Video subtitles: Episode 11 - Oslo In Rs. 20,000 - Cheap Norway Hostel, Flights, Sim, Food, Parties, Nightlife, City
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40 lakh rupees !!! 40 lakh Indian rupees for a maruti suzuki swift if you buy it in Oslo.
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and how much do you expect to pay in insurance ?
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I am traveling desi and today I am in Norways' capital Oslo
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and in this video I'll be sharing with you, how to explore Oslo on a small budget .
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Like all other Scadinavian countries, Norway is a highly taxed economy
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but this is also a social welfare state.
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For example , mommies get a fully paid maternity leave of 46 weeks
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and daddies get a 15 week paternity leave .
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And if you're unemployed, you get a decent allowance from the government
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if you're sick , you get free treatment
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and basic things like schooling for kids from school to university, everything is free.
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And cleanliness is a very important aspect here
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and you can't find any garbage even if you look for it .
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And the sky is shiny blue, as Norway is one the worlds' most environment cautious countries.
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This is why petrol and diesel cars are heavily taxed over here, and expensive tolls.
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from which they manage their expenses on public transport.
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But otherwise, electric cars get a lot of rebate, and so I can see a lot of Teslas' in the parking lot.
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There is one , there is two
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and a lot of them behind me as well.
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But for a traveler, like every other big city
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in Norways' capital and their cultural hub i.e. Oslo
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other than nightlife, city tours and social activities
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the three most expensive things are, stay , food and exploring the city.
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and in this video, I will tell you how can you do all these in an efficient and budget friendly way.
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Public universities are free for everyone and I'm pretty sure they are free for everyone outside of Norway as well
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even like it doesn't matter if you're from Europe or Latin America or from Asia somewhere,
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I'm pretty sure its free for most people, or India, so come over .
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As I was alone, I chose to stay in a 30 bed dorm at Anker apartment hostel
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which I booked through hostelworld.com for four nights for around 2000 rupees a night.
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But if you prefer a private room, or you're a couple
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you can get a double occupancy room at airbnb.com for around 4000 to 6000 rupees per night.
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or a hotel that can cost around 7000 to 10,000 rupees a night, which didn't make any sense for me as I was alone
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In any international city, your travel is incomplete until you get to chat with the locals there.
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During my travels, I use the events feature of the couchsurf app
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through which you can meet locals and fellow travellers and socialise withe them in a friendly environment.
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Alright guys, so I am at my couchsurf event, and there are a lot of people here
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and most of them are form Oslo.
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And its a myth the a single person cannot enjoy nightlife
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The very next day my new friends invited me to play some board games
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in a multilevel entertainment and bar facility.
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This place is at the city centre and a beer can cost around 900 rupees.
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And after some board games, we are going to _______, which is just 150 meters from here.
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And that's not it, we went to a lot of bars after that and had a lot of fun.
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Game is like this, only 4 points .
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And we did all this in Grunerlokka area, which is known for its trendy bars, nightclubs and restaurants .
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Once you are in the city, the best way to explore it is public transport.
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and the tram and bus network in Oslo is excellent.
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And this is a 24 hour day pass, which is used in public transport
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and when you enter a bus, a train or a tram you have to checkin the pass like this.
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And you're 24 hours start from when you use it the first time.
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A full day unlimited ride pass can cost 80 Norwegian Kroners
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and a single journey ticket that is valid for 1 hour in trams and buses can cost 35 Kroners.
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Like me, you cam also make a public transport navigation in google maps.
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or you can also use the stop information in buses after every stop.
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Alright, so I have to take bus number 30
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and I am over here, and I have to cross all these stops and go over here.
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Folkemuseet
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As public transport navigation isn't available in offline mode
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and so you need data, and hence a sim card .
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And the cheapest option for a sim card in Norway is Mycall
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and if you buy a sim card from their own store, you can get the sim card for free
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and you can get 1 gb of data for around 80 Kroners or 800 Indian rupees.
