We arrived in Oslo around 230pm and it took a fair while to get through customs, whichbwe believed was due to flying from Turkey. We caught the express train to Oslo Central, arriving at 4pm and just buying the tickets, we realised how expensive Norway was going to be. My good mate, Matty from university, met us at the train station and after dropping our luggage off at his, he took us on a quick tour of some of the main attractions of Oslo. Some of them included the Opera House, the Vippa food Court, Revierkaia and the Royal palace and Palace Park. After our tour, we headed back to Matty’s for a massive taco and burrito feast with some pre drinks, before heading out on the town. It was a super fun night outp, despite the $15 beers and there was some solid dance floor action occurring. We finished up and headed home around 2-3am.
The next morning, we were up around 9am, had breakfast at Matts while we waited for another of my university friends, Brendo, and Mitch to arrive. They arrived at 10am and 11am and we then caught a bus to the car rental place, where we had a coffee before heading off towards Odda at 12pm. It was a long, but beautiful and very scenic drive and our first stop was for lunch, followed then by the massive Waterfall, Voringfossen. We stopped a few more times along the way to take in views of the scattered cabins, lakes and waterfalls and arrived at the air BNB in Odda at around 7pm. For dinner, we had a massive pasta with a few drinks, watching YouTube videos.
The following day, the plan was to wake at 5am and leave at 6am to undertake the Trolltunga hike. We were a little late, but still managed to start the hike at 7am. The weather was a little overcast but the scenery was yet again beautiful. The initial part of the hike was around 3km up a fairly steep sealed and windy road, but once this was done, it was a long and fairly flat hike. Once we arrived at the final viewing point, we waited around 20-30 minutes to line up and get our photo taken, before having lunch and admiring the amazing views.
We were all fairly cold after lunch and happy to start hiking again to warm up. The rain poured for the majority of the hike and we arrived back in the car park pretty tired after about 8-9 hours hiking all up. The drive back to the accommodation was about 20 minutes and once we arrived home, Ben, Mitch and Brendo went for a swim in the fjord which was quiet refreshing. We were all hungry and cooked a big curry for dinner with a few drinks and playing dice. We also tried to sit outside to take advantage of the view, but the rain put an end to this.
We left the next morning around 10am en route for Gaustatoppen to undertake another shorter hike. The drive to the start of the hike at Gaustatoppen was around 3-4 hours, but we stopped along the way for snacks, to look at the Latefossen waterfall and the Vemork hydroelectric powerplant which played a significant role in World War 2.
The hike to the top of Gaustatoppen took around 1-1.5 hours and it was quiet cloudy when we reached the top, but this did not block the stunning views too much. We stopped for fresh waffles and tea at the top cafe, before heading down and to our accommodation nearby at Gaustablikk. The accommodation was a hikers/ski lodge, and it was great to take advantage of the sauna before cooking up a massive Mexican feast and finishing the last night with the remaining vodka and baileys.
On the last day, we left Gaustablikk around 8am and arrived back in Oslo at 11am, dropping the luggage at Matty’s before returning the car back by 12pm. We had a coffee near the car rental place and said goodbye to Brendo before walking back to Matty’s. In the afternoon, we hung around at Matty’s, while he went to the gym, before heading out to the Vippa food court for dinner for Mitch’s last night in Europe.
Ben and Kristy's sweet adventure 