Oslo

Operated By:

Oslo Lufthaven AS

Website:

www.osl.no

Terminals:

1

This Review:

Only Terminal

Rating:

4 star - Very good service with many plus points and very few negatives
  OSL
OSLO
TT0107 /221750

 
Review created: 23/12/2004;
Last updated 14/09/2019

General:

Very new airport which opened in 1998 about 30Km from the city centre
   

Appearance:

A very modern airport which looks very Scandinavian (i.e. lots of pine!)

Inbound

Domestic
Depending on the gate that you land on it can be a lengthy walk back through the terminal to the escalators that take you down to the baggage reclaim hall, which is located next to the general arrivals hall

International
Norway is a member of the Schengen agreement (even though it is not a member of the EU) and as such if you are arriving from another Schengen country you would not have to pass through passport control. Unfortunately the UK is not a member of the Schengen agreement so you have to queue up and go through passport control, which was very quick. There was then a long walk down the length of the terminal building to the baggage reclaim hall, which is very large and airy. After baggage reclaim (which took about 15 minutes for the bags to come round) its through a very large, and totally deserted customs hall to the arrivals hall.

As most flights into Norway come from other Schengen agreement countries (of which the UK is not) there was only our flight which had to pass through passport control and this was done speedily.

Very large area with several belts. Very light and airy as well with good natural light.

Large, but totally deserted customs hall located at the back of the baggage reclamation area.

Regular high speed trains link the airport to Oslo central station.

Outbound

Domestic
Domestic departures leave from the left hand side of the terminal - with international departures being separated by a boarding card check, though all flights share the same checkin and security areas

International
After checking in you pass straight through security and into the departures lounge. At this point those travelling domestically go off to their own departures lounge and those flying intentionally go through a boarding card check and into the international departures lounge. For those flying to non-Schengen agreement countries (like the UK) you have to walk to the end of the terminal building through a passport check and into the waiting lounge.

Couple of bars on the land side of the airport and several restaurants that also serve as bars once through into international departures.

Couple of restaurants/cafe's on the land side of the airport and several once through into international departures.

Couple of restaurants/cafe's on the land side of the airport and several once through into international departures.

Small number of shops on the land-side of the airport. Large duty free shop and a couple of smaller stores in international departures.

The toilets are clean and well maintained.