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| Oslo
International Airport |
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| Address |
Oslo Airport,
PO Box 100,
NO-2061 Gardermoen,
Norway. |
| Location |
The airport is located
50km (31 miles) north of Oslo |
| Country
code |
47 |
| Airport
code |
OSL |
| Telephone |
81 550
250 (passenger services) or 64 812 000 (administration services) |
| Fax |
64 81
20 01 |
| Email |
passasjerservice@osl.no |
| Website |
www.osl.no |
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Situated 47km (29
miles) north of Oslo, Gardermoen is Norway’s main international
airport. Built during 1998 and designed to cope with up to 17 million
passengers each year, it is currently servicing a little under 14
million. Users are wise to allow extra time as the layout of the
terminal entails quite a lot of walking (or running if connections
are tight).
Number of Terminals
1
Time Zone
GMT + 1 (GMT + 2 from the last Sunday in March to the last Sunday
in October)
Airport facilities
Money and communications
Nordea bank has ATMs and bureaux de change
in both the Arrivals and Departures halls. Wireless Internet is
available in all public areas of the terminal. Fax and photocopying
is available at the information desk in the Arrivals hall.
Eating and drinking
Various restaurants, cafés, snack bars, fast-food outlets
and bars are located throughout the terminal.
Shopping
Duty-free shopping is available in the International Departures
hall and various other shops are located throughout the airport.
Luggage
There is a left-luggage and lost property office, located opposite
the railway station and a porter service is available (telephone
number: 64 810 444).
Other facilities
There is a travel agency in the Departures hall.
Disabled Facilities
The terminal is adapted for passengers with disabilities, who are
requested to contact Passenger Services (telephone number: 81 550
250) at least 24 hours in advance. Wheelchair-accessible taxis can
be arranged through Airport Taxis (telephone number:
23 232 323) or at the taxi information desk in Arrivals.
Conference and Business Facilities
Photocopying and fax services are available from the information
desk in the Arrivals Hall, there are also wireless Internet
facilities in all public areas of the terminal.
The nearby Radisson SAS Airport Hotel Oslo (telephone
number: 63 933 000) has a conference centre with telephones, computer
facilities, data lines, Internet facilities, meeting rooms, video
conferencing, secretarial services and catering.
Information
and help desks
There is a staffed information desk in the Arrivals hall, for Passenger
Services (telephone number: 81 550 250). Hotel reservation and tourist
information services are also available.
Driving
Directions
The airport has a dedicated 4 - lane access road, Highway 174, which
connects to Highway E6 at Jessheim, to find the junction on Highway
E6, follow signs marked ‘Gardermoen’.
Car Parking
A multi-storey car park with 4,000 spaces and direct access to the
terminal and an outdoor car park (P0) immediately adjacent. There
is also an outdoor ground level car park, divided into 5 areas (P1,
P2, P3, P4 and P5), with free shuttle buses running regularly to/from
the terminal building.
Car Hire
Avis, Budget, Europcar, Hertz and Statoil
all have desks in the Arrivals area, close to the railway station.
Transport to the city
Rail
Flytoget (telephone
number: 81 50 07 77) is the express train from the airport to Oslo
S station. The journey time is 19 minutes and departures
are every ten minutes. Flytoget operates from the airport between
0536-0036 hrs and from Oslo S station 0445-0005
hrs. The fare is NOK150 one way.
Road
Taxi
Special fixed price airport taxis can be ordered in advance from
Oslo Taxi Central
(telephone number: 23 23 23 23) and Norges Taxi
(telephone number: 08000). Taxi ranks are located at the terminal
building outside the arrivals entrance and the fare to central Oslo
starts at NOK600.
Bus
The SAS Airport Bus runs between Oslo Airport
Gardermoen and Oslo Central Station toward
the Radisson Scandinavia Hotel with a journey time
of 40 minutes. A night service to Oslo Bus Terminal also operates.
For the regional bus routes, there is a bus station just south of
the railway station, which is within walking distance.
Coach
The airport coach NOR-WAY Bussekspress runs to/from
Oslo, Bærum, Fredrikstad and Ski and Gjøvik. SAS Transport
Service (telephone number: 22 80 49 71, website: www.flybussen.no/oslo)
operates a bus service from the airport to Oslo centre with a journey
time of 45 minutes, costing NOK110 one way, or NOK160 return and
these are available to serve all departing and arriving flights.
Airport Hotels
The 350-room Radisson SAS Airport Hotel Oslo (telephone
number: 63 933 000) is within walking distance of the terminal building.
Nearby hotels include the Quality Hotel Gardermoen Airport
(telephone number: 63 926 100) and the Clarion
Hotel Oslo Airport (telephone number: 63 949 494, both
hotels are a short drive away and are served by shuttle buses, which
depart at least twice an hour from the airport (a fee is charged).
Hotel reservations can be made at the information desk in Arrivals
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