The Bondeheimen Hotel was established in 1913 and ever since the beginning it has been a true home for different people from the Norwegian countryside, Nobel literature laureates, artists and tourists from Europe and America. The hotel is located only 100 meters from the parliament building and the main street Karl Johans gate. Guests will find themselves in the most central part of downtown Oslo, with all important museums, shops, restaurants and attractions, like the Royal Palace and Aker Brygge, within walking distance. How to find your way to Hotel Bondeheimen. From Oslo Airport Gardermoenthe best and cheapest connection is offered by the airport bus Flybussen; stopping near the hotel in both directions (5 min walk). The bus passes every 20 minutes. The National Theatre railway station with the airport express train and Stortinget underground station is located only a few hundred meters away. From E18 direction from Drammen follow E18 into the city but leave this road before the Oslo tunnel and follow signs for Oslo sentrum. Continue under the Concert Hall in Munkedamsveien and uphill until you reach Stortingsgata (Naltional Theatre) and turn right. Continue and cross Universitetsgata, hold on until you reach the next intersection, wich is Rosenkrantzgata, and turn left in front of the parliament building Stortinget. Continue and cross Karl Johans gate and hold on until next intersection, wich is Kristian IV's street. Here you turn right and you will be in front of the hotel's main entrance. From E6 direction from Gardermoen or E18 direction from Goteborg follow signs for Oslo sentrum (don't drive down in the tunnel under sea level). Continue straight trough the city until you reach Stortingsgata and the parliament building. Turn right in the first intersection in front of the parliament and continue up Rosenkrantzgate. Continue and cross Karl Johans gate and hold on until next intersection, witch is Kristian IV's street. Here you turn right and you will bee in front of the hotels main entrance. Room inventory: 127 rooms / 240 beds. Most of our rooms are double rooms, with Norwegian interior and design. Even the choice of colours is inspired by traditional arts and decorations. The rooms provide the guests with all the facilities they would expect to find in a modern and urban hotel. We have a wide range of rooms that can take families from two to five persons, or business travellers in need of meeting facilities in the hotel room. The windows are large and offer a truly urban view down on some of Oslo's most busy and representative streets. For older guest that might prefer silence to life and movement, we have several rooms turned towards our calmer back yard. Alle rooms are equipped with: Internet connection for laptop (Please inform our booking office or front desk if you need a room with Internet access.). The lobby is open 24 hours. Our front desk staff has received the Best Western Quality award twice for excellent service and competence. Complementary light supper, usually homemade soup with fresh bread and butter, is served in the lobby on weekdays. Discounted services for all guests staying at Hotel Bondeheimen: All guests obtain the following discounts while staying at the Hotel Bondeheimen: 20% discount on food and beverages in Kaffistova. 10% discount on prefabricated handicraft products in the hotel shop Heimen Husflid. 15% discount in the nearby parking house Ibsen P-hus. RACK RATES HOTEL ACCOMMODATIONS 2007. All rates are including 8% VAT/TAX. Monday - Friday / Standard room: Rate per room/night including breakfast: Single room (1 person): Double room (1 person): Double room (2 persons): 1 child under the age of 15 is free with parents. Supplement for extra bed incl.breakfast: Supplement for upgraded room per night: Supplement for delux room per night: Friday - Sunday / Standard room: RATES CONFERENCE ROOMS - 2007. All rates may change and alter during different seasons. Restaurant facilities. Opening hours: Breakfast: 6:30 - 9:30 Lunch / dinner: 9:45 - 20:00 (21:00). Our lunch buffet offers a great variety of Scandinavian sandwiches. We also use the buffet when serving our full Scandinavian breakfast. The cafe has served traditional Norwegian food for more than a century. The first cafe opened in 1901 with traditional carved and painted wood-furniture. Some of the original interior is on display at the Norwegian Folk Museum at Bygdoy. In our days, the cafe is held in a modern and light style with several pictures and details connecting the present with the past. 220 seats on two floors allow us to arrange lunch and dinner for groups up to 100 people. Japanese, French and American guests frequently visit the restaurant during the summer. They usually find that our menu represents a good opportunity totry the authentic Norwegian cuisine. Welcome to Kaffistova! Homemade