In the fashion of short trips, the weekend out of town, perhaps in foreign cities that are visited with a hit and run, is an absolute trend. However, not all European capitals can be visited in a couple of days either for the size or breadth of the historical-cultural offer. Oslo Yup.
A two days in Oslo allows you to fully experience the rich and well-organized capital of Norway: making the most of the weekend you can leave nothing yet to be discovered, if not the pleasure of being able to plan a return and relive it again.
The city is served by well three airports: Gardermoen, Torp and Rygge that allow the more experienced to indulge themselves with reservations arriving on one and departing from the other, with the aim of saving as much as possible. From here, by train or bus, you can directly reach the modern central station where both means of transport converge and from which you can reach the main tourist information point where you can buy the 48-hour Oslo Pass. It covers the use of all means of transport for exactly 48 hours from the first endorsement, as well as admissions to museums and offers some discounts to restaurants.
And then off to leave your luggage at the hotel.
A strategic position from which to start with visits on the first day is Skøyen, west of the city center and exactly north of the Bygdøy peninsula. Here I recommend theScandic hotels: modern the right and with excellent services as well as with very competitive prices given the decentralized position. If you love walking you can reach through the green hills and the red wall farms, which sell top quality and obviously organic milk, cheese and eggs Bygdøy peninsula. Alternatively, you can use trams and buses that are never lacking in Oslo and cover every square meter of the city ground.
Here i unmissable museums are the Norske Folkemuseum (Norwegian folk history museum), the Viking ship museum, the Kon-Tiki museum that celebrates Thor's journey across the Pacific and five fellow countrymen. On foot you can reach the port from which you can access the ferries: the means of transport that most fascinates in Oslo, because, in bringing you back to the center and lulling you on the waves of the bay, it shows stretches of coast that would otherwise be imperceptible from the ground and allows you to see the city from its most spectacular front, which is the one facing the sea. The art museum designed by Renzo Piano it integrates perfectly into the skyline composed of the Nobel Peace Prize Palace, Aker Brygge, the Town Hall, Akershus Castle. Unmissable.
In the center you can quickly go from a stroll through the shopping streets to a coffee in the bars with outdoor tables in any season, from a visit to the Vigeland park to Munch museum and, if time were left over, the Olympic ski jump called Holmenkollbakken would also be worth seeing.
In short, in two days there is a lot to see and experience, but they are enough to spend a fantastic weekend in the quiet Norwegian capital.
