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Dronningens Gate at Rådhusgata 7, about 6 blocks from station, tel. 23
31 08 00, fax 23 31 08 10,
www.thonhotels.no/oslopanorama
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oslopanor-
More Hotels near the Train Station
$$$ Hotell Bondeheimen
(“Farmer's Home”) is a historic hotel run by the
farmers' youth league,
Bondeungdomslaget
. It once housed the children of
rural farmers attending school in Oslo. Now a Best Western, its 127 rooms
have all the comforts of a modern hotel (July Db-850 kr, Aug Db-1,990 kr;
higher off-season, you generally save money by booking on their website;
non-smoking rooms, elevator, Rosenkrantz Gate 8, tel. 23 21 41 00,
almost-100-year-old building is also home to the Kaffistova cafeteria (see
“Eating in Oslo”) and the Heimen Husflid shop (see “Shopping in Oslo”).
$$$ P-Hotel
rents 92 comfortable rooms—some with hardwood-slick
floors—for the same price every day of the year. You get a boxed breakfast
delivered each morning, as well as free Internet access and Wi-Fi. Avoid late-
night street noise by requesting a room high up or in the back (Sb-895 kr,
Db-1,250 kr, bigger rooms add 200 kr per person up to five, some sixth-floor
rooms have balconies, pay by credit card—no cash accepted, Grensen 19, T-
bane: Storting, tel. 23 31 80 00,
www.p-hotels.com
,
oslo@p-hotels.no
)
.
$$ Perminalen Hotel,
a place for military personnel on leave, is perfectly
central, spartan, inexpensive, and welcoming to civvies. They have the same
fair prices all year. Spliced invisibly into a giant office block on a quiet
street, it has sleek woody furniture and a no-nonsense reception desk (Sb-620
kr, twin Db-860 kr, some seventh-floor rooms have balconies, entirely non-
smoking, elevator, pay Internet access, free Wi-Fi in lobby, tram #12 from
station to Øvre Slotts Gate 2, tel. 23 09 30 81, fax 23 41 18 58,
www.perminalen.com
,
post.perminalen@iss.no
)
. Single beds in shared quads
segregatedbysexes(withlockersandbreakfast)rentfor380kreach.Itscheap
mess hall is open all day.
