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Hotels in Oslo currently start at about € 99 per night for two people, with a typical price of € 154 and € 142 for a comfortable 4-star room. Across the 90 properties we can book here, 97% of rooms can be cancelled free of charge; 78% include or offer breakfast; the average guest rating is 8.3/10.
Oslo is small for a capital and the centre is walkable, but it is also one of the most expensive cities in Europe for a room. The saving is rarely in the area — it is in the rate type. Almost everything here is sold with free cancellation, so you can hold a room early and keep watching without risk.
Per night for two adults, taxes and fees included where the property reports them. Based on the 90 bookable properties we found for a two-night midweek stay a month ahead.
| Cheapest available | € 73 |
|---|---|
| Typical starting price | € 99 |
| Lower quarter of the market | € 120 |
| Typical (median) price | € 154 |
| Upper quarter | € 189 |
| Typical 3-star | € 123 |
| Typical 4-star | € 142 |
| Typical 5-star | € 281 |
The highest-rated properties with a meaningful number of guest reviews, available for our sample dates.
Rated 8/10 or better and priced at or below the city median — the sweet spot most travellers are actually looking for.
The places travellers here look up most, ranked by how widely they are written about. Most sit within reach of the hotels above.
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in the centreOslo sits in Norway at 59.9139° N, 10.7522° E. Every hotel below is plotted on the live map, so you can see straight away which ones are walking distance from what you came for and which are a taxi ride out.
Distances are straight-line from the city centre.
Between the station and the harbour, walk to everything, priced highest.
Waterfront, new buildings, restaurants, weekend rates drop.
Cafés, vintage shops, younger crowd, better value, twenty minutes' walk.
Residential and calm, metro to the centre, near the Vigeland park.
Each of these has its own page with live prices for that part of town.
Rooms within walking distance of what you actually came for.
Daylight varies enormously by season. In winter, plan sightseeing for the few bright hours.
Prices move little between ordinary weeks — we measure 1.36 times — so the question is daylight, not price. May to August gives long evenings; November and January are dark and quiet. What stands out in our data is flexibility: 95% of Oslo rates can still be cancelled free, the highest share of any capital we cover.
Barely. Across three separate midweek stays the typical price in Oslo stayed within a factor of 1.38, so you can book the dates that suit you without hunting for a cheaper week. How we measure this.
The price you see includes our margin and the taxes the property reports. Nothing is added at checkout.
Every rate states its own deadline, and you cancel yourself without calling anyone.
See what each property costs before you click, and search any neighbourhood by dragging the map.
You get a reference the property can look up directly, and a page to view or cancel your booking.
Yes by European standards, and the difference between areas is smaller than the difference between rate types. Because 95% of rooms here are still refundable, booking early costs you nothing in flexibility.
Sentrum or Aker Brygge if you want to walk everywhere, Grünerløkka if you want the food and the prices. The metro and trams cover the rest, and the airport train reaches the central station in about twenty minutes.
Right now the cheapest bookable rooms start around € 99 per night for two people, the typical price is € 154, and the upper quarter of the market begins at € 189. Prices move with the season and the day of the week, so check your own dates.
Yes — about 97% of the rooms available in Oslo can be cancelled free of charge up to a deadline set by the property, usually 24 to 72 hours before check-in. Use the free cancellation filter to see only those rates.
Prices move little between ordinary weeks — we measure 1.36 times — so the question is daylight, not price. May to August gives long evenings; November and January are dark and quiet. What stands out in our data is flexibility: 95% of Oslo rates can still be cancelled free, the highest share of any capital we cover.
The NOK (kr). Cashless in practice. Prices are high, especially alcohol and eating out.
Not expected; round up for good service.
The best-known places are Oslo Opera House, Munch Museum, Akershus Fortress, Bislett Stadion, National Theatre Oslo. There is more detail in the things-to-do section above.
Barely. Across three separate midweek stays the typical price in Oslo stayed within a factor of 1.38, so you can book the dates that suit you without hunting for a cheaper week.