Oslo
Rick Steves' Europe Travel Guide © 2010 | The proud spirit of the Norwegian people shines in every dimension of their capital city - from its once-fearsome Viking ships to its sleek new Opera House, from a fun folk museum that keeps traditions alive to the constant festival of its thriving harborfront. Connecting with the culture, we enjoy art - from Vigeland's statues to Munch's scream - and join local friends for a boat ride on their fjord. #ricksteves #ricksteveseurope #oslo
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I'm from Oslo, and can testify to the accuracy of the content. Mr. Rick Steves' research skills is unparalleled.
@TOCC50
Жыл бұрын
You shouldn’t have to share your city with immigrants
Got into him recently. What an intelligent and interesting man. The best travel shows I've ever seen.
@AB-pr4uc
3 жыл бұрын
He's pretty underrated. I like all his guides except Egypt (definitely not tourist friendly)
@xplores
2 жыл бұрын
So true
Thank you for the memories. I lived in Oslo for three years in the 70's.... My son was born there. How much it's changed! But the best thing were the people! I'm still corresponding with the first person I met there! Oslo it's definitely a "MUST SEE" Really Norway is a must see. Most beautiful county and cleanest... Thanks again.
@hassanchaudhary9300
9 ай бұрын
Where do you live now?
7:52 “... to celebrate the 400th anniversary of Columbus NOT discovering America”. Love it.
@kmb-wy1to
3 жыл бұрын
I know. I was hoping he wouldve explained that more.
@kmw4359
3 жыл бұрын
@@kmb-wy1to he probably meant that despite the myth we are taught in elementary school, Christopher Columbus was not the first person to discover America: 1) Native Americans were already here and it was their land - they discovered it ~20,000 years ago (during the last Ice Age ... they crossed the temporary land bridge from Asia ...glaciers so large, the sea level was lower). 2) He wasn’t even the first white man to dock here; the Vikings had made many landings way before him.
@nejuw
2 жыл бұрын
@@kmw4359 St Brendan from Ireland reportedly reached American shores.
The rail journey from Oslo to Bergan and back is quite something.
@TOCC50
Жыл бұрын
Immigrants need to leave immediately
I have became a fan of Rick Steve .... You have been showing me entire Europe, I don't have money to travel overseas but you are fulfilling some of my dreams. Thank you Rick.
@anythinggoes5574
2 жыл бұрын
Most of Europe is a dump man. Come visit the USA if you really want an enjoyable trip.
@kostasyfantis
2 жыл бұрын
Rick is amazing! I got to attend an in-person lecture he gave in our community when he visited as part of a speaking tour. 💯
@Aurmm
Жыл бұрын
@@kostasyfantis where?
@kostasyfantis
Жыл бұрын
@@Aurmm Champaign, Illinois
Nice film about Oslo.I've been living there for 25 years.Very nice city with a rich cultural life.And friendly people.And a rich music scene.
@sharifahalrifaei6022
3 жыл бұрын
im goin to visit when covid jamming allows world to be free
"...and I have a cousin here who owns a boat." Rick must have found a genie's bottle on his travels for he certainly has a charmed life.
My cousins live in oslo and it's a beautiful city.😍
I've never been to Europe, but Oslo seems like a nice place. I like how Norwegians have a sense of social responsibility and how they have universal healthcare. I also like how Oslo invests heavily in mass transit unlike many cities here in the U.S. People love their cars too much here in the U.S., and the traffic here is very bad.
That makes such good sense; Americans are faced with perils and worries from medical bankruptcies and facing old age in poverty. We have a ghastly inadequate system that is greatly in need of reform.🗽 Let Norway lead the way!🌄👑
i love rick steves.. im binge watching all his shows
@pastorowenwardsr
3 жыл бұрын
Me too exactly
@TheBinoyVudi
3 жыл бұрын
@@pastorowenwardsr After 4 years 🙂😎😎😎 welcome to the club my good friend
@newcastlets
3 жыл бұрын
Me, 4 years later, binge-watching during the late part of COVID.
@jungefication
3 жыл бұрын
I just discovered him and can't stop watching . He is one of the last with this type of videos now it's all crowded by vlogs.
I'm not Norwegian, not even European, but I really love this country and this city was established by my Viking idol, Harald Hardrada. The last great viking king.
