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Taste of Oslo Walking Tour: Experience Local Food, Culture, and History
4.4
196 Ratings
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Experience Oslo like a local on our Taste of Oslo Walking Tour. Sample traditional Norwegian dishes, snacks, and drinks while exploring the city’s hidden gems and learning about its culture and history.
Duration:
4 hours
Cancellation:
1 day
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Highlights
- Karl Johans gate - …
- Regjeringkvartalet - Stop by the Government headquarters and hear an important sotry about Norwegian recent past
- Our Saviour’s Memorial Cemetery - Walk through this historical cemetery
- Damstredet & Telthusbakken - Walk the cobble stones of the 1800’s street
- Akerselva River - Hear the stories of the city’s river
- Mathallen Oslo - Enjoy the tastings of cheeses, cured meats and beers in this hip town food hall
What's Included
- Norwegian cheese & cured meat tasting
- Guiding services
- Dessert (a Norwegian waffle served with brown cheese or strawberry jam. Coffee or tea is also included if desired)
- Beer Tasting
- Tasting at 4 different places
- Norwegian traditional meals
What's Not Included
- Please read carefully the tour information
- Hotel pickup has a price of 70 Kr (cash)
- Leave a phone number with the country code in case we need to contact you if something changes or check your Viator inbox one day before the tour starts.
- Gratuities
Additional Information
Our Taste of Oslo Walking Tour is a guided walking tour that aims to let you experience Oslo like a local, and sample traditional Norwegian dishes, snacks and drinks. The guide takes you through local spots and gems that are hard to come by on your own, and shows you the best of traditional Norwegian food, culture and history.
Truly the best way to see the city and try traditional Norwegian food. Take a walk around the city and get to know places full of tradition, history and fun facts. See what Oslo is made of and get an enriching experience that will make your tour a lot more worthy.
Note that this tour has a duration of 3-4 hours, this is depending on how busy our vendors are. We have reservations at all places but they else have to take care of their normal clients.
A moderate amount of walking is taking at this tour so bring your self good shoes. approx (2,2 km ) all together counting stops
- Minimum drinking age is 18 years for the beers and 21 for the akvavit
- Dress code is smart casual
- Comfortable walking shoes are recommended
- Minimum of 2 participants required per tour. There is a possibility of cancellation after confirmation if there are not enough passengers to meet the requirements. In the event of this occurring, you will be offered an alternative or a full refund
- If there are any food allergies or dietary requirements (vegetarian) we should be aware of, please inform us during the booking process. Please note that you must be able to eat fish or/and cheese to have any benefit form this tour
- If you dislike beer, we can arrange a glass of Norwegian soda or cider or international wine, just inform us upon booking or tell your guide once you meet him/her
- We have visit different vendors so special requirements are not in our hands 100%
Location
Stortorvet 8
Stortorvet
The meeting point is close to the main church called " DOMKIRKE" ..The meeting point is actually on the Tram stop called Stortorvet and is a shop called NARVESEN. Guide will be waiting right there.
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
4.4
(196 Ratings)
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Derek_w
Aug 20, 2024
The guide was very... - The guide was very knowledgeable, took an interest in everybody and the food and drink was excellent
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Jordan_h
Aug 8, 2024
Family of foodies touring Oslo - Alex was a wonderful tour guide - he took us to parts of Oslo we would never have seen otherwise. Loved sampling salmon, waffle and brown cheese and Norwegian beer and cider.
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Wander59211685456
Jul 31, 2024
Worth doing - Good guide, useful introduction to the city; a lot of waiting around in the heat for orders which could have been avoided with a bit of advance planning but this gave us a chance to chat with others in the group so overall it was an enjoyable experience which I’d recommend.
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Cindy_b
Jul 28, 2024
Eating and Strolling in Secret Places in Oslo - Not only was the food good but we saw parts of the city we would not have seen seemed out. It was at just the right pace. There was more food than you could eat.
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Irma_l
Jul 16, 2024
Great tour, will do another - Great tour. Our first “food” tour. Great way to see some of a city. Great way to taste very local food items and beer. Guide was friendly and informative.
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Vincent_e
Jul 15, 2024
Definitely worth it for any foodie - Absolutely fantastic while it was raining out the tour guide did an exceptional job and the tour ended up being a total of 4 people including our guide which fostered a really nice and quant experience. Not only would I recommend this to anyone wanting to taste true Norwegian cuisine. I’d happily do it again.
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Newjerseytricia
Jul 8, 2024
Great Food tour - I always like to do a walking tour the day I arrive in Europe from the US to keep me awake, get some fresh air and sunlight to help with jet lag, and to get a feel for a new city. Loved this food tour. It went to a part of the city that I probably would not have gone to on my 3 days in Oslo and set us up to do a Rick Steve's walk when it was over. Surprisingly our guide , Kevin, was from Chile, but I learned that so many in the tourist industry are not Norwegian. The food was substantial, including Norwegian fast food, seafood, charcuterie and beer/cider and really set us up for the rest of our time in Norway. Kevin was a great guide. Highly recommend.
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Kathryn
Jul 28, 2024
Lovely waffles - A pleasant trip around Oslo
I enjoyed this trip as the food was good and that is kind of what you expect from a good tasting tour. Would recommend if you want to get to know Norwegian cuisine a little more. Perhaps not so recommended if what you are after is a traditional tour guide telling you every fact. Our guide was really lovely, but had a habit of talking very gently and not necessarily to the whole group, but only those closest to him.
My favourite bit was the brown cheese and waffles. Who knew that sour cream and jam go so well with these! Have a look at the pictures here, not the photo for trip advisor. You are going to be eating them from a paper plate whilst standing!
Prepare yourself for walking! I love walking and think this is a good way to see some of the less-touristy parts of Oslo. I especially liked being down by the river and with the ducks and through the arts district. Even though the trip advisor page says it's wheelchair appropriate, some of the terrains we walked in were definitely not, so contact the company in advance if you have mobility limiters. I would imagine that they could adjust the route with ease.
Lastly, a bit thank you to everyone at this company - we didn't really have to queue for most of the food/drinks and all of your group enjoyed the experience. The free stickers now adorn my suitcase 🙂
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Krofamily
Jul 25, 2024
Oslo food tour - We had a wonderful few hours touring and eating around Oslo with our guide Alex. It was just my husband and I so we had his full attention. We ate fish, shrimp , dessert waffles, cheese and meat , a hot dog and beer - all local . As we strolled through the streets we were told stories of old customs , some history and some facts about modern day Norway. Alex was personable and very knowledgeable. Altogether we spent 3 hours and really enjoyed the tour.
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Kristie_t
Jul 11, 2024
It was ok . - It was great to see different parts of Oslo . As for the food - not worth $150.00 . Understand the history behind the hotdogs but wouldn’t include them with the price . Waffles were the best & seeing the waterfalls .
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