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Location:
Europe,
Norway, Oslo
Category:
Harbour view
Description:
View of Aker Brygge, with
Akershus fortress in the right
direction.
Location Information:
There
are daily ferry connections to Kiel
(Germany), Copenhagen (Denmark),
Frederikshavn (Denmark) and Nesodden.
Public ferries run daily to and from
the islands scattered in the Oslo
harbour basin. The public
transportation system in Oslo is
managed by the municipal transport
company Ruter. This includes metro,
tram, bus and ferry, but not the
local train lines, which are
operated by the state railway
company NSB. All public transport in
Oslo, including local trains,
operates on a common ticket system,
allowing free transfer within a
period of one hour with a regular
ticket. Tickets also transfer to the
local and inter-city trains, unless
a traveller intends to cross the
city border. In 2004, 160 million
journeys were made using public
transport, of which 85% was handled
by Oslo Sporveier's own subsidiaries
and 15% by private bus and ferry
operators under cost-based
contracts.
Oslo
Sentralstasjon is the main railway
station in Oslo. From there, there
are connections to far away
destinations Trondheim, Bergen,
Stavanger, Stockholm (Sweden),
Gothenburg (Sweden) and Copenhagen
(Denmark), as well as several local
and regional destinations in
southern Norway and Sweden. In 2004
Norwegian Trains were Europe's third
most punctual national train
company. For the first 4 months in
2005 the punctuality was 92.9%.
During winter in particular, weather
conditions such as snow and
blizzards may cause delays and
cancellations on the routes crossing
the central mountains.
Local
Weather:
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