Luxury bespoke holidays to the Hotel Continental, Oslo, Norway
Facts in brief
Official star rating 5
Location In the centre of Oslo, within walking distance of sites such as Aker Brygge, Royal Palace, National Theatre and the Storting (parliament) building
Annual opening All year
Closest airport Oslo
Distance from airport About 40 minutes by taxi or about 20 minutes by airport express train
Closest railway station Oslo
Distance from railway station 1.2 km
Hotel facilities and services
Five restaurants and bars, garage parking by prior arrangement, car valeting service, fitness studio open 24 hours, personal trainer service, 24-hour room service.
Land sports
Fitness studio with personal trainer service on request
Out and about nearby
Oslo recommended highlights: the Bygdøy Peninsula, home to five national museums: the Viking Ship Museum, the Fram Museum, the Norwegian Folk Museum, the Kon-Tiki Museum and the Norwegian Maritim Museum; Akershus Castle and Fortress; Vigeland Sculpture Park; the Royal Palace; the Nasjonalmuseet; Nobel Peace Centre; Historisk Museum with outstanding items from the Viking age; Radhuset city hall; Oslo opera house; Lambda Munch museum.
It was an excellent holiday - due to excellent planning on your side. Super efficient, very professional.Mrs F, Holiday to Norway, Oct 2023
Holiday price guide Sample prices are per person based on two people sharing a Standard double room for 5 nights
From about
£990 1 Jan-30 Apr, 1 Oct-31 Dec
£1,100 1 May-30 Sep
Holiday Code EXH46356
The prices displayed here are a guide only. Each holiday price will be tailor-made at the time of booking to reflect all actual costs including up-to-date special offers.
Call us on 01392 441245
Luxury bespoke holidays to the Hotel Continental, Oslo, Norway
The Hotel Continental is a luxurious and grand, 5-star hotel with 151 rooms and suites, built in Art Nouveau style and dating from 1900. It has been in the same family for four generations and its history is intricately linked with that of Oslo and in particular the Norwegian cultural scene. The hotel is proud of its origins when a couple from a modest background bought the lease from its original owners, a brewery. Since then the family has expanded and re-developed the hotel, up-dating and renovating whilst respecting the history of the building. In the early 20th century, the Continental was a popular meeting place for Oslo actors and artists. Prints by Edvard Munch, Jens Johannessen and Dagfinn Knudsen, paintings by Jacob Weideman and Liv Heier, and photographs by Eivind Lentz and Vibeke Tandberg adorn the walls and sit comfortably with the elegant contemporary style of the furnishings. In fact, one of Norway’s largest private Munch collections can be viewed in the lobby bar, Bar Boman. However, the hotel’s ethos is forward looking and is dedicated to sustainability. The hotel has been Eco-Lighthouse certified since 2011 and recycles food waste, has green, district heating, and encourages guests to think about water usage, reducing food waste and not requesting a daily linen change. The hotel’s 151 rooms and suites vary in size primarily as all are furnished and decorated elegantly and comfortably, with basic amenities being the same. Some additional features are offered in suites. The Continental is very much associated with the Theatercaféen which opened its doors in 1900 and has been on a culinary discovery ever since. There are five restaurants and bars offering a range of dining including gourmet cuisine in the Eik Annen Etage, pizzas in Casbar and traditional Norwegian fare in the iconic Theatercaféen which is an intrinsic part of Oslo life.
Room descriptions
Hotel Continental Oslo has 151 rooms and suites. All rooms have LCD flat-screen TV, Nespresso coffee machine, mini-bar, safe, wardrobe, iron and ironing board, shower, bathrobe, slippers, hairdryer, toiletries, free internet access. All rooms are non-smoking.
It was an excellent holiday - due to excellent planning on your side. Super efficient, very professional.Mrs F, Holiday to Norway, Oct 2023
Holiday price guide Sample prices are per person based on two people sharing a Standard double room for 5 nights
From about
£990 1 Jan-30 Apr, 1 Oct-31 Dec
£1,100 1 May-30 Sep
Holiday Code EXH46356
The prices displayed here are a guide only. Each holiday price will be tailor-made at the time of booking to reflect all actual costs including up-to-date special offers.
Call us on 01392 441245
Luxury bespoke holidays to the Hotel Continental, Oslo, Norway
The journey and how you get there
For a holiday to the Hotel Continental Oslo, we include a scheduled flight with British Airways from London to Oslo. From the airport to the city centre is the Flytoget Airport Express train that departs every 10 or 20 minutes with a journey time of about 20 minutes to Oslo S (central station). The central station is about 1.2 km from the hotel.
