to warm summers with average high temperatures of 20-22°C (68-71°F) and lows of around 12 °C (54 °F). Temperatures exceed 25 °C (77 °F) quite often, and heatwaves are common during the summer. The highest temperature ever recorded was 35 °C (95 °F) on 21 July 1901. Due to the fjord's being a relatively enclosed body of water, the water temperatures can get quite high during long warm periods. During the summer of 2008, the water reached a temperature of 24 °C (75 °F). Spring and autumn are generally chilly. Winters are cold and snowy with temperatures between −7 °C (19 °F) up to −1 °C (30 °F). The coldest temperature recorded is −27.1 °C (−16.8 °F) in January 1942. Temperatures have tended to be higher in recent years.
 

Tourism Office of Oslo

1 Jernbanetorget
N-0154 Oslo
telephone / phone : 00(47) 815 30 555

Get in Oslo

By plane: Oslo Airport (IATA: OSL, ICAO: ENGM), is Norway's largest airport, located in Gardermoen, 45 kilometres north-east of Oslo. It's 19-22 minutes and NOK 170 (NOK 85 retired, kids and students younger than 31 with a student ID) by the Flytoget high speed train to Oslo central station ("Oslo S"). Trains depart every 10 minutes during daytime, and every 20 mins early in the morning, late in the evening, holidays and in mid-summer. Note that every second train continues past Oslo central station to Nationaltheatret station (often more convenient than Oslo S) and further to the western suburbs, terminating in Asker. Ticket is not valid for transfer in Oslo. Trains run from Gardermoen until 12.56am. 

Sandefjord Airport Torp near Sandefjord and Tønsberg, 115 kilometres south of Oslo, is used as a secondary airport by low-cost airlines Ryanair and Wizzair, and has regular scheduled flights by Widerøe and KLM. The bus service Torpekspressen links the airport to Drammen and Oslo (1 hour 45 mins).

Moss Lufthavn Rygge airport is a third airport in the Oslo area. Mainly serviced by Norwegian Air Shuttle, the airport is close to the cities of Moss, Fredrikstad and Sarpsborg. The bus service Ryggeekspressen will meet all incoming international flights, and leave for all outgoing. Otherwise, a shuttle bus leaves for Rygge train station approx. 10 minutes before train departures from Rygge to Oslo. 

By train: Oslo Central Station (Oslo Sentralstasjon/Oslo S, T-bane Jernbanetorget) is at the eastern fringe of the city centre, by the end of the main pedestrian street Karl Johans gate. Oslo S is at the centre of Norway's railway, all lines (including the airport express train) terminate at Oslo S, making Oslo S the supreme gateway to Oslo. The major express buses go to the bus station next door to the train station.

Most of the long distance trains also stop at Lysaker station on the western city limit. Some also stop at the Nationaltheatret station by the Royal castle in the western part of the centre. All these stations are connected to the local train system, as well as bus, tram or/and metro lines.

By car: International highways E6 (from Malmö and Gothenburg) and E18 (from Saint Petersburg, Helsinki and Stockholm) meet in Oslo. The money is used for road construction and public transport. The toll booths are non-stop, and will snap a photo of your license plate and send the bill to the car owners' house. 

The E6 is the main north-south road of Norway, and continues north to Trondheim, Alta and Kirkenes, with branches to most Norwegian cities. The E16 runs west to Bergen, the E134 to Haugesund and the E18 run south-west to Drammen, Grenland (Skien/Porsgrunn) and Kristiansand. Other notable roads into Oslo include Rv4 from Gjøvik, Rv2 from Charlottenberg (Sweden) and Kongsvinger and Rv7, an alternative road to Bergen passing Gol and Geilo.

By bus: Oslo is well served by bus from most of Europe. The biggest operators of international buses are Swedish companies Swebus Express and GoByBus. Both run inexpensive services to and from Stockholm, Gothenburg and Copenhagen several times a day. Eurolines runs services to Gothenburg and Stockholm, while Moravia Express runs direct buses to Prague, Brno, Olomouc and Ostrava twice a week.

