Cochs Pensjonat Parkveien 25 N- 0350 Oslo Telefon +47 23 33 24 00 Telefax +47 23 33 24 10. Getting to Cochs Pensjonat. By train Most trains stop at the National Theatre station where there is a special exit to Parkveien. Just a few minutes walk along Slottsparken brings you to Cochs Pensjonat. By tram from Oslo city centre Several trams will take you to Cochs, for example nos. 17 and 18 that stop at Hogskolen/Dalsbergsstien. From there the guesthouse is a mere 250 metres walk along Parkveien. By taxi The guesthouse is only a short distance from Oslo railway station and the city centre. If there are several people going to Cochs, a taxi may well be cheaper than the tram. From Cochs pensjonat. To the centre of Oslo from the Welhavensgt stop: trams 11, 17 and 18 stop 100 metres from Cochs Pensjonat. Trams 11, 17 and 18 leave every few minutes from the Hogskolen/Dalsbergstien stop (250 metres from Cochs Pensjonat) for Ulleval stadion, Ulleval hospital, the University at Blindern and Rikshospitalet University Hospital. By metro, local trains and trains within the Oslo City area. A short seven-minute walk down Parkveien to the National Theatre station gives you access to all the Metro routes and trains in Oslo, including long-distance trains. The Flybuss from Gardermoen The Flybuss the airport bus stops near the SAS hotel in Oslo. From here a five-minute walk along Slottsparken brings you to Cochs Pensjonat. Taxi The nearest taxi rank is 200 metres up the street from Cochs. Reception can also help by ordering a taxi to the guesthouse entrance. On foot from Cochs Pensjonat. To Karl Johan and Oslo City centre Just a few minutes walk through Slottsparken. To Aker Brygge Through Slottsparken, bear right when Karl Johan comes into view, cross Kongeterrassen, walk through Vika, and you arrive at Aker Brygge. To Frognerbadet, Frognerparken and Vigelandsparken. To get to the Frogner swimming pool, Frogner Park and the park with Vigelands statues from Cochs Pensjonat walk up Bogstadveien to Majorstuen and continue to the Colosseum Cinema. These attractions are then just a short distance away. To Sognsvann and Holmenkollen A few minutes walk up Bogstadveien to Majorstuen brings you to the Metro trains that take you to both these places. Out on the town Vibrant life in the immediate vicinity -Whats on in Oslo? For those of our guests who have access to the Internet, there are several websites to browse through and you can actually decide in advance what you would like to experience. At you can for example click on Attractions, Sights and activities, Restaurants or Whats on? to see what Oslo has to offer. The two websites provide young people with easy access to concerts, clubs and places where they can meet like-minded persons. You can also get directly onto the website that provides links to a large number of concerts, revues and other cultural activities. And if you want to shop, Cochs Pensjonat is situated at the start of Oslos best shopping street Bogstadveien. Going out and entertainment In summer the area around Cochs Pensjonat is packed with restaurants. Lorry provides a relatively large outdoor eating area, and just below Lorry you will find Rust, a pleasant bar where the music is not too loud. Horgans at Parkveien 25 has a disco in the basement, and a bit farther up Bogstadveien is Odeon known for its many celebrity parties. If you continue up Bogstadveien towards Majorstua, bars and restaurants follow one after the other. And if you go in the opposite direction down through Slottsparken, the palace gardens you will soon reach Oslos main street, Karl Johan, which is simply lined with such places. Bear right in Slottsparken to take a ten-minute stroll down to the wharfside area Aker Brygge where you will find Oslos best outdoor restaurants in a maritime environment along with a large shopping centre with hundreds of tempting shops. Bjorungs in the same building. The pub where you start the evening. Also suitable for large groups The entrance to this centrally-situated pub is next to Cochs, and it offers good views over Slottsparken. Its the perfect starting-point whether you will be going up Bogstadveien or down to Aker Brygge/Karl Johan later on. Or maybe you just want to relax with a cup of coffee or a glass of beer at the end of the evening. It is also well known for its selection of cigars.