lasagne served with salad and bread. Smoked and cured meat served with potato salad and traditional bread without ferment. Cold dish with a selection of sea food, meat and salad. RSour cream porridge with sugar and cinnamon. Large salad with ham and cheese or with shrimps. The lunch includes homemade bread and butter. Coffee and tea is served on request and costs NOK 7 per person. Smoked and cured meat with salad. Soup of the day served with bread. Smoked salmon with scrambled eggs. Plate of seafood with salad served with our own dressing. Homemade pate with bacon and bread. Norwegian salmon served with cucumber salad. Filet of catfish on spinach served with seafood sauce. Fried fresh filet of coalfish with salad, fried onion and herb butter. Plaid of red and white fish, fried and served with hollandaise sauce and boiled potatoes. Smoked cod with carrots and hollandaise sauce. Beef stew served with rice or potatoes and salad. Smoked loin of pork with herb sauce, vegetables and gravy. Pork casserole with garlic served with salad and rice. Roast of lamb served with creamy sauce and potatoes. Fried chicken with salad and rice. Reindeer stew served with potatoes and loganberry. Homemade meatballs with vegetables and gravy. Pork chops with vegetables and potatoes. Cream with raspberry. Grandmas chocolate cake (recommended). Home made caramel custard. Fresh berries of the day with sugar (season only). Cream with mountain berries (Multer). SUMMER MENU FOR TOURIST GROUPS. Homemade soup of the day with fresh bread. Salad of fresh vegetables with fresh bread. Norwegian Parma ham scrambled eggs and traditional bread. Homemade meat balls from Kaffistova, with sauce marron, mashed peas, boiled potatoes and jam of cranberry. Fresh fish of the day, steamed and served with fresh vegetables, rice or potatoes. Homemade whale casserole. Fillet of chicken, served with choron sauce, fresh vegetables and yellow rice. Beef Stroganoff with mashed potatoes. Cold seafood plate, with salmon, cod, smoked herring, wolfish, prawns and cucumber salad. Mixed cold lunch dish with smoked salmon, variedly prepared meat and salad. Raspberries with whipped cream. Homemade chocolate cake from Kaffistova. Fresh strawberry with cream and sugar (only in season). The chefs fresh fruit salad with vanilla cream sauce. All menus include homemade bread, butter, coffee or tea and fresh water. Mineral water and light bear is availabe. The Hotel shop Heimen. The hotel shop Heimen has more than 3.600 beautiful items in a single shop. In the same building we also house some of Norway's most competent and specialized tailors, producing national costumes from different regions of the country. In the shop you will find: National costumes (bunad). Free-design national costumes. Complete kits for sewing your own bunad. Bunad jewellery (silver filigree). Wrought-iron products. Wooden bowls, cups, etc., both with and without painted floral patterns

Main attractions in Oslo downtown close to Hotel Bondeheimen: As guest at Hotel Bondeheimen you are staying in the most central part of downtown Oslo and you can enjoy walking distance to most attractions. On this page you will find some of our recommendations for what you should see in Oslo. The National Gallery (Nasjonalgalleriet)is situated in Universitetsgata 13, or a couple of minutes walk from Hotel Bondeheimen. The collections count 4.500 paintings, 1.500 sculptures, 950 plaster casts and 42.500 prints and drawings. In this mueseum you can see the most famous Norwegian paintings from the last part of the 19th century, including works of Tidemann and Gude. The museum also contains the most famous paintings by the world known expressionist painter Edvard Munch. There is no entrance fee, but observe that the museum always is closed on Tuesdays, while other museums in Oslo usually close on Mondays. More information is available on the extensive web page of the National Gallery: The Astrup Fearnley Museum for Modern Art is a private collection situated in Kvadraturen on the east side of the fortress Akershus Festning. The museum opened in October 1993 and with shifting exhibitions shows international and Norwegian visual art from the post-war period until the present day. The exhibited artworks come from the museum's collections with additional works on loan for special exhibitions. More information is available on the museum's web page: The Vigeland park (Frognerparken) is the main cultural attraction in Oslo. The park covers an area of 80 acres. The 212 sculptures are all modeled in full size by Gustav Vigeland. He also designed the architectural setting and the layout of the grounds. The sculptures are placed on an 850 metre long axis divided into 5 main units: Main Entrance, The Bridge with the children's playground, The Fountain, The Monolith Plateau and The Wheel of Life. The whole