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Want to see the best of Oslo? We got you covered. But as you can expect from a Withlocals experience, the real excitement is its hidden gems. Join your favorite local and get a feeling of the city's real vibe on a tour that has it all, so you can say: I experienced the real Oslo!

Destination

Oslo, Norway

Category

City Highlight Tours

Duration

3 hours

Transport mode

Walking tour

Available languages

English, Español, Norsk, Português, Latviešu, Русский, עברית, Polski, Deutsch, Français, Nederlands

Included

• Private Guide
• 1 Local Food or Drink Tasting
• All Withlocals Tours are Carbon Neutral

Excluded

• Entrance to Attractions

What you can expect

Choose your local

Get to know these 6 passionate locals, each bringing unique perspectives and talents. Choose your favorite, check their availability, and book to create an unforgettable adventure tailored to you.

This is the plan

Check out the plan below to see what you'll get up to with your local host. Feel free to personalize this offer with the host of your choice.

1. Meeting point

   Meet at Oslo Cathedral, in front of the main entrance - Oslo to start your journey

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2. Itinerary

   This is what our experience could look like, but it’s not set in stone! Once you book, you can chat directly with your host to make small tweaks to suit your preferences.

3. City Highlights

   See from City Hall, Oslo Cathedral, Akershus Fortress, and other landmarks and must-sees of the city. Your local host will take you to the main spots in town so you can get the perfect overview of what makes Oslo so unique

4. Hidden Gems

   Along the way, your local host will show you treasures hidden in plain sight that only the locals know about. Get to know the city through a different perspective, the local way, and discover places and stories that not many tourists experience

5. Magical Storytelling

   Behind every landmark and every stop, there’s a story, and your local host is ready to tell it all. Get ready to listen to incredible stories, one-of-a-kind insights, and fun facts only a knowledgeable local would know!

6. Special Treat

   Follow your host to one of their favorite eateries for a snack or a drink beloved by the locals. Take a break and catch up with your new local friend and get the answers to all your travel questions

7. Make it yours

   Want to tweak the itinerary? Book directly & chat afterwards with your host to adjust highlights, skip stops, or make small changes to fit your preferences.

   Book risk-free: Cancel within 24 hours for a full refund.

   Need something special? Personalize your experience for more time, alternative locations or a completely tailored plan.

Flexible cancellation policy

• Feel confident booking

  Cancel within 24 hours for a full refund. Even up to 7 days before your experience, you’ll receive a refund, minus the service fee.

• Change of plans?

  Reschedule your experience to a date and time that works best for you.

• Loved by travelers worldwide

  Simple and flexible – your plans, your way.

Reviews from guests

Tim🇬🇧 United Kingdom

(About local Ihor)

25 February 2025

Shannon🇺🇸 United States

(About local Ihor)

2 January 2025

Ihor was wonderful. While most businesses were closed on New Year’s Day he found plenty of sights to show us and we were able to get a sense of the city and to have a list of things to do the rest of the trip. Perfect amount of history and local information with recommendations for food during our stay as well. Can’t wait to come back! Wonderful way to explore Oslo!

Chelesa

(About local Ihor)

29 December 2024

We had such a great time with Ihor! He showed us different parts of the city with focus on architecture and what it's like to live and work in Oslo. We journeyed through time all the way from the days of Kristiana to the new Barcode area. It was also great to hear about his experience being an immigrant in Norway. Great Introduction to Life in Oslo

Michelle🇺🇸 United States

(About local Ihor)

5 December 2024

We had an amazing day with Ihor and touring the city! He was very passionate and knowledgeable. It was a pleasure to explore and learn about so many things. We would highly recommend anyone to tour with him! Amazing Experience and a lot of knowledge!

bruce🇺🇸 United States

(About local Tanya Lisa )

5 November 2024

Tanya Lisa is yr Best Choice for Oslo visitors seeking to get off tourist track - she shared hidden secrets, best eating places where locals go & where to experience best views of city, best sunsets & hidden corners that make Oslo such a treasure!Tanya Lisa is #1 Tour Guide in Oslo!