Modern - Near Slottsparken - Budget prices 88 rooms - 205 beds. Restaurants and cafes. Back to web-site in norwegian. Cochs Pensjonat Parkveien 25 N- 0350 Oslo Phone: +47 23 33 24 00 Fax +47 23 33 24 10. Have you read the Norwegian novel The Half Brother? Lars Saabye Christensen was awarded the Nordic Councils literature prize in 2001 for this novel, which has now been translated into English. Did you know that room 502 at Cochs Pensjonat is of major importance in the book, and that one of the main characters stayed at Cochs for 4,982 days? Central location near Slottsparken. Cochs Pensjonat is located as close to the centre of Oslo as you could wish, whether you want to relax in Slottsparken (the gardens surrounding the Royal Palace), have a walk at Aker Brygge and Oslos main street Karl Johan or just stroll up Bogstadveien, Norways very best shopping area offering an abundance of exciting shops, restaurants and outdoor cafes. The central location of Cochs Pensjonat. Your breakfast is served at KafeCaffe in Parkveien 21. In these pleasant surroundings you can enjoy a breakfast buffet for NOK 59,- incl. coffee/tea from 07.30 to 10.00 on weekdays and from 09.00 to 11.00 on Saturdays and Sundays. As our guest you are also entitled to a discount on other meals and drinks throughout the day. A neighbourhood teeming with coffee bars A wide variety of coffee bars lie within easy walking distance of Cochs Pensjonat. Book your room via the Internet. Our new Internet direct booking system makes it easier for you to reserve a room at Cochs Pensjonat. Welcome! It is my great pleasure to welcome you to Cochs Pensjonat. At our guesthouse we take care of long-established and somewhat unusual traditions, and we do our utmost to ensure our guests a successful stay. This website will tell you something about Cochs Pensjonat and the atmosphere we have created and will maintain. Isak Skram Manager Cochs Pensjonat A walk around the cultural sights of Oslo You can spend two hours, a whole day or several days visiting the best cultural attractions Oslo has to offer. Start in the neighbourhood with Litteraturhuset on the other side of Parkveien 25. This is your first call, after which you follow the stops on the map on the back of the booklet. Print out your own booklet (PDF). Oslos most popular shopping street Oslos best shopping street is called Bogstadveien. It runs from Cochs Pensjonat near Slottsparken to the crossroads at Majorstuen. Here you can find everything from the latest word in fashion to the best sports equipment, along with lots of other things you only just realised you simply had to buy. Restaurants and outdoor life on the doorstep. Lorry just across the street right opposite Cochs is one of Oslos most popular so-called brown cafes. The neighbourhood is full of places to eat and drink. Some of them are in the same building as Cochs Pensjonat, and others just across the street. And you will find many more within a radius of a few hundred metres. Best of all there is something to suit every occasion, palate and pocket!

75 YEARS OF TRADITION AS A GUESTHOUSE. History Cochs Pensjonat was started in 1927 by the Coch sisters hence the name. Initially there were two guesthouses in the building: Cochs and Mina Johannessens. The guests were resident bachelors, two or three sharing each room. There was a bathroom in each wing, toilets on the stairs, and basins with water jugs and washbowls in the rooms. Food was important then: three meals were served daily in the guesthouse dining-room, with coffee and cakes in the lounge opposite. A lifelong occupation In 1946 Anna and Anton Gjesdal bought Cochs Pensjonat. Running a guesthouse was a lifelong occupation, and the widow Coch and the Gjesdal family lived and worked at the guesthouse until they died. In the early years most of the guests were residents they both lived and ate at Cochs. In the sixties and seventies business people were predominant. Many employees in the postal service, policemen and people working in a large Oslo manufacturing company stayed at Cochs Pensjonat. The transition to hotel business took place in 1985. In 1963 the Gjesdals bought Mina Johannessens guesthouse. The Skram family take over In 1985 the present owners, Anne-Karin and Isak Skram, took over. They actually met while they were both staying at Cochs Pensjonat in the sixties she was the daughter of the owners and he was a young student in Oslo boarding there. They carried out extensive renovation work and made considerable investments such as installing bathrooms and toilets in nearly all the rooms. The Skram family. From left: Anna Gyril, Anne-Karin, Isak, Johanne and Ida Victoria. The Royal rooms In 1996 a large flat was incorporated into the guesthouse, and the Royal rooms came into being looking out on to Slottsparken. These rooms are of a very high standard and are often booked well in advance. Extensions In 2001 the Skram family bought the first floor of Parkveien 25. This was also integrated into Cochs Pensjonat during 2002, providing 20 more high-quality rooms. Cable TV was installed in all the rooms, along with bathrooms. Only the prices remained the same. In 2003 Cochs Pensjonat has 88 rooms, 205 beds, employs a staff of 23 and is managed by Anna Gyril, the daughter, who can boast an excellent hotel training in Switzerland. Most of the guests are Norwegian and foreign tourists, but the guesthouse is also widely used by upper secondary schools, colleges, universities and business companies. Anna Gyril, manager and third-generation guesthouse