10/10 Exceptional
Feb 12, 2025
My favorite Oslo Hotel
The Anker Hotel offers an amazing view of the city, sunrise or sunset, depending I suppose on which way your room is facing. It is central enough to walk to the station and with a tram stop right outside. The rooms are clean, quiet, and comfortable. They range in size, but even the smallest feels big enough to move around and the larger ones feel amost like small suites.
The breakfast is expansive with lots of choice, including a gluten free section that I find important. They also do a pretty good coffee (although there are amazing artisan places within a few minutes walk.)
The hotel bar, which is sadly closed on Sundays, is a surreal delight, with visiting bands playing shuffleboard and a music selection that probably has no place in a chain hotel but which I enjoyed very much for that reason. I've heard everything from country music to glam rock, from post-punk, to I don't know what.
What is more, the staff are attentive, friendly, and knowledgeable. I am struggling to find a downside. I think the part of town is possibly less salubrious than the centre, but if you come from a city it feels fine. Oh, and there are 13 floors! I have not stayed on the 13th floor yet, but each time I visit I seem to go two higher ....
Simon
Simon, 1-night trip with friends
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