Travel
Visiting Oslo in May
In the middle of May the city is green and the days are long, so there is plenty of time to explore after each day’s sessions. The workshop falls in the week of Norway’s Constitution Day, 17 May, and it is well worth arriving in time to see it: Oslo is at its best that day. Below are a few suggestions for what to see while you are here.
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Photo: Bjoertvedt, CC BY-SA 3.0 NO, cropped Constitution Day
Monday 17 May · city centreNorway’s national day, and the best day of the year to be in Oslo. The whole city is out in national costume and flags, and the children’s parade marches up Karl Johans gate to wave at the royal family on the palace balcony. If you can arrive a couple of days early, it is well worth seeing.
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Photo: Francesco Bini, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped Emanuel Vigeland’s mausoleum
Hidden gem · Slemdal, metro line 1Gustav Vigeland’s brother built a windowless brick hall, painted human life across every wall, and set the door so low that everyone enters bowing. It is kept almost dark, and the echo holds a sound for several seconds. Open on Sunday afternoons; check the museum’s hours before setting out.
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Photo: Christian David, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped The Vigeland installation
Frogner Park · near MajorstuenMore than 200 sculptures by Gustav Vigeland in Frogner Park, free and always open, about ten minutes’ walk from Majorstuen station — two stops from the venue.
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Photo: Christian David, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped The Opera House and MUNCH
Bjørvika · beside Oslo SWalk up onto the Opera House roof for a view over the fjord, then see Edvard Munch’s work next door at MUNCH.
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Photo: Kjetil Ree, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped Ekebergparken
Ekeberg · tram 13 or 19A sculpture park on the wooded hillside east of the centre, free and open at all hours. The paths run past works by Rodin, Vigeland, Dalí and Louise Bourgeois, and the lookout gives the view over the fjord that Munch had in mind for The Scream.
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Photo: Wikipek, CC0, cropped Botanisk hage
Tøyen · metro to TøyenNorway’s oldest botanical garden, laid out around Tøyen manor in 1814 and at its best in late May. The garden itself is free; the glasshouses belong to the Natural History Museum and charge admission.
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Photo: HMsvein, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped Roseslottet
Frognerseteren · metro line 1Vebjørn Sand’s open-air exhibition on the hill above the city: paintings and gilded structures on the occupation years, freedom and humanism, with Oslo and the fjord below. It is a short walk from the end of metro line 1, and there is an entrance fee.
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Getting here
From the airport to the venue in under an hour
Most international flights arrive here.
Flytoget, the airport express train, takes about 20 minutes. Vy regional trains take a few minutes longer and cost less. Both sell tickets in their apps and at machines in the arrivals hall.
From Jernbanetorget, beside Oslo S, take metro line 4 or 5 in the direction of Majorstuen. Forskningsparken is the fifth stop, about ten minutes on, and the venue is a short walk from the station.
Getting around
One ticket for the city
The metro, trams, buses and the island ferries all run on a ticket from Ruter, Oslo’s public transport operator. Buy it in the Ruter app or at the machines in metro stations. A 7-day ticket covers a week of travel to and from the workshop.
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Ruter
Tickets and real-time departures for the metro, trams, buses and ferries.
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Vy
Train tickets, including the regional trains between the airport and Oslo S.
Where to stay
Three hotels we suggest
All three are close to the metro line that serves the venue.
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Photo: Ryan Hodnett, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped Thon Hotel Ullevaal Stadion
Ullevål · one stop from the venueThe closest of the three, beside the national football stadium. The metro station and the airport coach stop are both about 100 metres from the door.
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Photo: Ssu, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped Clarion Hotel The Hub
Oslo S · city centreNext to the central station, where the airport train arrives, and a short walk from the Opera House. The metro to the venue leaves from Jernbanetorget, across the square.
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Photo: Bjoertvedt, CC BY-SA 3.0 NO, cropped Hotel Bristol
Karl Johan · city centreA historic hotel from 1920, a block from Karl Johans gate. The airport train and the metro to the venue both stop at Nationaltheatret, a few minutes’ walk away.
Questions about travel or access to the venue? Write to contact@osloalphatherapy.no.