Tours of the City
Walking Tours
The following organisations operate scheduled and bespoke guided tour services for individuals and groups in and around the city: Oslo City Museum ‘Know the City’ tours (tel: 23 28 41 70; website: www.oslobymuseum.no) are available on fixed dates, starting from the museum in Frogner Park; Oslo City and Nature Walks (tel: 41 31 87 40; website: www.oslowalks.no) offers regular scheduled walking tours of the city and the surrounding countryside, plus ‘ghost tours’; Oslo City Walks (tel: 22 28 94 59 or 22 14 49 74; website: www.oslocitywalks.no) runs scheduled themed tours departing on weekday mornings from the main tourist office; Guideservice (tel: 22 42 70 20; website: www.guideservice.no) and Oslo Guide Bureau (tel: 22 42 28 18; website: www.osloguide.no) are the central bookings agencies for licensed guides, primarily servicing the groups market.
Bus and boat tours
Båtservice Sightseeing A/S (tel: 23 35 68 90; website: www.boatsightseeing.com) offers a comprehensive choice of bus and boat tours. These range from a basic 50-minute boat tour on the fjord, departing hourly, to the seven-and-a-half-hour ‘Grand Tour’ combined bus and boat tour. The company also offers a three-hour evening sailing ship cruise in July and August, which includes a shrimp buffet. Departures are from Rådhusbrygge 3, in front of the City Hall. City Sightseeing (tel: 22 95 54 14; website: www.citysightseeing.com) offers a range of themed coach tours departing daily except May 17 from Nationaltheatret.
|
