Oslo
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Welcome

History and facts

Important Adresses

Map

Accomodation

Transport

Restaurants,
pubs,
cafees,
discotheques
and nightclubs

Shopping

Museums and
sights

Sightseeing
and tours

Art and
entertaiment

Entertainment
for children

Travelagents,
tour operators
and congress
organizers

 

WELCOME TO OSLO!

A hearty welcome to Norway's capital city. Oslo is large enough to contain an active and vibrant cultural scene: theatres, opera, ballet, exhibitions, fascinating museums and places of interest, art, concerts and nightlife. At the same time it is a green and environmentally friendly city, surrounded by fjords and open woodland. Welcome to adventure, culture, sport and a variety of experiences. You might just as well decide to stay an extra day in Oslo !
Mayor Per Ditlev Simonsen.

Dear Reader

We have produced this guide for Oslo and its surrounding area to provide you with an overview of the information that is most often requested.

For further information, we welcome you to visit one of our tourist information centres, where you can reserve hotel rooms, buy the Oslo Card, book sightseeing trips, etc. At the Norwegian Information Centre you can also book hotel rooms in other parts of Norway, exchange currency, purchase guide books, etc. Here you can also see free multivision and video shows about Norway, and get brochures from other parts of the country.

We hope you will have an exciting stay in Norway's capital.

Welcome to The Viking Capital.

Oslo Promotion AS
Tor Sannerud

Director of Tourism

Norways
Information
Centre

Vestbaneplassen 1, N-0250 Oslo
Ph +47 22 83 00 50 (from abroad)
820 60 100 (from Norway, NOK 6.17, approx 1 USD, pr minute)
Fax: +47 22 83 81 50


Open :Mon-FriSatSun
1.1-31.1 9-16 Closed Closed
1.2-30.4 9-16 9-16 Closed
1.5-31.5 9-18 9-18 Closed
1.6-30.6 9-18 9-18 9-18
1.7-31.8 9-20 9-20 9-20
1.9-30.9 9-18 9-18 Closed
1.10-30.11 9-16 9-16 Closed
1.12-31.12 9-16 Closed Closed

Public and Bank holidays: closed.

Oslo Central Station

Jernbanetorget 2, N-0154 Oslo
Open ll year: 8-23

Oslo - advancing world peace

Oslo was the site of the peace negotiations between Israel and the PLO in 1993. Here the parties found both the right atmosphere and the right intermediaries to conclude this historical peace treaty.

The Norwegian Nobel Institute is located near the Royal Palace (the building was erected in 1867 and remodelled in 1903-05 by the architects Berner & Berner). The Nobel Foundation was established by the Swedish inventor and industrialist Alfred Bernhard Nobel (1833-1896). In his last will dated 1895 Mr Nobel determined that the annual proceeds from his estate of SEK 30 million should be divided into five equal parts, and the money should be given "as a prize to persons who had contributed the most to mankind the past year". The Nobel Institute in Oslo is the home of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, the body which selects the Peace Prize winner. This committee is elected by the Norwegian Storting (National Assembly). The Nobel Committee selects the Peace Prize winner based on the criteria set forth in Nobel's will; "the person(s) who shall have done the most or the best work for brotherhood between nations, for abolition or reduction of standing armies and for arranging and promoting peace congresses". The Peace Prize ceremony took place in the Nobel Institute from 1905 through 1946 (only interrupted by the two World Wars). From 1947 the Oslo University Aula was used, and from 1990 the event has been arranged in Oslo City Hall. The ceremony takes place each year on December 10, which was the date in 1896 when Alfred Nobel died in San Remo, Italy.

The Nobel institute has a very extensive library (approx. 155.000 books) with focus on international peace research, international economics, humans rights, political science and modern political history. The library is open to the public.