For domestic services, Nor-Way Bussekspress is the biggest operator, with several buses to Bergen, Trondheim and tons of other Norwegian destinations. Lavprisekspressen has buses to Trondheim and Kristiansand twice a day, with cheap fares (Internet booking only). Timekspressen runs a network of bus lines in the area surrounding Oslo, most notably their line 1 to Drammen, Kongsberg and Notodden, that runs every hour, day and night, year-round. Every town and city in Norway is somehow connected to Oslo by public transport, although connections are sparse outside the main arteries.

By boat: Oslo is connected to Denmark and Germany by car ferry. Color Line runs services to Kiel (Germany) daily. DFDS runs daily services to Copenhagen (Denmark), and Stena Line provides service to Frederikshavn (Denmark).

Get around Oslo

Public transport
The public transportation system in Oslo is managed by the municipal transport company Ruter. This includes metro, tram, bus and ferry, but not the local train lines, which are operated by the state railway company NSB. All public transport in Oslo, including local trains, operates on a common ticket system, allowing free transfer within a period of one hour with a regular ticket. Tickets also transfer to the local and inter-city trains, unless a traveler intends to cross the city border. In 2004, 160 million journeys were made using public transport, of which 85% was handled by Oslo Sporveier's own subsidiaries and 15% by private bus and ferry operators under cost-based contracts.

The tram system, Oslotrikken, is made up of six lines that criss-cross the inner parts of the city and extend outward toward the suburbs. Trams run partly on in the streets and partly on separate roads. The metro system—known as the T-bane -- connects the eastern and western suburbs and comprises six lines which all converge in a tunnel beneath downtown Oslo. The metro lines are identified by numbers from 1 to 6, with two lines running into the municipality of Bærum in the west. The tramway lines are numbered 11 to 13 and 17 to 19.

A new, partially underground loop line was opened in August 2006, connecting Ullevål in the northwest and Carl Berners plass in the east. Two new stations, Nydalen and Storo, have been operational for a couple of years already; the third station, Sinsen, opened 20 August 2006, completing the loop. In conjunction with the opening of the circle line, there will be a major upgrade of the rolling stock, with delivery taking place between 2007 and 2010. An RFID ticketing system with automatic turnstile barriers has been under introduction for several years, but has been greatly delayed and is not yet in service.

A public bicycle rental programme has been in operation beginning in April every year since 2002. With an electronic subscription card, users can access bikes from over 90 stations across the city.

Road: A motorway leading into the city centreAs Oslo is Norway's capital and biggest city, several national motorways meet or passes through it. European route E6 runs through Oslo in the eastern suburbs on its way from Southern Sweden to Northern Norway. European route E18 runs through Oslo city centre(including a tunnel under Akershus fortress) on its way from Stavanger and Kristiansand to Stockholm. European route E16 from Bergen doesn't go into Oslo proper, but ends on E18 at Sandvika a few kilometres west of Oslo. Oslo also has a system of ring roads connecting east and west. Ring 3, the outer one, runs from the E6 junction in the east via Ullevål to E18 on the border to Bærum municipality in the west. Ring 2 runs from Gamlebyen in the east to E18 at Skøyen in the west. Ring 1 is the city centre through road. The ring roads were designed to navigation easier and improve trafic flow. E18, E6, Ring 2 and Ring 3 are connected by an elaborate system of tunnels and bridges in the Økern-Ekeberg area. At present (2008) a new underwater tunnel for E18 is under construction in Bjørvika to divert traffic from the street level.

Initially revenues from the road tolls funded the public road network, but since 2002 theses revenues finance mainly new developments for the public transport system in Oslo. There has been discussion whether to continue to use the cordon after 2007, based on the funding decisions, extensions, accommodation of time-differentiated pricing or replaced by another form of pricing altogether, perhaps to make congestion-pricing possible. [29]