If you plan visiting museums and taking advantage of most of what the Pass offers it's worth while.

But if it's (almost) purely for transportation you also have the option of purchasing a Daypass (for trams, metro and local busses) for 60 NOK (adults / 30 NOK for children).

Vigeland Sculpture Park is the only attraction that has free entrance. If you plan to do the museums, sights and attractions - and doing this by using public transport - the Oslo Pass is highly recommended. It also offers discounts in several restaurants.

If you plan on visiting the museums of Bygdoy, it is definitely worth getting at least a one day pass. At about 50 NOK for each museum, (95 NOK for the Folk Museum), plus the cost of the fery, you can make back your money quickly.

I find a pass like that is good if you want a quick look at sites you otherwise not want to pay the individual tariff to get in, such as 40 NOK to go into the City Hall.

Hi,

Just returned from 2 wonderful, if packed, days in Oslo. Spoke to a very nice man in the tourist office and he said the pass was worth it if you intend to visit 3 museums with entrance fees.

We were doing this, so bought the 48-hour pass (and it is 48-hour, not 2 days; so, by timing the activation time on the first usage, we could also include our final trip on it). We reckoned we saved about double the cost of the card, so it more than paid for itself!

Also, I agree it encourages you to visit many more places where you might be put off by paying high (for a UK person) entrance fees. EG - the Nobel Peace centre was mildly interesting and I certainly wouldn't have paid the entrance fee, but getting in "for nothing", meant I didn't mind wandering round it for 40 minutes (to keep out of the amazing Oslo heat!)

Lastly, the sheer convenience of not having to fumble for money (or worry if we can afford another metro ride...) when using the excellent transport system would also have made it a winner in my book.

Talk to the people in the tourist info shop behind the Radhus - they are very helpful and informed.

enjoy! Skal.

There are 3 main tourist offices in Oslo. The one mentioned above (Radhus) is behind the City Hall, there is one at the Jernbanetorget Square (Railway square) and one in connection with the cruise port. Here you can see them:

http://tinyurl.com/3xsl72

The Oslo pass is well worth it if you are there for 2 days or more and are planning to go to the sights. If you primarily think of using it for transport and you are in a hotel in the centre, then no, as we found it easier and quicker to walk. We had a special 96 hour pass and made out by saving double the money. In fact, it was the only thing that was money saving at all in Oslo.

As for the tourist info behind the city hall, that was the one place where we didn't find the people (or one person) very helpful, e.g. we asked about the airport bus and the tourist guy said "where do you live?" and we said "Scotland" and he replied "I don't care that you live in Scotland." Okay, a bit of lost in the translation maybe, but I thought it was a bit rude.

Just posted a review from our 3 day trip to Oslo - have a read, see what you think.

re : the Oslo Pass, I think I wrote in my piece : "you'd be a mug NOT to get one !!"

Best wishes.

bridgetC - I think its only Scots that have the distinction between "where are you living?" and "where are you staying?".

"Where do you live?", to most non-Scots, would mean - 'where at this moment?', eg , which hotel?

Hi RedEthel

I live and work in the Oslo metropolitan area, so I have never used the Oslo Pass, but check out this posting:

tripadvisor.com/ShowTopic-g190479-i551-k2159…

Joey