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Oslo

Oslo is Norway's capital and largest city, with 700,000 citizens in the city proper and about 1.5 million inhabitants in greater Oslo. Wikivoyage

Population 717,710 (Wikidata)

Live guide From your hotel

Before you go

Emergency numbers in Norway

Visas and entry What your passport needs for Norway

Getting there

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Still gathering the markets around Oslo. I'll let you know here when it's all in — or open the live guide.

Best-documented sights

All of them in the guide

Within a kilometre of the centre, ordered by how well documented each is — not by a "best" anyone decided. Each opens on the map in the guide. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited there.

Through the year

  1. Oslo Chamber Music Festival

    January

    Founded by renowned violinist Arve Tellefsen in 1989. The programme usually spans from medieval to contemporary music.

    Official site

  2. by:Larm

    February

    by:Larm is a music festival and conference located in Oslo, Norway. It was first held in 1998, and, for the first ten years of its existence, moved between different Norwegian cities, before permanently settling in Oslo in 2008.

    Official site Wikipedia

  3. Inferno

    March

    Inferno Metal Festival (usually referred to simply as Inferno or the Inferno Festival) is an annual extreme metal festival that takes place every year during Easter in Oslo, Norway. The festival was founded by Borknagar guitarist Jens F.

    Official site Wikipedia

  4. Films from the South

    April, October

    Film festival presenting movies from Asia, Africa, Middle East and Latin America. Established in 1991. Takes place in various theatres in Oslo, mid-October. Arabian Film Days late April

    Official site

  5. Musikkfest (National Music Day)

    June

    Free, mostly outdoors, music festival established in Oslo in 1992, as a spinoff from Fête de la Musique. Always taking place first Saturday in June

    Official site

  6. Oslo Pride

    June

    Oslo Pride is a festival and cultural event held annually in Oslo during the latter half of June.

    Official site Wikipedia

  7. Ekebergsletta

    August

    (bus 34 or 74) during Norway Cup (beginning of August every year), billed as the world's biggest football tournament (about 25,000 participants). Lots of fun and football. Held annually at the beginning of August

  8. Findings

    August

    EDM festival at Bislet Stadion every August

    Official site

Annual events from Wikidata and Wikivoyage (Oslo); descriptions from Wikipedia where it has one, photos from Wikimedia Commons. Dates move year to year — check before you plan around one.

Eating nearby

All 79 places to eat

Somewhere to run

Getting around

Train stations: Oslo Central Station 580 m, National Theatre 890 m, Tøyen 2.4 km, Skøyen 3.9 km, Grefsen 4.1 km, Bryn 4.3 km, Ris 4.8 km, Nydalen 4.9 km, Makrellbekken 5.2 km, Slemdal 5.3 km, Gråkammen 5.5 km, Nordstrand 5.7 km, Gulleråsen 5.7 km, Alna 5.7 km, Holmen 5.8 km, Lysaker 5.9 km

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