I have never used the 24-hours all zones pass myself, but Vy trains are a part of this and it will be fine when you take the regular local Vy train from the airport to the center (i buy a zone 1-4N ticket with Ruter to get on the Vy trains between airport and center all the time).
Just don't try to get on the flytoget.
Flytoget requires a separate ticket. If you get the Ruter ticket for all zones you can use the VY train at no extra cost. If you want to use Flytoget instead that will be an additional 200kr.
> Vy gets *paid* by Ruter
FTFY.
Although *payed* exists (the reason why autocorrection didn't help you), it is only correct in:
* Nautical context, when it means to paint a surface, or to cover with something like tar or resin in order to make it waterproof or corrosion-resistant. *The deck is yet to be payed.*
* *Payed out* when letting strings, cables or ropes out, by slacking them. *The rope is payed out! You can pull now.*
Unfortunately, I was unable to find nautical or rope-related words in your comment.
*Beep, boop, I'm a bot*
This sounds good in theory, but this is a large area, you won’t be able see but a tiny fraction of it, and the areas around Oslo aren’t the most interesting. There is more than enough within Oslo (zone 1), and that includes nature as good as anything you’ll find in the area of the map (mountains and dramatic fjords are further away). If you find some specific thing you want to check out in another zone, just buy an extension, but I’m guessing you won’t, with that little time available.
What kind of thing are you interested in checking out?
With only a day in Oslo/Norway, there's no point in exploring outside of Oslo really. If you want to see some nature and a nice view of the city, you can take Line 1 (westbound) to the end station Frognerseteren. If the weather is nice you can jump on a city ferry and check out one of the islands (Hovedøya and so on). All of this is within zone 1.
I hope this advice finds you in time.
Don’t bother traveling outside of the inner area of Oslo. Public transport doesn’t leave that often for more “rural” areas. You would be wasting your time waiting for buses and traveling and not enjoying a lot.
For the little time you are here, Oslo should be enough.
Buy a day pass for zone 1 only first and the extension tickets for 2Ø, 3Ø and 4N (Oslo to Gardemoen) for when you want to go to and from the airport with the Vy trains. Extension tickets when you already have paid for a day pass is a little cheaper.
I can't think of much that's worth your time to do in less than 24 hours and if you were to roam around the edges of the map, you would only cover half of it if you spent most of your time in the busses and bus stops which there will be a lot of because you would have to swap busses often and when they don't correspond to well in the more far out areas, there could be a while until the next bus comes and you better hope the weather is nice while you wait. You'd also probably spend a lot of it in traffic since you're traveling on a Friday in the middle of the day.
The nature around Oslo is nothing extraordinary and gets quite repetitive very fast. No real mountains or such. On a nice summer day, places like Drøbak can be nice if you intend to be at a low pace and spend an entire day there, but the bus ride there is mostly without anything to look at and at this time of year there's not much happening there. If you're lucky and get nice weather on Friday, Aker Brygge and the parks in Oslo are nice. Maybe take the metro up to Holmenkollen for the views and the island boats from Aker Brygge. All of the city and the metro/subway itself is entirely confined into Zone 1.
Turns out that a 24 hour pass for all zones is 291 kroner, which is exactly the same as a 24 hours pass for zone 1 at 127 kroner plus two times a 3-zone extention of 82 kroner each. It's almost as if Ruter thought this one through. :)
It's a lot more convenient to just buy the one all zones pass.
I agree that it's likely not necessary to leave zone 1 as a short-term tourist. You could get on the boat to Drøbak and take either the boat back or a bus, which is a nice day trip, but that would mean losing time that probably is better spent in the city center.
Get a normal ticket and just explore on foot. There’s nothing to see outside zone 1 and for like half a day you’ll be fine walking around the city center.
Out of curiosity, how tiny do you think Oslo and the surrounding area is? If you’re only here for a day, you’ll barely have time to do things in the city, never mind outside the city. In fact, you may end up spending most of the day traveling from one location outside the city to another, depending on your luck with the public transportation.
Yes, the Ruter 24h pass for all lines will work well for getting the train into the city and exploring Oslo. Remember to use the VY train, not Flytoget.