@DrinkableMeat
9 ай бұрын
Larp
Oslo a great city with an intesting history sailing across the at world on long boats.Examples seen in the museum s great to see our Norse history
I'm from N. Dakota/Minnesota and have German blood line. I am 60+ years old and I have very few times had a overwhelming emotion like this one being Norway feels like home...I don't know. Thanks.
@kirouanemohamedamine7995
3 жыл бұрын
hei jeg er fra Algerie. Jeg ønsker å bo i Norge takk
Went to Oslo by acciddent in 2017 and fell in love with this city.
@sm3675
2 жыл бұрын
"By accident"??
@KingMK31
2 жыл бұрын
@@sm3675 Well layover, and my flight ended up being delayed untill the next day so i had longer time to see the city.
humble und peacful place. i like your channel mr. rick. you are comfortable. i hv many vikings friends since my time in American uni. i was in Denmark many months last year.locked down from Flensborg to Kolding. wt my german friends. my neighbour now is a Norwegian traveller. stucked here many months now. im seeing him again today to hv coffee in my river haus. He is comfortable here making tons of friends. many europeans migrated to Malaysia. we evn hv portugese city.. french city. Malaysia welcome people. we are refugees heaven
Jeg har en veldig sterk kobling og tilhørighet til Norge🇳🇴. For oss som er glad i norsk natur og vakre steder! Jeg Elsker Norge 🇳🇴. Gratulerer kjære Skål Norge 🇳🇴.
Back when I visited Norway in 2017 for 15 days I was in Oslo at the beginning and the end of my trip. Charming city!
For all that Oslo is large it still manages feel much smaller. I was so impressed how clean, friendly and safe Oslo. It is a walkers’ paradise. It’s also easy to get around.
@ktng3176
3 жыл бұрын
Come to Singapore. We are like Oslo except that we don't have the chilly climate 🤓
@monicacall7532
3 жыл бұрын
KT Ng I have been blessed to visit Singapore. You’re 100% correct in saying that it’s clean, friendly and safe as well as easy to get around. My family and I spent several days there and loved every minute that we spent there. The “night tours” at the zoo and strolling through the parks were our favorite things to do. We couldn’t understand the signs on the buses and trains forbidding bringing durian fruit onto them until we went to an outdoor market and actually got a whiff of one. They have to be the absolutely most disgustingly smelling things that we’ve ever had the misfortune to have smelled. I hear that the fruit is very delicious, but the smell was so horrible that I just wasn’t even brave enough to taste the fruit!
@mariakitsiou3685
3 жыл бұрын
Come to my lovely country Cyprus! We have amazing beaches,meditterannean food,great nightlife and beautiful greek women!!!!
I loved my time InOslo. Sailing on a cruise ship into Oslo harbor was breathtakingly beautiful. I recognized the architecture as very much the same I see InMy native Minnesota.
Thanks alot Mr Rick. For fulfilment of our dreams. We cannot travel to such places. God bless u.
I'm traveling to Oslo next month, and greatly in need of inspiration to tour around Oslo. Now, I got it. Thanks to Rick Steves for this superb video on Oslo.
Hi Rick, many thanks for sharing the gorgeous Norway video. I truly enjoyed watching your lovely video. I gracefully visited Norway in May 2015 and would like to be visiting the lovely country there again soon.
7:03 Redheads on a rampage. I almost lost my beer.
I haven't enjoyed my visit to Oslo. I loved my visit to Oslo!
i love rick steves sir ji.. im binge watching all his shows all time you are such a great person.
Wow. Norway is just awesome country and Oslo is the most beautiful city in the world! (just my opinion) Greetings from Finland.
@enannamanensson6903
8 жыл бұрын
+juho jämsä I respect your opinion but i think Stockholm beats Oslo with it's Islands and water :)
@lifeimprovementknowhow3822
8 жыл бұрын
+Enannaman Ensson Norway is beautiful, but Oslo is nothing special when compared with let`s say Baltic capitals like Riga, Tallin, Vilnius (without soviet heritage blocks of course)
9 years ago !! Time to put up a new video on Oslo . Don't u know how much has changed in 9 years ??
Hi Steve congrats Oslo is beautiful city
Norwegians music scene is fantastic. All hail Morten Harket.😍And now they bestow Aurora upon us.💋 Bergen/Stavenger
Many thanks to Rick for the all vedio es of Europe. its not possible to us to visit the all Europe. it was my dream in childhood that I will visit the whole Europe. But I see it by your eyes...Thanks again.
New main library, new Munch museum, new national museum and much, much more since this video was made.
