A walk down Karl Johan, part 2

Hello! and Welcome to an update on this site on Norway By
a norwegian.

Okay, lets again take a dive into the main street in Oslo "Karl
Johan". The start of the street that begins with the Royal palace closeby, is truly
the best part of it, like I have said before. The best shops is placed here. You have
the shopping center "Paleet" wich houses 42 shops and 7 eating places. Here you can
buy lots of different things, but there are mostly high expensive designer clothes
that you will find here. But there are also some electronic shops, like the new
Sony center shop wich is nice. And there are a comicbook shop and a normal bookstore
here that is a nice place to visit. The restaurants here are really high quality, but also
probably one of the most expensive in the entire city. Going out from this somewhat small
shopping center, and going futher down.

You will mostly see more restaurants by the left side. The truth is that there aint much
to see going down this street at all. There are no great statues or buildings or anything like
that. There just are average looking shops, that you have seen a thousand times before.
So for a tourist this is not so great spending a lot of time here, in my opinion. There are better
places to be than here. A new attraction on the Karl Johan street, is that you can hop on a
sightseeing bus. That will take you to many important places in Oslo. I would recommend
that tourist takes this oportunity, go here for a look where the bus goes!

Going more straight down the main street, I would recommed that you visit the shopping
center called "Steen og Strøm" on the right side. It is newly enhanced with a better apperance,
and looks invited and sweet. The prices here are high, very high indeed. So you better have
much money to spend, if you go in here, with the purpose of buying things.
This is a number one thruth about Oslo, it is an EXPENSIVE town indeed. But then again
that goes for almost every city in Norway, is isnt cheap to be a tourist here.
This is the end of part 2 about Karl johan. Look for more info in my next update,
"Karl Johan, Part3!"
 

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Inside look at the capital of Norway - Oslo, Part 1

This is the first Part, in a coming series of posts, that will cover all kinds of aspects on Oslo.

I will give you the real thruth about what is what, and how it really is. The idea is to try to be as
objective as humanly possible. Although it is in fact impossible to manage to be objective
to anything 100%, this will be like 90% objective or something like that ;)

Lets start this post with one obvious sight in the real center of the city. The main street that goes, all the way from the royal palace and down to the railway station "Karl Johan". Walking down this street, that every tourist in the world will, when coming to Oslo. I will tell you this is both enjoyable and exicting, but dissapointing and unpleasant experience. Before i explain this further, lets take a look at a picture I have taken of the street I will talk about here. This is how "Karl Johan" looks in early winter time: (remember the winters are long and hard in Norway, so this is how the street looks most of the time in the year.)


Let me ask you, does this looks like a pleasant place to be? The Answer it NO, by the way, for many reasons. To start with the look of the buildings that lay alle around the street. Apart from the Royal Palace at were the street starts, the rest is grey-looking, and depressing. The best part of this street is deffinately in the beginning. Because the longer you go down to the end by the trainstation, the more filth you will see. By that I mean both how filthy the street looks with garbage all over, and all that. But also the people going around here. There are lots of drugs being dealt by the trainwaystation, just as you know that. So you dont need a very creative mind to figure at how unpleasant, it is to go around people dealing drugs, and that kind of stuff. I leave it to this for now. I will go alot deeper in all of the aspects about Karl Johan next time, and other Oslo related information then. Stay tuned for Part2.

Travel advice Norway - Some basic things you should know

Lets start this of with some basic info, because lets face it you know almost nothing about Norway.
Travel Advice Norway :
Norway is a rich land, because of their Oil production.
The country borders to Sweden, Finland, and Russia far up north.
You do not need any vaccinations before coming to Norway.
If your planning on taking your car into the country, a valid EU/EEA driving licence is required.
The Currency is "Kroner" wich right now is like 1 NKR = 6 $dollars, or 11 £Pounds.
For the exact currency rates, you could check in this site for instance.
All other general information that you want to know about Norway, you should read in a
travel book of some kind. Or go to wikipedia.com and read all about it.
Because I admit I dont stand a chance in competing with those long and thoroughly guides on Norway. And thats what this blog is about anyway. In my next post I will start giving you "the real
insiders travel advice norway uncencored and how it really is." I will then start too look at the capital city of Norway Oslo, that I know the most about. See you later, dear reader =)

Welcome stranger and welcome to this blog, called " Reisser norway the truth about norway "

This blog is written by a norwegian boy, who wanted to give you travelers some information
about how it really is to take a vacation to Norway. Because I actually live in this country, I will give you
correct info, and not just the disguised and not so tru picture, that travel agencies will provide you
with. You may not like everything you read here, since you have come to this site, because you probably are thinking of taking a trip to Norway someday. But fear not, although you now might think,
I will totally trash Norway as a travel destination, but thats not the case. I just want to tell you what I as a
norwegian think about the big cities of this country, attractions, what you should do here, and that
kind of stuff. Keep in mind this site is new, come back for lots lots more of inside information later!