Here we are!
A few words about our trip. We flew with Ryanair from Poznań Airport (POZ) to Oslo Rygge Airport (RYG). Destination airport is about 70 km away from Oslo, located nearby Moss town.
Check in at the Polish side was very detailed. First, every passenger needs to pass through the gate reacting to metal items. Boarding went very quickly and efficiently, mainly because we had bought seat reservations on the plane, so our ticket was prioritized. Flight was very quick. (approximately 1.5 hours). Ryanair is a budget airline, we saw a lot of differences between charter flight and this. However for Kris it was the first flight of his life, so it was nice adventure for him. Price for flight was extremely low, with seat reservation it cost about 100 PLN per person for a round-trip ticket including the seat reservation fee. I was wondering how it is possible to sell tickets so cheap.
When we arrived in Norway we took the free airport bus dedicated to passengers who need to get to train station located about 2 km away. Bus driver was selling train tickets to Oslo.
I noticed nice surprise. Children’s tickets are free when a kid is traveling with an adult. Nice.
There is no need to book tickets online. The price is the same as on the spot.
Norway welcomed us with a temperature of about 10 degrees Celsius.
A few minutes later the train arrived. It was full electric train. Very quiet and comfortable. It’s so huge difference between this train and the ones we see in Poland. The train journey took about 1 hour and cost 140 NOK. We arrived at Oslo central rail station – Oslo Sentralstasjon.
We booked a room in Comfot Hotel Børsparken – a nice hotel located a few minutes’ walk from the rail station. Its location is very nice, from the top floor we could see the Oslo Opera building. When we checked in at the hotel we got a room card as a key.
In the hotel lounge there was a coffee machine available to use by guests all day. It also offers other drinks like tea, hot water, warm chocolate). Especially the last one put a big smile on Kris’s face.
We hit the hotel at 5:30pm so it was pretty early, so we went out to explore the neighborhood.