Oslo seems so beautiful! Thanks for this video.
Thank you so much for this immersive tour. I have been to these parts of the World but unfortunate for me, it was in winter and i did not opportune to take in the splendour that is present there.
How beautiful country ♥️☺️☺️♥️
i've got norwigien cousins too ive never met..my grandfather came from norway the time the nazi's landed and times were scary,he came to canada and met my native cree grandmother..they had 11 children..
Great vid, the train to Bergen is stunning, via Voss, a must-see at winter time during the Polar Nights. I rather enjoyed Norway's cuisine, amazing fish soups, best salmon ever, smorgasbords. Simple straight forward quality food, it was delicious. Clean country, pleasant people, one of the safest esp for women visitors. Very attractive people too.
My family is from here! So happy to say I'm Norsk!
@kirouanemohamedamine7995
3 жыл бұрын
hei jeg er fra Algerie. Jeg ønsker å bo i Norge takk
I loved your channel Sir Steves it’s great i learned a lots I enjoyed to much. Thanks again god bless and peace
Great video! Rick Steves continues to party! Back to where it all began, summer metropolis of Oslo, where his marauding Viking ancestors started it all.
Thanks for taking us with you, you are truly a gem : love love all your videos
@kirouanemohamedamine7995
3 жыл бұрын
Where are you from???
What a vibe in this video. Great work Rick!
Great video as always, I almost felt like I was there. Thank you so much for sharing Rick. God Bless you.. :)
Thanks for all the wonderful videos. Loved all of them.
Thank you for your tours. Well done Steve! I really enjoy your channel.
Am a Ugandan ricksteve has changed my way of thinking am very great full for this man
We visited oslo many years Ago, my wife and daughter. And were at that park with All the statues, it was Awesome, yeah we Boarded the tram without Realising, you pre buy The tickets, a very kind Norwegian Gentleman Gave us a book of Tickets without taking Any payment, my Father Was Norwegian, from Alesund, yeah. 🤔😁
Really enjoying your videos. God bless you dear.
When you don't know you have everything, you don't have anything. The souls come to awaken us all to everything in hand.
THANKS Rick that was really interesting, when i visited there may a year ago i was unable to see the rest of Oslo as i Was unable to walk well. So i have enjoyed this video, at home in australia. I was really good thankyou from australia
I love you Steve. Please never stop! (I know its harder now, but I imagine youll find a time and way to get back out there!)
Rick Steve's has something of a Steve Martin, especially when he smiles 😉😂
I Oslo great country museums art work the stem an important work by munck.waterways to. Travel along nice friends to visit for.holidays.. Loved the. Clean country good place to tour..
Best Oslo video i have ever seen. Thanks!
A really wonderfully done tour video.....greatly appreciated and enjoyed
I enjoy listening to his presentation
Thank you great man. You have taught us so much...thanks
Lugares muy interesantes, gracias amigo
Very, very interesting. Thank you
Great episode, great country.
been there last summer n love it.
I'd love to go someday
What a wonderful video!
Thank you for your videos, you became my trusted travel ( vlog) as they call it, better than those KZreadrs , a very professional content. Best of luck 😊
I love your videos Mr. Steves, I love to travel and see the world but funds is the main criteria and through your videos I can see the world. Keep the videos coming. I am from India.
we are heading here soon....SUPER excited
Love your show! Always a good journey
Beautiful city
Beautiful city.
really cool video. liked it very much. Cheers from Oslo!! Oslo to Gwadar via Mascat Oman Car Really!! welcome to Oslo, Norway. would be fun to meetup cool people around the world and making exciting projects!!
Thanks to all your efforts to make for this video
This videos have great educational value. Thank you, Rick!
I have seen many of Rick Steves' travel programs on PBS.
It's wonderful.
Oslo is town of beautiful Scandinavian land
11:40 Wrong. Practically no Norwegian pays 50% tax. It is true the absolute maximum you must pay is a full 50%, but there is a step wise increase, which means people that earn more, will pay more, not only in monetary figures, but also in percent. In 2019, earning up to $50.000 a year incurs 29.4% tax. Earning $200.000 a year would set you back 45,7%. Anyone having a mortgage can deduct that interest on their income, which in turn reduces tax pressure, as long as you have a loan.
