Norway has a reputation of one of the most expensive countries in the world. Sadly, but it is true. In the sake of experiment, we had set an objective – to spend as less as possible during two days in Oslo, and it was a bit of fun. Wonder how to have a great weekend in Oslo with an extremely tight budget? We’ll tell you that!

Dear Ryanair offered us two return tickets Tallinn-Oslo-Tallinn for no more than 30€. As it often happens with Ryanair, the arrival airport is very far from the city stated on the ticket, so there are 65 km to go to Oslo. The solution is way too simple: hitchhiking. Thus, we got to the city-centre for free. The way back was not that obvious – the flight back was in a very early hour. From the main bus station there are regular buses (~15€ per ticket) to the Rygge airport.

CouchSurfing, naturally. Even if in Oslo we struggled to find a host, still, we succeeded to have a lovely local who accepted us for two nights.

Very wise move – to bring your own food. Grilled chicken, vegetables, believe or not –we brought enough not to buy anything there. Just one small pack of chips – everybody has their weak points.

Which transport? On foot only!

By tickets and souvenirs I mean two adult tickets (80kr) to the Vikingskiphuset – The Viking Ship Museum, which was absolutely worth it, a postcard with a stamp (20kr) and… a little troll to remind us about Norway at home. :)