Hey guys,

I've been traveling Europe for about two months now, and I'm going to Oslo tomorrow. I don't really have a place to stay: hostels are pretty booked (or expensive), hotels equally expensive, and I'm prolly going to be camping outside or something (will have to get a tent first). If anyone is interested in housing a homeless Canadian wanderer, let me know

(PM please).

If you want to know more about my travels, thelittleteddy.blogspot.com is a good starting point.

Cheers,

Michael

d1v

Sweden868 Posts

August 10 2009 11:51 GMT

There's a rather cheap hostel (Sentrum Pensjonat) in a street called "Tollbugata" about 300 m from the railway station. Just try your luck there, they've got a lot of rooms.

wo0py

Netherlands922 Posts

August 10 2009 11:59 GMT

isnt there a list on tl where every body lives?
lemme search some for you

pubbanana

United States3063 Posts

August 10 2009 12:04 GMT

Maybe you can stay with Liquid`Drone.

Oxygen

Canada3581 Posts

August 10 2009 12:07 GMT

I will have the pleasure of staying with the mighty Eriador, but he don' live in Oslo.

Thanks d1v, I'll check it out.

Please, wo0py, if you would

Liquid`Drone

Norway28780 Posts

August 10 2009 12:09 GMT

good luck lol
if you decide to camp outside then you have to watch out for romanians, homeless people have complained about romanians robbing them. :D
if you're tenting then prolly best to do it somewhere around nordmarka or at least in the western part of town, otherwise you'll risk being waken up by junkies or whatever, oslo is pretty ridiculous narcotics wise.

LordWeird

United States3411 Posts

August 10 2009 12:25 GMT

On August 10 2009 21:09 Liquid`Drone wrote:
good luck lol
if you decide to camp outside then you have to watch out for romanians, homeless people have complained about romanians robbing them. :D
if you're tenting then prolly best to do it somewhere around nordmarka or at least in the western part of town, otherwise you'll risk being waken up by junkies or whatever, oslo is pretty ridiculous narcotics wise.

Why would anyone rob a homeless person!?!?

Oxygen

Canada3581 Posts

August 10 2009 12:25 GMT

o shiet. I was planning to trip quite far out of town and set up there. Apparently you can camp anywhere that isn't farm/private property and like ~10km out of Oslo there are quite a few free places where it's even nice to camp. Is this true?

LuckyOne

266 Posts

August 10 2009 12:30 GMT

On August 10 2009 21:25 LordWeird wrote:

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Why would anyone rob a homeless person!?!?

steal their whole day of begging

Oxygen

Canada3581 Posts

August 10 2009 12:31 GMT

#10

homeless people have small amounts of money they gather and they have their stuff too, so they can get robbed. I on the other hand have a laptop, camera, cash and clothes, so I'm absolutely FUCKED.

icystorage

Jollibee19350 Posts

August 10 2009 12:35 GMT

#11

On August 10 2009 21:30 LuckyOne wrote:

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steal their whole day of begging

lol +1

Liquid`Drone

Norway28780 Posts

August 10 2009 12:40 GMT

#12

if you camp a good distance outside oslo I would expect it to be safe, and yea you should be allowed to camp basically anywhere not fenced in / obviously someones garden, but I don't think parks there will be safe. (unlike any other norwegian city unfortunately. I'd happily camp in a park in trondheim ;p )

Oxygen

Canada3581 Posts

August 10 2009 12:48 GMT

#13

Eri, if I don't make it the day I'm supposed to, please email my mother.

alffla

Hong Kong20321 Posts

August 10 2009 13:01 GMT

#14

GOOD LUCK

Adeny

Norway1233 Posts

August 10 2009 13:01 GMT

#15

Yeah there are alot of shady places in Oslo, you definately want to avoid the city itself, and camp outside of it. As a rule of thumb, stay west and avoid anything that looks Romanian.

Foucault

Sweden2826 Posts

August 10 2009 13:04 GMT

#16

On August 10 2009 21:09 Liquid`Drone wrote:
good luck lol
if you decide to camp outside then you have to watch out for romanians, homeless people have complained about romanians robbing them. :D

Romanians stealing their irony?

VarmVaffel

Norway378 Posts

August 10 2009 13:30 GMT

#17

Unfortunately I live a bit far away from Oslo, but glhf to you! Regarding the Remanians robbing people, never heard about it, but I'm not very updated on that stuff. :p Oslo is a crappy town anyway, so it's probably true.

AtlaS

United States1001 Posts

August 10 2009 13:36 GMT

#18

oxygen, gypsies are crafty people. they have their herds of children going around and before you know it, you'll feel a bunch of little hands in all your pockets. Your best bet when you're just walking around is to completely avoid them. Don't stop walking and tell them you don't have money, just completely ignore them and go on your merry way.

I forgot that you're planning on sleeping outside, I think that's the worst thing you can do. I don't see how you won't get your stuff stolen.

Epicfailguy

Norway893 Posts

August 10 2009 13:58 GMT

#19

I would avoid the whole city if I were you.
Probably the worst norway has to offer.

Oxygen

Canada3581 Posts

August 10 2009 14:04 GMT

#20

The more I hear about Oslo, the more I hear it sucks. Should have done more research before booking tickets but never really had adequate time. Could anyone recommend somewhere to go near Oslo where I could camp for several days, safely? (max ~200km) What about Bergen? I'm going to Bergen the 20th, though, and from there I'll be pretty safe. Just need a way to survive these 9 days, and I'm not so cheap that I won't get a hotel or hostel for a few days.