Oslo; Tuesday, 30 May, 2023

Final check-out from a hotel completed we were aiming to catch the tram back down to Aker Brygge to pick up the ferry out into the islands, but it turned out that the whole of the area around the castle and town hall was closed off in preparation for a NATO conference that was taking place in the following days, with all the trams diverted back via the national theatre instead, so we had to take the tram there and then walk down to the waters front.

We hopped on the ferry that heads round the inner islands in the fjord that operates on a circular route stopping at all the islands before heading back to Oslo, so we were able to get a good sightseeing cruise of the fjord for the price of a one hour transport ticket.

By now it was almost time to head back to the airport so we grabbed the bags, headed back to the train station and caught the train out to Oslo airport.

With almost predictable reliability the flight was of course late, having been delayed earlier in the day on it’s inbound trip, but at least on this occasion we ended up only being 20 minutes late departing Oslo.