human life cyclus is the theme of this park - where you can see sculptures of man from birth to death. The park is public and open all the time. More information is available on the park's web page: The Royal Palace is open for visitors during summer. By visiting the palace you have the opportunity of studying one of Norways most elaborated buildings with arts and interiors from both Norway and abroad. A guided tour represents a journey through the Norwegian History and a fascinating look into many details. For more information see: Bygdoy - the penisula with all the museums: If you take a short walk down to the harbour in front of the City Hall (Radhusbrygga) you can take the shuttle boat over to the peninsula called Bygdoy. However, the boat is not running in late autumn and winter, and then you will have to use bus number 30 for Bygdoy, leaving from the bus stand outside the National Theatre in the street called Stortingsgata. Vikingship Museum: Out at the peninsula you should not lose the beautiful exhibition of old authentic Viking ships belonging to the University of Oslo. The ships were found at the end of the 18th century during excavations of large viking graves situated at the shores of the Oslofjord. Since the history of the Vikings is as facinating as seeing the ships we recommend you to take a guided tour. For more information see: http://www.ukm.uio.no/english/viking_ship_museum/index.shtml. The Norwegian Museum of Cultural History (Folkemuseet) is among the most visited museums in Oslo. The Open-Air Museum features 155 authentic buildings from different national regions, e.g. Gol Stave Church, from the 13th century. During summer, a wide variety of activities take place in the Open-Air Museum: Guided tours, folk dancing, demonstration of traditional arts and crafts, baking of lefse, horse-and-buggy rides and the event Norwegian Evening. For more information see: The Fram Museum is perhaps the most exciting and exotic museum in Oslo. The Fram Museum shows the history of the polar explorers. Here you'll find the world's most famous polarship, Fram, from 1892, the museums main attraction. The ship is displayed in its original condition with interiour and objects perfectly preserved. Every visitor is welcome on board Fram. For more information see: The Kon-Tiki Museum is located in front of the Fram Museum. The Kon-Tiki Museum is a private foundation, which houses a range of boats and artefacts from Thor Heyerdahl's expeditions. Here you can see the original Kon-Tiki raft (1947) with a 30 foot whale shark underneath...statues and a secret family cave from Easter Island (1956)...the papyrus boat Ra II (1970)... and a thrilling collection of archaeological finds from Easter Island, East Polynesia, Galapagos and Peru. For more information see: Theatre and entertainment: Most performances in theatres are of course in Norwegian. However we would like to mention two theatres that regularly present performances in foreign languages: Det Norske Teatret is situated next to Hotel Bondeheimen in Kristian IV's street. Det Norske Teatret produces 12-15 productions yearly in addition to presenting guest-plays from all around Europe. For more information visit the theatre's home page: The National Theatre is situated 5 minutes walk from Hotel Bondeheimen and is the main stage for the realistic plays of the famous Norwegian author Henrik Ibsen. The theatre is an attraction in itself since the interiour is a beautiful example of a classical late 19th century theatre. In August and September the theatre houses the Ibsen Festival with a wide range of international productions of Ibsens plays on stage. For more information see the theatre's webpage: Den Norske Opera (The Norwegian Opera house) is situated at Youngstorget, a few minutes walk from the Bondeheimen hotel. Den Norske Opera is the largest music- and stage institution in Norway and was founded in 1959. A new opera house is under construction in Bjorvika (the bay behind the Akershus castle) and will open in 2008. For more information see the opera's webpage: Cinema: For an audience not familiar with the Norwegian language cinema is always an alternative in Oslo. All movies are shown with the original soundtrack and with Norwegian subtitles. During summer movie theatres are also rare places in town where you can enjoy air condition.

 Clothes dry cleaning
 Conference and meeting room
 Credit cards accepted
 Dinner may be served in the room
 Lift
 Facsimile services
 Garage places
 Hairdryer
 Access to internet
 Ironing facilities
 Laundry services/washing machine
 Fully stocked mini bar
 Smoke-free guest rooms
 Around-the-clock recetpion
 Parking lot
 Clock/radio
 Restaurant
 Sauna
 Private/Ensuite bathroom
 Solarium
 Tea and coffee making facilities
 Phone at reception
 Phones in rooms
 TV sets in rooms
 Common room with a TV set