Oslo Travel Blog

If you’re in Oslo this week and feel in need of some inner peace, amble up to Je Tsongkhapa Kadampa Buddhist Centre, just two minutes from Parliament, where you can listen to an introduction to Buddhist meditation for free. If you’re inspired, you may join reasonably priced weekly classes,...

Continuing Oslo’s festival summer, we’ve now come to the 6th annual Solidarity Festival for Latin America on board the theatre-boat / B&B – also known as Oslo’s floating cultural arena – M/S Innvik. Lectures will be given on the autonomy of indigenous Latin Americans,...

Oslo’s first-ever Vegetarian Festival is this Saturday, 19 June, from 11 am – 5:30 pm at Håndverkeren in Oslo’s city centre. There will be speeches, stands, cooking classes and fabulous food! You can learn how to make delicious raw chocolate cake Oslo Vegetarian Festival Venue:...

It’s mid-June and with the 2010 World Cup in South Africa in full swing, June means football! If you think watching the footie world cup at home on TV is a bit anti-social, several pubs in Oslo will show the matches on big screens, including Sportsbaren, Bohemen, Andy’s Pub, Smuget and Hard...

For a secular country, Norway observes heaps of religious holidays (and by “observe”, I mean get days off work). May in particular, is a month full of holidays – religious and otherwise, including 1 May (the international labour day), Ascension Day and Whit Monday. However, the most...

21 May is the opening night for the new opera Around the world in 80 days. Only nine additional performances are scheduled, so tickets will no doubt be sold out quickly, as usual. However, there’s no need to despair. As a bonus, the Norwegian National Opera & Ballet is setting up a big screen...

Norway’s leading Cuban Salsa school, Latin Room, is beginning new classes this week and offering one lesson for free. Choose between Latin Moves, Afro-Salsa and Latin Show Jazz. Time: 26 – 30 April Venue: Torggata 22, Oslo Entrance free! Photo: Latin Room

In Oslo this week? On Thursday, students from the Nordic Institute of Stage and Studio (NISS) are putting on a free concert. And these aren’t just any music and film students, people. NISS is like a hatchery of future award sweepers. Currently, one student is on tour with French cool alternative...

If you’re in Oslo and would like to see another fabulous Nordic capital, Norwegian Air Shuttle is offering tickets to Helsinki for just 10 kroner (that’s about 2 USD!) each way. Hurry while sales last! Photo of Helsinki Airport by lwsdm on flickr’s Creative Commons

If you’re in Oslo tomorrow, Sunday 25 April, check out The Concept of Utopia, hosted by the Sarai cultural project, at Cafe Månefisken on Grünerløkka. You’re bid welcome to an enthusiastic celebration of spring where Utopia will be approached from different angles and artistic expressions:...