A pleasant, if hard-to-find, hostel 4km from the city centre. It has 24-hour reception and 268 beds in clean four-bed dorms or private rooms (some of the ones in the new building have balconies). There are kitchen and laundry facilities. Linen costs 50kr. Take tram 12, 15 or 17, or bus 31 or 32 to Sinsenkrysset, then walk five minutes uphill.
Oslo Vandrerhjem Haraldsheim
Oslo
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