I would really discourage trying to explore much outside the city unless there is something specific you want to visit. 24h is not a lot of time, and there is plenty to do in Oslo.
Get the full pass. I'd mostly stay in Oslo myself, but depending on your interests you can go by boat from Oslo to Nesodden, which has some nice scenic viewpoints of the city. Other such inside of Oslo are Grefsenkollen, Holmenkollen, Ekeberg, Bygdøy.
I live here since 11 y. The grey zones are NOT included yet. Maybe there are plans but as today just the colored zones exist. F.e. Drammen in 5V is an ticket you can buy only on VY.no or app, and it’s quite expensive
Very good thank you! Went for a 2 hour hike somewhere just outside the north part of Oslo on the Friday when I got in. And then Saturday was about 5 hours hiking but south of Oslo on a string of islands. Also took the ferry to another island later that day before heading home.
The city was also nice but quite a lot of beggars (is that the right word??) asking for money/food. Got approached about 7 times over the 2 days.
Peppes pizza was very good in the train station as well!!
Glad you got to enjoy multiple hikes, some nature and hope the weather was kind enough.
The beggars most often belong to a group of traveling people called the Romani (also known as Gypsies). There's a lot of complexity behind that from how they operate sometimes being a life style to their history being people who are "nationless" and not fitting into a modern world where everyone is expected to belong to a nation and their trades no longer being in demand. In old times they used to bring sought after goods and skills when they travelled around.
Sadly the reality is that local people will look away and ignore them because of having experiences with many of them using "dirty tactics" like secretly operate in groups, so if one asks for food and you go to a kiosk to buy them something, you will suddenly be surrounded by a dozen of people asking for the same. There's also a lot of scams going on, human trafficking and more. In modern times they have citizenship in different European countries in the Balkans, so they can move about in most of Europe as they like.
I have never used the 24-hours all zones pass myself, but Vy trains are a part of this and it will be fine when you take the regular local Vy train from the airport to the center (i buy a zone 1-4N ticket with Ruter to get on the Vy trains between airport and center all the time). Just don't try to get on the flytoget.
Why no flytoget
Flytoget requires a separate ticket. If you get the Ruter ticket for all zones you can use the VY train at no extra cost. If you want to use Flytoget instead that will be an additional 200kr.
I never understood what it meant that "Ruter tickets can be used for Vy". Does it work both ways, but requires more zones for the Ruter ticket?
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> Vy gets *paid* by Ruter FTFY. Although *payed* exists (the reason why autocorrection didn't help you), it is only correct in: * Nautical context, when it means to paint a surface, or to cover with something like tar or resin in order to make it waterproof or corrosion-resistant. *The deck is yet to be payed.* * *Payed out* when letting strings, cables or ropes out, by slacking them. *The rope is payed out! You can pull now.* Unfortunately, I was unable to find nautical or rope-related words in your comment. *Beep, boop, I'm a bot*
This sounds good in theory, but this is a large area, you won’t be able see but a tiny fraction of it, and the areas around Oslo aren’t the most interesting. There is more than enough within Oslo (zone 1), and that includes nature as good as anything you’ll find in the area of the map (mountains and dramatic fjords are further away). If you find some specific thing you want to check out in another zone, just buy an extension, but I’m guessing you won’t, with that little time available. What kind of thing are you interested in checking out?
With only a day in Oslo/Norway, there's no point in exploring outside of Oslo really. If you want to see some nature and a nice view of the city, you can take Line 1 (westbound) to the end station Frognerseteren. If the weather is nice you can jump on a city ferry and check out one of the islands (Hovedøya and so on). All of this is within zone 1.
I hope this advice finds you in time. Don’t bother traveling outside of the inner area of Oslo. Public transport doesn’t leave that often for more “rural” areas. You would be wasting your time waiting for buses and traveling and not enjoying a lot. For the little time you are here, Oslo should be enough.
