Is Oslo Safe for Solo Female Travelers?

Solo travel

Like everything in Norway, Oslo is pretty calm city, with not a lot of activities especially on winter's time, but it feels very comfortable and safe for female solo traveler. But be prepared for extreme weather and prices:)

Solo travel

Oslo is a vibrant, modern city. I went there in January and mainly was visiting museums, parks and the new library in the city centre. I can recommend Munch museum, especially on Wednesday because it is free :)

Family travel

Felt safe, every thing is a bit white, it is very modern but it is very expensove so I did not go in museums. Food is also expensive but not very tasty, however, everyone is very open to culture and tourism is well installed

Solo travel

Super safe city, even at night. It’s quite expensive as all Scandinavia, but infrastructure and services pay off. Deichmann library and the Opera house were stunning. Cinnamon buns are a must try! Public transport is always clean and on time.

Solo travel

sharing from the local： Nature stuff: - Maybe take the ferry to one of the islands, maybe Hovedøya. You take the boat with a normal bus ticket. - If you have the time, go to bogstad gård. I would say it’s the prettiest lake in Oslo, you can swim there, walk around and have a kanelsnurr - You should really stop by botanisk hage! It’s close to city center and really pretty! - The kings castle have a really pretty park! Culture stuff: - I would really recommend the national gallery! It’s new and kinda different I would say to other museums! I go there maybe twice a week myself. It’s so peaceful and astonishing at the same time. - You can have a tour in the kings castle, it’s interesting I think! Foods and drinks!: For coffee the cafe “Time Wendelboe” is world class! But there’s a lot of coffee places that are good, Norwegians love their coffee.. I really like the Italian food at Baltazar ristorante! The best Chinese food is probably Szechuan Chengdu by Grunerløkka. There’s a bunch of god sushi places just don’t eat at Sabrura❌ it sucks. I would also stay away from Egon! For Norwegian food i like Fiskeriet on Youngstorget, they got fish mostly! Here’s a link to all the best Norwegian restaurants but it’s written in Norwegian:/ https://www.visitoslo.com/no/artikler/norske-restauranter/ Shopping: - For vintage shopping, grunerløkka have some good stores like good vibes vintage, Robot, Frøken Dianas salonger and velouria vintage. - For classic shopping i would recommend Svean on Frogner, they get a lot of Scandinavian clothing. - Dapper on Grunerløkka, they mostly have menswear but a lot of it I would say is unisex. - Ganni postmodern and Acne archive also on grunerløkka! Mostly women’s fashion. It’s really cool! - - Valkyrien is a shopping mall on majorstua with stores like Other stories and Moniker, both cool stores one with mostly women’s clothing and the other a sports store. + a bunch of other stores. - Steen og strøm in Karl Johan is cool, more brands that are well known, four floors of different things. - Paleet is a shopping mall in Karl Johan as well closer to the kings castle. They have a really good clothing store on the second floor!

Solo travel

I felt very safe during my time in Oslo, even though it was only a night! People were friendly. The transport and food is expensive, but there’s enough to see in the city for an evening. I enjoyed my time there and would recommend to other solo female travellers

Solo travel

Oslo is a lovely, clean city. People were very friendly and the city is very safe. There are lots of museums and art galleries. The public transportation is very easy to navigate. There are many parks and restaurants. I did a walking food tasting tour (from Viator) to learn more about the local foods and history. The city is very walkable and it wasn't difficult to find people who spoke English. I stayed at an Airbnb apartment near a train station, walking distance to the dock where I was taking a cruise. Since I used public transport and travel light enough to carry my stuff, I never needed a taxi or ride share service.

Solo travel

I stayed in Oslo for a week. It was amazing. The whole city is absolutely beautiful. Felt extremely safe there, had 0 negative experiences. If you're visiting, I recommend buying a public transport ticket for a week or so in zone 1, it's way cheaper, I probably saved about 50 euros that way. The ferries are included in this zone and you must go visit the islands in Oslofjord, they are breathtaking. Also if you love nature you have to visit Frognerparken as well. Eating in restaurants is extremely expensive, so I'd recommend going to local grocery stores and buying the food there, you must try brunost, it's amazing. For accomodation, I'd recommend finding either a hostel or AirBnB (it was somehow way cheaper than hostels) somewhere on the edge of zone 1, since it'd be cheaper.

Solo travel

This is an amazing city! The nightlife is great, the public transport is great and amazing parks! Also nice to walk by the sea. I would recommend checking out frognerparken and Aker brygge. Truly recommend

Solo travel

Solo female traveling in oslo. Always felt super safe even at night. Highly recommand taking a walking tour as it is an easy to make travel buddies. During the summer, I enjoyed taking the waterbus to visit the islands of the Oslofjord. It's an inexpensive lovely day trip especially for spending the day at the beach.

In my opinion Oslo is pretty safe for people of any color or orientation. As a woman l feel safe here both at day and at night, because of good street lighting systems in any areas in the town. The crime rate is also pleasantly low.

Norway is generally super safe! At night in the center, there might be some places to be careful of, on the bright side there are a lot of safe areas! You can always find helpful locals too! You gotta be generally careful!