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The fjords · In season May to August

Oslo

Beautiful all year, and in the warm months lived almost entirely outdoors — islands to hop in the fjord, landscapes to hike, and open-air concerts to close the evenings.

Eat

  1. Arakataka Seafood by the season, quality year-round, in the heart of the city. Grünerløkka
  2. Engebret Café Norwegian cooking in its most classic form — elegance and tradition on the same plate, in a setting that stays in the memory. Sankt Hanshaugen
  3. Himkok A distillery and cocktail bar in one — the drinks made on the premises, and counted among the city’s finest. Grünerløkka
  4. Hos Thea Intimate, long-standing and ten minutes from the centre — French-inspired menus, the freshest ingredients, and Sergio’s hospitality as the standing act. Frogner
  5. Kolonihagen Frogner Organic in all the right ways — a warm room and a wine list without a weak page. Frogner
  6. Torggata Botaniske The secret garden among cocktail bars — whimsical, green and memorable. Grünerløkka

Stay

  1. Grand Hotel Oslo The city’s historic grand hotel — the settled address at the end of a full day. Sentrum
  2. Ramme Gaard An estate among the Oslo fjords, its landscape restored down to the pear tree planted during Munch’s stay — private lodgings, candlelit dinners in the main house, and a farm shop trading since 1986. Hvitsten
  3. Sommerro The old Art Deco power station reborn — gilded murals, vintage light, six restaurants and bars, a rooftop with city views and the subterranean public baths below. More clubhouse than hotel, deliberately. Frogner

Do

  1. Ekebergparken Art and nature on one hillside — Dalí, Botero and Bourgeois scattered through the forest, with viewpoints between. Ekeberg
  2. National Museum Reopened in 2022 as the country’s largest collection — the National Gallery, architecture, decorative arts and contemporary museums merged under one roof, with a third-floor café over the harbour. Sentrum
  3. Oslo Opera House Home of the national opera and ballet, and a bridge between city and sea — as good to walk on as to attend. Bjørvika
  4. SALT Saunas overlooking the fjord, cocktails, street food and seven hundred events a year — theatre to burlesque — in one waterside compound. Sentrum

The office can arrange any of this.

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