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But if you buy this card from a convenience store, the sim card itself will cost 50 Kroners.
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So over here, the card is free, you just have to pay for data.
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To get familiar with any city' navigation or public transport
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on you first day, you should visit all those places where there is no ticket.
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And so you should start from the city centre which in case of most European cities is
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either central station or city hall.
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Free guided tours are offered over here in which the guides show us and explain those paintings
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that increase the value of that hall in which every year on 10th of December the Nobel Peace prize is given.
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And court marriages take place over here, in the city hall
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And this is the city councils' office and this is the mayors' chair, which is a lady today.
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And you can spot such guided tours throughout the city for which you don't need to pay
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You can simply got to the website of free tour Oslo
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and signup for a free guided tour, after which you just have to pay a small tip to the guide, not a fees.
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Right in front of the city hall , is the Oslo fjord
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which is a geographical water inlet made due to glaciers.
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You can also take a ferry from here that will take you to the nearby islands
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where the locals go to chill.
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And the best part is, these ferries are also included in the transport pass.
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This place is very lowkey and there are very few people
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and you can just find a quite and private spot and definitely do a picnic here.
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or maybe you could just sit back and relax
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And this island is somewhat a playground, because a lot of locals come here for hiking or swimming
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or to enjoy the weather, specially in summers .
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Other than exploring these islands or relaxing
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you can enjoy some amazing views of the Oslo fjord from these ferries.
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And on the way back , you can see a beautiful castle which is now a park type setting
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where you can climb up a tower and enjoy some elevated views of Oslo.
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And on the other side of this castle is archbridge port area
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made in modern Scandinavian architectural design and is one of the most expensive places in this city.
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And there is the city' financial centre as well.
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Just a few years back, this place was just an industrial warehouse and port
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which has now been converted into a lively and strikingly modern condo community.
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By the way , a one bedroom condo over here can cost around 4 to 5 crore rupees.
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The Norwegian culture is based on the christian culture Okay!
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But Norway today is very secular in the culture you know in general !
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As winters are very hard in Nordic region
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the locals tend to enjoy their summers completely
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and so there are various free swimming facilities in the city.
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And the best way to end a busy, sweaty and tiring day is to
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take a dip in the canals or the fjord over here.
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And the people are enjoying their summers over here so I thought to stop here and take a dip as well.
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And this is also a good place to meet the locals and talk with them
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I just took a dip here, and I am completely fresh now
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not feeling the heat anymore as the water was very cold and nice.
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I finally went to my couchsurf event from here, which was my socialising night scene
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so basically I saw half of central Oslo with just a 24 hour transport pass.
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And to this much in a day, you require a lot of food.
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For my food, I chose the immigrant communitys' grocery stores in front of the railway station
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where desi food like Haldirams ready to eat meals, lentils, rice and other than 4 chapatis for 100 rupees
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vegetables were available for the cheapest pieces in Scandinavia .
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And mostly burger meals for 600 rupees form mcdonalds
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or a sub of the day from subway for 350 rupees
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or quite expensive food trucks where a burger meal can cost around 1000 rupees
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avoiding all those, I used to take groceries to my hostel kitchen
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and used to cover an entire meal in 200 to 250 rupees.
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I've been living in a rental place I don't own an apartment
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How much is the rent ?
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Umm well I'm right now eating like 11,000 Norwegian kroners for a studio
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a studio ? which not even a one bedroom apartment !!!
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So a studio is basically a furnished room that has a washroom, a bed and the kitchen as well.
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At the city centre right in front of central station
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is this city' main pedestrian shopping street
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which is known as the karl johan street and you can easily spend upto hours over here.
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And a little ahead from this street comes the parliament building which was completed in 1866.
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And a little ahead comes the royal palace !!
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And this is Karl Johan and the shopping street was named after him
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and it goes straight to the central station from here.