landlady. Pictured here with the fourth generation, represented by Lucas (six months) and Matilde (4). From the third generation of Skrams it is the eldest daughter, Anna Gyril, who has chosen to follow in the family footsteps. From an early age she showed an interest in how the guesthouse was run, and she was an active participant in its operations throughout her youth. The road then led her to the town of Neuchatel in Switzerland and to the famous international hotel management school Sitc Tete-de-Ran. Anna Gyril enjoyed her studies there and was awarded her diploma in 1989. In addition to learning about running a hotel, her language skills in French, English and German were also enhanced during her stay in Switzerland. At the moment Anna Gyril is at home with the fourth and so far final addition to the Skram tribe. Apart from Lucas at six months, the family also consists of Matilde (4), Daniel (9) and ten-year-old Victoria. The two oldest children were at school when the photo was taken. Like mother, like daughter; in this generation too it is the eldest daughter who, at the age of 10, has already told her grandfather, Isak Skram, Im going to be the boss of Cochs Pensjonat! So continuity in the future will present no problems. Like previous generations, Anna Gyril wants to place particular emphasis on what is important to guests: that the guesthouse is clean and tidy, and that a stay at Cochs Pensjonat feels like coming home to familiar people. She points out that to reach this goal you must have continuity in both management and employees and with employees who have been working at Cochs for ten years or more, this quality is ensured! Cheery faces at Cochs. Here we have some of the cheerful people who make sure that your stay at Cochs Pensjonat is clean and tidy. From left: Anita, Harry, Alicia, Nina (housekeeper and responsible for all the chambermaids). Front left: Ayako, with Ana Maria on the right. The Skram family have always paid great attention to the establishment being clean and tidy: guests must experience it as their second home, and history has shown that the very first Skram was right. More and more companies and private individuals have become regular guests at Cochs. The team who make sure that you find Cochs Pensjonat clean and tidy are a colourful and humorous bunch from several parts of the world. And in the middle of the bunch, ruling the roost, there is the only man: Harry from Kristiansund. Harry is the caretaker and has been at Cochs for many years. We have a really good working environment at Cochs, he says, and adds with a knowing smile, With so many girls from all over the world around me its no wonder Ive been here so long! Jubilee celebrations, October 2002 During 2001-2002 Cochs Pensjonat was once again modernised and extended, this time with 20 new rooms. At that time Lars Saabye Christensen published his book The Half Brother in which large parts of the plot take place in Cochs Hospits. What could be more natural than to invite the author to the celebrations? Lars Saabye Christensen was interviewed at the anniversary party, and Aftenposten, Norways most popular quality newspaper, gave the following description in its issue of 24 October 2002: The Half Brother Lars Saabye Christensen stopped so often outside Cochs Pensjonat in Oslo that he included the guesthouse in his novel The Half Brother. But it was not until yesterday that he actually visited the guesthouse to relive old memories. I often went past Cochs Pensjonat in my childhood and I always slackened my pace. But I never went in, says Lars Saabye Christensen. He continues, You couldnt see in. I imagined all sorts of things happening behind the entrance door. And these thoughts became reality in the epic novel The Half Brother which by then had sold more than 250,000 copies and was to be translated into English. In the novel, the character Arnold Nilsen spends 4,982 days in room 502. It is a strange coincidence that Isak Skram, the present owner, was also given room 502 when he came to Oslo in the sixties to study and lodged at Cochs Pensjonat. Saabye sits on the sofa and looks out at the back yard a brick wall, rain and slush, autumn leaves turning yellow. He doesnt exclude the possibility of the brothers in the book turning up again. He has plenty of time! And of course room 502 today goes under the name The Half Brother. This is a great river of a book. The phrase came spontaneously as I was irresistibly carried along with the flow. The Half Brother is magnificent: a roman fleuve within a single volume. Sub-plots, reflections and inventive sidelines run into the mainstream narrative, with only the odd new paragraph or chapter allowed to break the smooth bulk of the text. Cultural history from basement to loft. In the basement of the guesthouse Bjorn Kaaks makes his special hand-coloured woodcuts. Bjorn holds exhibitions throughout the country and has accumulated a large number of works. He was educated at the National Academy of Fine Art and continued his studies under the famous Norwegian artist Ludwig Eikaas. Bjorn is best known for his beautiful woodcuts, their subjects taken from Norwegian nature, cultural history and the animal kingdom. Some of his pictures hang on the walls of the guesthouse, while several of his works have been awarded as prizes on one of the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporations most popular nature programmes. See www.okkenhaug.com/web/bjorn.html. One of the former storero...

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