Copenhagen, Helsingborg and Oslo

[Cool seas]

Have posted this on the roll call thread too, but I was just wondering what (if anything) we can do at these ports on foot.

 

We have booked to do the Flanders trip, but that is it so far. Don't really want so spend a fortune on this holiday and plan to just explore the other stops on foot but not sure what there is to do. Any info would be most welcome. Thanks in advance.

[TracieABD]

This is an amalgatation from some previous posts that I made. I would be happy to answer any questions about Oslo:

I was able to get my Oslo Pass right where we left the ship. I was also given a substantial discount as I am student and had ID, but they had discounts for children, seniors too.

I paid a bit over $30 for the one day pass. It covered all transportation and I was able to see 11 museums, sites, and parks in a little over 5 hours. (I have to add that I am a runner and was in pretty good shape, so I really hustled).

This may have been the best $30 that I spent on the whole cruise. Loved Oslo, loved the pass.

I was able to see:

• Vigland Park (which is free, but the tram from the harbour to the park was free only with the OsloPass)
  
• I took the 91 Ferry to the Bygdoy and was able to see the Fram Museusm,
  
• the Norsk Folkmuseum,
  
• the KonTiki Museum,
  
• the Viking Museum
  
• I took the ferry back to Oslo and went to the Nobel Peace Prize Museum
  
• the Radhuset (city hall).
  
• Next I walked to the National Gallery to see the Munch paintings and some other impressionist art.
  
• Finally, I walked back to the Aken Fortress and the castle.
  
• I also was able to see the resitstance museum while I was up there.
  

All that for $30 dollars! What a bargain. (I was pretty worn out at the end of it though!)

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That was how long that I was in port. I was off the ship at 6:45am and at the trolley across the street with my OsloPass by 7:05. I walked/ran through Vigland Park in the early morning, took the trolley back and caught the very first ferry to the Bygdoy. I went to the second stop which housed the Fram and the KonTiki museums, because they opened first. I then ran about 2 km to the Viking Museum and the Folk Museum. I was back on the ferry by 10:30. I was back in Oslo by 10:45 and I hit the ground running. I did have an interesting time at the Nobel Peace Museum as it was Nelson Mandela's 90th birthday, and there was cake and a band and a lot of dignitaries. I was only able to see the museum because I promised to be gone by 2:00 when the festivities really got going (I was out of there by 11:45). From there I went to the City Hall to take pics of the murals. I stayed long enough to take some photos. I walked two blocks north to the the National Gallery and looked at the 20 or so paintings that I knew that I wanted to see. After, I went back to the harbour area to see the Akon fort, castle and the Resistance museum. I was back on ship by 1:45 and eating in the dining room (boy, was I hungry!).

 

I attribute the day to my physical conditioning ( I had run 3 miles on board that morning) and my ability to plan events sequentially.

Would I recommend this for everyone? Nope. It was very busy and very fast. And there are places that I would have liked to have spent more time at... No rose smelling on that day.

 

Having said all of that, I think that I am a frustrated Amazing Race wannabee!:)

 

'Nuf sed- That was how I spent my half day in Oslo.

(PS- I keep a journal, and wrote in it as I sat on various transportation so that I would remember what I did)

[mii]

Also as a suggestion you might get more info by going to the Ports of Call board and then to Europe. There is lots of info on that forum.

 

Marilyn