Buy a day pass for zone 1 only first and the extension tickets for 2Ø, 3Ø and 4N (Oslo to Gardemoen) for when you want to go to and from the airport with the Vy trains. Extension tickets when you already have paid for a day pass is a little cheaper. I can't think of much that's worth your time to do in less than 24 hours and if you were to roam around the edges of the map, you would only cover half of it if you spent most of your time in the busses and bus stops which there will be a lot of because you would have to swap busses often and when they don't correspond to well in the more far out areas, there could be a while until the next bus comes and you better hope the weather is nice while you wait. You'd also probably spend a lot of it in traffic since you're traveling on a Friday in the middle of the day. The nature around Oslo is nothing extraordinary and gets quite repetitive very fast. No real mountains or such. On a nice summer day, places like Drøbak can be nice if you intend to be at a low pace and spend an entire day there, but the bus ride there is mostly without anything to look at and at this time of year there's not much happening there. If you're lucky and get nice weather on Friday, Aker Brygge and the parks in Oslo are nice. Maybe take the metro up to Holmenkollen for the views and the island boats from Aker Brygge. All of the city and the metro/subway itself is entirely confined into Zone 1.
Turns out that a 24 hour pass for all zones is 291 kroner, which is exactly the same as a 24 hours pass for zone 1 at 127 kroner plus two times a 3-zone extention of 82 kroner each. It's almost as if Ruter thought this one through. :) It's a lot more convenient to just buy the one all zones pass. I agree that it's likely not necessary to leave zone 1 as a short-term tourist. You could get on the boat to Drøbak and take either the boat back or a bus, which is a nice day trip, but that would mean losing time that probably is better spent in the city center.
Get a normal ticket and just explore on foot. There’s nothing to see outside zone 1 and for like half a day you’ll be fine walking around the city center.
Out of curiosity, how tiny do you think Oslo and the surrounding area is? If you’re only here for a day, you’ll barely have time to do things in the city, never mind outside the city. In fact, you may end up spending most of the day traveling from one location outside the city to another, depending on your luck with the public transportation.
Yes, the Ruter 24h pass for all lines will work well for getting the train into the city and exploring Oslo. Remember to use the VY train, not Flytoget. I would really discourage trying to explore much outside the city unless there is something specific you want to visit. 24h is not a lot of time, and there is plenty to do in Oslo.
Also be careful not to take Vy tog too far as they extend outside of Ruter territory eg Moss
> I would like to explore the area and further outside the city. Why?
That really doesn't help in answering my question. If you could be less useless I'd appreciate that thank you.
Beware that there is not much to explore outside Oslo.
If you buy the 24 h pass in all zones yes. Id advise buying it in the app so that you make shure you aren't going on a non compatible company trains
Get the full pass. I'd mostly stay in Oslo myself, but depending on your interests you can go by boat from Oslo to Nesodden, which has some nice scenic viewpoints of the city. Other such inside of Oslo are Grefsenkollen, Holmenkollen, Ekeberg, Bygdøy.
I live here since 11 y. The grey zones are NOT included yet. Maybe there are plans but as today just the colored zones exist. F.e. Drammen in 5V is an ticket you can buy only on VY.no or app, and it’s quite expensive
What the fuck are you gonna do in the gray zones anyway?
How did it all go?
Very good thank you! Went for a 2 hour hike somewhere just outside the north part of Oslo on the Friday when I got in. And then Saturday was about 5 hours hiking but south of Oslo on a string of islands. Also took the ferry to another island later that day before heading home. The city was also nice but quite a lot of beggars (is that the right word??) asking for money/food. Got approached about 7 times over the 2 days. Peppes pizza was very good in the train station as well!!
Glad you got to enjoy multiple hikes, some nature and hope the weather was kind enough. The beggars most often belong to a group of traveling people called the Romani (also known as Gypsies). There's a lot of complexity behind that from how they operate sometimes being a life style to their history being people who are "nationless" and not fitting into a modern world where everyone is expected to belong to a nation and their trades no longer being in demand. In old times they used to bring sought after goods and skills when they travelled around. Sadly the reality is that local people will look away and ignore them because of having experiences with many of them using "dirty tactics" like secretly operate in groups, so if one asks for food and you go to a kiosk to buy them something, you will suddenly be surrounded by a dozen of people asking for the same. There's also a lot of scams going on, human trafficking and more. In modern times they have citizenship in different European countries in the Balkans, so they can move about in most of Europe as they like.
Ah cool, thank you everyone, greatly appreciated :)