@raminbagirov4698
4 жыл бұрын
I really want to live in Norway. Amazing country
@daNorse
3 жыл бұрын
Your employer pays "employment tax", you pay income tax, then if you are gonna buy something you pay "merverdiavgift" (VAT) -- it all adds up to more than you want to admit! The communist government (AP/H/KFP/FRP you name it, all of them) take more from what you create than you get yourself. Prove me wrong!... (you can't)...
@Jurgh909
3 жыл бұрын
@@daNorse @daNorse I'm not going into political discussions here. I am an economist, former CFO, and know very well which employer paid expenses occur upon employment. The statement is that a "Normal Norwegian worker" generally pays around 50% income tax, which is untrue.
@daNorse
3 жыл бұрын
@@Jurgh909 I'm also an economist, financial analyst for 20 years in the stock exchange. So, I challenge you to do this simple calculation: Sum up employer's payroll tax, employees payroll tax, and finally add the VAT on top (excluding the abundant special taxes like on alcohol, tobacco, tax on real estate, etc. etc.) Personally, I mean we should abolish the income tax totally.
@Jurgh909
3 жыл бұрын
@@daNorse You are still missing the point. The statement in the video is that an average Norwegian pays 50% income tax.
Oslo is awesome. I loved Viglunds park.
really really nice documentary!
Local cuisine is up to ones own taste. There are many decent local dishes but they maay seem strange to many. Many dishes that we take for granted have their origin lamb in cabbage, norwegian stew and norwegian style meatballs with potatoes,gravy and peas for example. And naturally tonnes of different very local fish, potato and meat variants.
Thanks for European tour
I love these videos. Been watching Rick for many years.
Спасибо, очень люблю этот город!
@kirouanemohamedamine7995
3 жыл бұрын
Good morning
Just found your channel, instantly subscribed
Spectacular Oslo...... Europe is the paradise in this universe.
@LeeRoggy
4 жыл бұрын
Maybe physically but remember that Europe gave us WWI, WWII, the slave trade, Communism through Marx, Fascism and N***ism, the Spanish inquisition, the Crusades. and many other horrors over the centuries.
@virvisquevir3320
4 жыл бұрын
Lee Roggy - And the rest of the world was all love and peace, right? LOL. Warfare, slavery, oppression was and is everywhere. People vote with their feet. Europeans are not risking their and their childrens' life to flee across the sea to Africa...
Beautiful Takk..
The tax percentage is NOT 50% for most Norwegians, its closer to 38%. These people paying half in tax must have a large income
I love your videos Rick!
I want to go for all the legendary black metal bands
@bjt1602
7 жыл бұрын
True lmao. Norway is a home for black metal
@claumeister1
5 жыл бұрын
@@bjt1602 I know. Dwight Schrute's friend Rolf told me so.
@ronnie9187
4 жыл бұрын
The Vikings don't battle anymore with their swords, they fight now with their guitars and decibels. Heil the mighty Vikings! Demons from the North!
great video!
Oslo so beautiful city more than any other place in Norway. . We can say a live in Norway stand up just in Oslo
linda cidade!!
You can see huge difference between rainy Bergen and sunny Oslo I think west and north is nice for sightseeing but southern and eastern Norway is more hospitable
@parkourgutten1731
8 жыл бұрын
haha
It defenitly knows that i like rick steves europe just look at all these travels from rick steves europe and this is Olso from 2010
In this moment of great change, the old skills and new thoughts both work. But I think from now on, the new order works.
Can't Rick Steves for once visit one of these northern European cities when it isn't on one of their rare sunny days. Go there in the winter for a change so we can see what it is really like to live in one of these countries.
@sh0werp0wer
7 жыл бұрын
What's wrong with winter? Winter is the best thing about Norway, there's snow and fantastic skiing opportunities throughout most of the winter, as opposed to other European cities where it's still cold. And btw, sunny days are fairly common in Oslo, it's not like this is "rare". Like most Western European countries we do have rain, yes. The one negative about Norwegian climate is that we have shorter summers, as we don't really start to get regular days above 20C before June. But yeah, if you're looking for somewhere just to get a tan there are obviously better options than Norway.
@raminbagirov4698
4 жыл бұрын
@@sh0werp0wer amazing Norway wanna live there
Steve can you introduce your crew members who have done an excellent job. Those unsung heroes
lovely
Wow! He's got a cousin who owns a boat!! THAT'S SO EXCITING!!!!
@kdawur
8 жыл бұрын
+Sofia McAnulty So you do not own a boat.
Overall great, but I'm disappointed Rick didn't show the best Vigeland statue: the man fighting four babies