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\n The tourist season in Oslo starts around the middle of June
\n and finishes in the middle of September. The
\n 15th<\/sup> of September, to be precise.\n <\/p>\n

\n This means that going to Oslo in October is not such a great
\n idea. The second mistake was not only visiting Oslo in
\n October but also flying there with Ryanair. A very bad move
\n as Ryanair lands in Torp, some 100km away from Oslo where
\n there is only a Ryanair bus to take you the 2 hour journey
\n into Oslo. Torp airport is small, very small, the size if
\n Cork perhaps (another Ryanair destination in Ireland) and
\n there is little to do when your flight is delayed or waiting
\n for luggage. There is also little tourist info at Torp.\n <\/p>\n

\n By October, Oslo is beginning to be cold. The first day of
\n the Beetle weekend, temperatures were around
\n 6O<\/sup>C and the next day it snowed. If
\n you don't do cold, this is not the time and place for
\n you. Take a hat, gloves and a scarf, plus a warm coat and
\n good walking shoes.\n <\/p>\n

\n OK, what is there to see: well, the “attractions”
\n consist mainly of walking around the town (it's small),
\n seeing the royal palace, the university, the Parliament
\n building, the town hall, visiting the Arkhus Castle, taking
\n boat trips, (summer months only), and visiting the 20 or so
\n museums, none of which have free entrance. That is Oslo in a
\n nutshell. You will not want to eat, have coffee or go
\n shopping – it is so prohibitively expensive! Also, the
\n shops are closed on Sundays and the museums have shorter
\n opening times so that after about 3pm, on a Sunday, in Oslo,
\n there is very little to do – so book your return flight
\n for the late afternoon!\n <\/p>\n

\n Spending more than a weekend in Oslo might necessitate
\n considering your finances, maybe a second mortgage: it is
\n breathtakingly expensive – about 50- 100% more than
\n central London prices!\n <\/p>\n

\n The next mistake was to buy an Oslo card. The Beetle could
\n only find one guidebook in the whole of Stamfords, (the most
\n wonderful travel bookshop on this earth – funny, that
\n …), but both the guidebook and the local literature,
\n of which there was plenty (thanks goodness!) all said that we
\n should buy an Oslo card and this would entitle us to free
\n entrance to all of the museums and local transport.\n <\/p>\n

\n A 2 day Oslo pass costs around £25 or $40 per person.
\n This allows the holder free entrance into all Oslo museums
\n and free transport around the city. As museum entrance only
\n costs around £2.50 or $4, it became a challenge to
\n visit as many museums as possible in order to get our
\n money's worth! However, our vfm did not take into account
\n public transport – when we added in the cost of a day ticket
\n for the bus, train and tram, (£5 or $8) we just broke
\n even.\n <\/p>\n

\n The Kon-Tiki museum is disappointing: small, amateurish with
\n bizarre exhibits including polystyrene sharks. Very odd. The
\n Fram museum was one of the better ones: a small-ish A frame
\n building, built around the original early
\n 20th<\/sup> century ship used by Amundson
\n and others in voyages to Antartica. The Viking museum houses
\n 3 10th<\/sup> century long boats and even
\n if you are a Viking buff, it'll take you about 20
\n minutes. The Museum if the Inquisition was plain upsetting.
\n The Beetle's fave place was Viegland Park, a park a short
\n tram ride out of town with a collection of sculptures and
\n statues. The Oslo city museum was dire; about a third of the
\n exhibits were labelled in Norwegian only! The ski Museum is
\n one of the most expensive museums to get into –
\n entrance fee around £7 or $11 but you get to go up to
\n the top of the old Olympic ski jump. We had to go there to
\n get value for money and also take in the views of the city!\n <\/p>\n

\n The transport system is excellent, frequent, clean, modern
\n and fast. There were many fast food outlets – Kentucky,
\n Burger King, McDonalds – when you see the prices in the
\n restaurants, you can start to understand why. Eat well at
\n your hotel by stocking up on the buffet breakfasts is the
\n Beetle's advice! The people were friendly enough, but
\n compared to the last Beetle visit, an embarrassing 15 years
\n ago, the city was surprisingly dirty, the walls had graffiti
\n sprayed on, and there were a few people begging on the street
\n – not at all the clean Scandinavian image the Beetle
\n had imagined, but then it is a capital city and perhaps
\n nowhere is exempt from these problems.\n <\/p>\n

\n If you want to visit Oslo – go in the summer months!
\n Then you can take boat trips and visit the fjords. For more
\n info on Oslo, contact the Beetle on: Beetle@globetrotters.co.uk<\/a>\n <\/p>\n

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