Oslo · winter city, 19 minutes from the airport
Oslo. The stop before the mountains.
Land, sleep, see the city, then take the train north rested. Oslo has 18 floodlit slopes inside the city limits and more cross-country trail than any resort we sell – and Hafjell, Trysil and Geilo are a morning away.
Why Oslo
A capital with ski lifts and a forest full of tracks.
Oslo is the only capital where the metro ends at a ski area. Add a night at the start or end of the ski week and the long travel day disappears: airport to city in 19 minutes, city to the mountain by train or bus the next morning.
Skimore Oslo at Tryvann has 18 slopes, all floodlit, 11 lifts including a six-seater chair in Wyller, a 381 m vertical drop and a separate snowpark, 25 minutes from the city centre. Snow cannons keep the slopes in shape from December to the end of March.
Oslo has more than 2,600 km of prepared cross-country trails, 90 km floodlit for evening skiing and 44 cabins along the way. Metro Line 1 runs up to Holmenkollen, and the free 2 km Korketrekkeren toboggan run drops 255 m from Frognerseteren to Midtstuen station, with a 16-minute metro ride back up.
Oslo Airport is 47 km from the centre and 19 minutes away by Flytoget. From Oslo you reach Hafjell in about 2.5 hours by car (train to Lillehammer 2 h 10 min plus a 15-minute bus), Trysil in about 3 hours on the Trysilekspressen bus, and Geilo in about 3.5 hours on the train.
Where to stay
By the station for the train north, or in the quarters where Oslo lives.
For a one-night stop, stay around Oslo S – Flytoget arrives there and the trains to Lillehammer and Geilo leave from there. For two or three nights, Frogner and Majorstuen put you on the metro line to Holmenkollen; Grünerløkka is the east-side neighbourhood along the river.
Stay in Sentrum around Oslo Central Station, where Flytoget arrives from the airport in 19–22 minutes and trains leave for Lillehammer (2 h 10 min) and Geilo (about 3.5 h).
Search Oslo →The west-side district around Bogstadveien, which runs from Hegdehaugsveien to Sørkedalsveien in Majorstuen with more than 150 shops and eateries, on the Line 1 side of town towards Holmenkollen and Tryvann.
Search Oslo →The east-side neighbourhood where the Akerselva river runs through with waterfalls, bridges and old industrial buildings, a short tram or walk from the centre.
Search Oslo →Getting there
Fly to Oslo Airport, 19 minutes by express train to Oslo S
Oslo Airport Gardermoen (OSL) is 47 km from the city centre. Flytoget runs to Oslo Central Station in 19–22 minutes with six departures an hour; Vy regional trains take 23 minutes and Flybussen 40–50 minutes. Torp Sandefjord (TRF), used by several budget airlines, is about 110 km south of Oslo. Onward to the resorts: trains almost every hour from Oslo and Oslo Airport to Lillehammer for Hafjell, the Trysilekspressen bus from Oslo Bus Terminal and the airport to Trysil, and the Bergen line to Geilo.
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Season 2026/27
One night in Oslo turns the travel day into part of the holiday.
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