World City Guide

Getting There By Air

Oslo Gardermoen (OSL)
Tel: 81 55 02 50. Fax: 64 81 20 01.
E-mail: passasjerservice@osl.no
Website: www.osl.no

Situated 47km (29 miles) north of Oslo, Gardermoen is Norway’s main international airport. Built in 1998 and designed to cope with up to 17 million passengers each year, it is currently servicing a little under 14 million. Users are wise to allow a little extra time – the layout of the terminal entails quite a lot of walking (or running if connections are tight).

Airport facilities: These include airport hotels, bank and currency exchange office, ATMs, cafés, bars, restaurants, various shops (including newsagents, a pharmacy and gift shop) and a travel agency. There are also lounges, a VIP lounge, silent room/meditation area, first aid room and a tourist information desk. Car hire firms with representation in the terminal building are Avis, Europcar, Budget, Hertz, SIXT and Rent-a-Wreck.

Transport to the city: Flytoget (tel: 81 50 07 77; website: www.flytoget.no) is the express train from the airport to Oslo S station. The journey time is 19 minutes and departures are every 10 minutes. Flytoget operates from the airport between 0536-0036 and from Oslo S station 0445-0005. The fare is NOK150 one way (NOK75 concessions). SAS Transport Service (tel: 22 80 49 71; website: www.flybussen.no/oslo) operates a bus service from the airport to Oslo centre (journey time – 45 minutes), costing NOK110 one way, or NOK160 return. These are available to serve all departing and arriving flights. Special fixed price airport taxis can be ordered in advance from Oslo Taxi Central (tel: 23 23 23 23; website: www.oslotaxi.no) and Norges Taxi (tel: 08000; website: www.norgestaxi.no). There are also regular taxi ranks outside the arrivals entrance. The fare to central Oslo starts at NOK600.

Sandefjord (Torp) (TRF)
Tel: 3342 7000. Fax: 3342 7001.
E-mail: post@torp.no
Website: www.torp.no

Although situated some 118km (74 miles) to the southwest of Oslo, the independently operated Torp airport has grown in importance since closure of the capital’s centrally situated Fornebu Airport in 1998. It is much smaller than Gardermoen but offers low-cost alternative international routes, as well as some domestic connections.

Airport facilities: Torp is small, however, there are shop, bar and cafeteria facilities. Car hire is available from Budget, Hertz, Europcar and Avis.

Transport to the city: A coach service, in association with Ryanair, links Torp with Oslo’s city centre and serves all incoming and outbound Ryanair flights – buses depart Oslo three hours before flight time. Journey time – approximately 2 hours. There are regular trains to the capital from Sandefjord station, hourly from 0500-2200 on weekdays. The station is approximately 8km (5 miles) from the airport, and a taxi journey to the station takes about 10 minutes.