It was an excellent holiday - due to excellent planning on your side. Super efficient, very professional.Mrs F, Holiday to Norway, Oct 2023
Holiday price guide Sample prices are per person based on two people sharing a Standard double room for 5 nights
From about
£990 1 Jan-30 Apr, 1 Oct-31 Dec
£1,100 1 May-30 Sep
Holiday Code EXH46356
The prices displayed here are a guide only. Each holiday price will be tailor-made at the time of booking to reflect all actual costs including up-to-date special offers.
Call us on 01392 441245
Luxury bespoke holidays to the Hotel Continental, Oslo, Norway
About Norway
Norway is a fascinating destination for a luxury, tailor-made holiday. The land and the culture of Norway lend themselves to a diverse and rich array of holiday experiences and a choice of mode of transport. At first glance, Norway offers magnificent, dramatic, severe and wild natural surroundings in its glaciers, Arctic snow and ice, majestic fjords, crashing waterfalls and mystical natural phenomena such as the Aurora Borealis and Fata Morgana. However, Norway also offers cultural ties, a shared history dating from the days of the Vikings, a cosiness in its orchards and pastures, brightly-painted wooden houses, folk tales and mythology, world-class art, literature and music in the works of Munch, Ibsen and Grieg, to name but three, and international philanthropy as exemplified by the Nobel prize. Many towns have superb museums, ancient wooden stave churches are well-preserved, the heritage of the Vikings is visible not just in major centres such as Oslo but all around, and seemingly small places are rich with music and drama festivals. Whilst the length of Norway with is 2518 km poses a challenge to the visitor, this also means that it makes sense to use a variety of transport modes to travel around; scenic trains, sleeper trains, boat rides, coastal cruises and car-hire can all be incorporated. The landscape lends itself well to hiking and cycling and there are many national parks that offer a variety of conditions depending on your ability. Norway’s cities are vibrant and manage to blend modernity with tradition. The iconic Oslo Opera House sits a short distance from the Akershus fortress, the Old Town Hall dating from 1641 is a stroll away from the Akrobaten pedestrian bridge, a near-futuristic construction of steel and glass.
Highlights of Norway
The numerous fjords: Eidfjord – branch of the Hardangerfjord, Geirangerfjord – precipitous, one of Norway’s signature images, Hardangerfjord – rolling hills and pretty villages, Jossingfjord – vertiginous fjord in the flatlands of the south, Lysefjord – plunging cliffs, cruises and look out points, Naeroyfjord – narrow and very pretty, Sognefjord – Norway’s longest and one of the most beautiful, Trollfjord – very steep fjord on Lofoten, Vestfjord – sheltered bays and pretty villages separating Lofoten from the mainland. The Hurtigruten ferry that covers over 2500 km from Bergen to Kirkenes with over 30 stops. The Midnight Sun and the Northern Lights. Stave churches, beautifully preserved in wood, dating from Viking times, for example at Borgund, Lom, Ringebu and Urnes. Viking ships and artefacts, burial mounds and trinkets in museums throughout the country. The red, wooden houses perched stilts over the sea on the Lofoten Islands. The modern architecture of Oslo. Picking wild blueberries, sampling aquavit made from potatoes and caraway, and tasting reindeer steak with cranberries. The charm of Oslofjorden with its pretty, arty village and towns, harbours with sailing boats, islands offshore and beaches. Hike over the Jotunheimen and relish the natural landscape of this stunning National Park.
Cultural highlights of Norway
The architecture of stave churches dating from the Viking era and Viking treasure in museums around the country. The literature of Henrik Ibsen and Knut Hamsun. Folk tales and mythology. The music of Edvard Grieg and the art of Edvard Munch. Contemporary jazz and folk music.
Gastronomy of Norway
Norway’s gastronomy is a clear reflection of its land and sea. From the land come reindeer, venison, lamb, cured meats and potatoes of all types: boiled, roasted and fried. From the freshwater lakes and streams come salmon served grilled and smoked, and freshwater fish. Sea fish is a vast array of cod, haddock, shrimps, mackerel, fish soup, fish balls, salt cod. From the orchards particularly around the Hardangerfjord come apples, cherries and plums as well as berries of all sorts including blueberries, cranberries, bilberries and, a great delicacy, cloudberries. Cheeses include Jarlsberg and brown cheese. Coffee is almost certainly the national drink, followed by beer, of which there are all sorts of craft beers brewed locally, and Aquavit is the national spirit made from potatoes and caraway.
Facts in brief
Capital OsloAirport Oslo Gardermoen
Size 323,878 sq km
Population 4.4 million
