Oslo, Norway in a weekend
 

Need to know prices and where to stay and what museums to see just in Oslo. My wife and I would like to see Oslo for Friday to Sunday in October time frame. How is the weather up there at that time? How much dollars american will I need? What type of food should we try? Any places we should avoid?

Avoid Karl Johansgate and Aker Brygge as they are both overpriced and overrated.

What kind of museums do you like to go to? The ones at Bygdøy (Kon Tiki, Viking Ships, etc.) are interesting. Vigeland Park is also a must-see.

Food - go to Asylet (near Grønland T-Bane station) for "kjøttkaker med brunsaus" and a good general atmosphere.

I think it's very doable. Nationalmuseum was great. Munch was closed when we were there but is now open. There are a few museums all centered in a suburb, so try those (all the ship ones).

We were in Oslo at the end of April, beginning of May. I don’t know if the weather would be similar in October, but we brought REI fleece jackets and windbreakers. While the skies were blue, the wind went right through us, so it was cold! Our fleece and windbreakers (with hoods) did the job. We bought Oslo passes (about $32 each)that get you into all museums and access to all public transportation; it's quite a deal and worked great. We traveled by bus, tram, and subway. We went to the Viking museum, Kon-Tikki and the Fram museum which displays the Fram, a the first polar ship that went as far north as 85 north latitude and 78 south latitude. These are clustered in one area. The last stop in this area was the Norwegian Maritime museum which had a great surround video on the fishing villages in the north of Norway. Frogner Park with all of the Vigeland sculptures was my favorite thing we saw in Oslo. The sculptures depict human relationships and emotions and are incredible. Words do not do them justice so we took lots of picture. We stayed at the Thon Hotel Cecil and it was just over $200. It was very comfortable and had a great breakfast that was included in the price of the room. That was good because Oslo is incredibly expensive. We filled up at breakfast so it would last us most of the day. A bottle of water was $7, so we just carried our bottle with us and kept filling it up ! For dinner we would just stop when we were tired and ask locals where an inexpensive, casual place to eat was. An inexpensive dinner for us was around $50. Maybe there was less expensive places, but again, we stopped when we were tired. Hope that gives you some idea.

If you're going to buy water, do it at a regular grocery store and only at a regular grocery store.

If your hotel doesn't provide a breakfast buffet, you're getting ripped off. Breakfast buffets are "standard" in Scandinavia.

I'm interested in historic museums with the past of Norway the Vikings and art from the past and the moor people. They had a decent collection in Copenhagen. Also are there small bed and breakfast houses in or on the edge of Oslo for around 100 euro?