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And nearby is the Oslo opera
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and the people can go up their roof directly.
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And a little ahead on this street comes the National Theatre of Oslo.
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You know, we got taxes and everything specially alcohol Yeah specially alcohol.
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We are coming to that !!!
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The alcohol in Norway is government regulated and is available only on this shop "winmonopole'
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which means wine monopoly .
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Any type of hard liquor is available till 8 pm on weekdays and till 6 pm on saturdays
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and sundays are off for them as well.
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Alcoholic drinks over here are very expensive as they are highly taxed.
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And black label is for around 4500 rupees.
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Chivas for 4000 rupees as well
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Jack Daniel for 3000 rupees for 750 ml. It is super expensive.
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So it is smart to buy hard liquor from the airport duty free .
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And even, two of my surgeries have been in England as well
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Wow But the Norwegian governments reach is so far
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that even if you have surgery in England you are covered by the Norwegian government for medical expenses .
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The best way to explore Oslo' history and their Norse culture
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is to spend some time in a few museums over here.
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And the best option for that is the Oslo pass in which around 60 tourist attractions are included
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from which you can choose your favourites from the oslo pass website.
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And this pass is also available in a 48 hour and 72 hour option but is a little expensive
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And I am out for my third day, and today is museum day as I bought the Oslo pass today
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but it is valid for only 24 hours, and this pass cost me around 3500 rupees and public transport is included
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So I can recover 800 rupees in 24 hours at least And I am first going to the Viking Ship museum.
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And this is a viking boat which is around 1000 years old
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in which some fearsome viking warriors
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went to Paris from Norway by rowing the boat by hand
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and after crossing Iceland and Greenland they reached Canada .
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And this is Munch museum which is dedicated to a famous painter Edvard Munch.
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And does that work with education as well? Because you told me you studied in England. Yes !
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Yeah so I get a loan/grant and 60% of the money that I took from the state I have to pay back
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but 40% is just given to me.
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Today is my 4th and last day in Oslo and I am out of my hostel and I am going to Folkemuseet
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which is around 8 to 10 bus stops far from here and I have to take a bus from front of my hostel.
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And it will take around half an hour for me to reach and I will use my Olso pass
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in which access to the museum is free.
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In this museum, 150 houses from different eras from Norway have been brought here.
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which comes to life with actors roaming around in middle age costumes.
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This is a very wealthy family who resided here in the 1761
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this is the year the house was built
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and as you are observing this is a very nice kitchen Absolutely !
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and this in general is a very nice household.
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And here you can enjoy some Norwegian folk dance with some fellow travellers.
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And this is the Edvard Munch section in the National Art Gallery with most of his popular painting in display
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and if you can see the crowd behind me, there is 'The Scream'
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which is one of the most popular paintings he made.
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And in Norway if you lose a job you always have support from the government
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its called NAV 'Norwegian _____ something '
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You go to them and they process your application and they start paying you on a monthly basis till you get a job
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Alright so its basically unemployment allowances.
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I came to Oslo from Denmarks' capital Copenhagen by a 2500 rupees bus that I booked through goeuro.com
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But if you want to explore Norway you can get a return flight ticket from Delhi for around 32,000 rupees
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and for 37,000 rupees from Mumbai if you book 2 to 3 months in advance.
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I spent 8000 rupees for my accommodation in this beautiful city .
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And arranged my food for the day from this grocery store
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and now I am going back to my hostel, I spent 2000 rupees in total in food.
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Bought 4 grilled chicken legs for 800 rupees.
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Got a single day Oslo pass for 3400 rupees.
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A sim card for 800 rupees
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2200 rupees for public transport passes for 3 days
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and had an orange juice for 400 rupees.
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And this was a brief summary of my 4 day amazing trip to Oslo.
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I don't want to be a part of those people who died over here trying to take a selfie
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and the valley is just behind me so I am gonna go back now, my legs are shivering .