Penny🇺🇸 United States

(About local Rodrigo)

21 September 2024

Rodrigo was an excellent guide. Very knowledgeable and personable. We highly recommend!Excellent guide

Sue🇺🇸 United States

(About local Ihor)

3 September 2024

Greatly enjoyed our Oslo tour with Ihor. A comprehensive tour with interesting facts and stories of how Oslo has evolved over the years. Especially enjoyed Ihor pointing out places a tourist may not think to explore, like the library! Also took advantage of his food tips. Thank you, Ihor, for a very enjoyable and informative day in Oslo!Local view of Oslo

Linda🇨🇦 Canada

(About local Rodrigo)

16 August 2024

Rodrigo introduced us to this wonderful city with an interesting and informative walking tour. His demeanor was professional, and his impressive knowledge of the city and its history was evident. Additional suggestions of a couple of related films to view and places to visit were much appreciated. It was time well spent and entirely delightful! We're so glad to have decided on doing this tour with Rodrigo.Fabulous introduction to Oslo!

Kim🇺🇸 United States

(About local Karlis)

11 August 2024

We had a great morning with Karlis! Enjoyed seeing the city through a local’s eyes. Fun exploring the city. Attentive to our group & easy to interact with. Great local perspective!

Joanne🇺🇸 United States

(About local Ihor)

4 July 2024

Our family of five spent our first afternoon in Oslo with Ihor, and it was the best way to learn about the city and plan out our stay. He took us through many neighborhoods and imparted his knowledge of history, architecture, and politics, and interspersed the tour with restaurant recommendations, too. We highly recommend!Beat way to learn about Oslo

Janet🇺🇸 United States

(About local Karlis)

1 July 2024

Karlis led us on a great walking tour of the city! He incorporated the history of the city and current culture with good humor. He was accommodating of what we wanted to do and our energy levels. Great tour!

Amani

(About local Karlis)

14 June 2024

Karlis provided us a tailor-made afternoon in Oslo. Extremely flexible, adaptable, very kind and uncomplicated, he was exactly the right guide for us. Experienced, professional and not afraid to be spontaneous!

Suzi

(About local Ihor)

14 June 2024

Ihor was a terrific guide - very knowledgeable about Oslo and great company as we walked around the city. Highly recommend!Excellent tour!

Christian🇦🇹 Austria

(About local Rodrigo)

11 May 2024

Roger🇺🇸 United States

(About local Ihor)

28 April 2024

Ihor asked me in advance what I wanted to see and tailored the walking tour appropriately. He met me right on time in front of the Cathedral and we walked to some sections that are historical but maybe not tourist stops. He explained the context of these stops. He knows lot about Norway, 🇳🇴 not just Oslo. We ended at City Hall and he gave me ideas for good restaurants along the way. I would recommend using Ihor as I had a fabulous 3 hours. Thank you, Ihor. Fabulous!

Bob.bruskin🇺🇸 United States

(About local Marcela)

7 March 2024

Great tour. Guide was enthusiastic and knowledgeable. We had a wonderful time.

Stephanie🇺🇸 United States

(About local Karlis)

17 August 2023

Karlis was a wonderful guide who exceeded my expectation for an off the beaten path tour of Oslo. We saw everything we wanted to see while is Oslo and items we didn’t expect. Karlis was a gem and certainly worth booking with as his knowledge and flexibility was priceless on our recent tour of Oslo. We would absolutely book with him again.Exploring Oslo

endres_m🇩🇪 Germany

(About local Karlis)

2 May 2023

The guide was unprofessional, there was little to no information about the city and the overall offer was absolutely not worth the money. Absolute negative experience

jack🇺🇸 United States

(About local Tanya Lisa )

19 April 2023

Tanya was very knowledgeable and helpful, my short time in Oslo was well spent with her. The tour does just hit the highlights so plan on returning to places of interest. Great guide

Jennifer🇺🇸 United States

(About local Rodrigo)

28 February 2025

We did a tour with Rodrigo and had a great time. He was very knowledgeable about Norway and the city. He tailored our day to go to less touristy places, which we loved! Highly recommend booking with him!Rodrigo was awesome!

Kat🇺🇸 United States

(About local Rodrigo)

16 February 2025

having been to Oslo a couple times before, i wanted a fully customized experience and chose Rodrigo from three local guides after sharing what i was looking for and what i'd already eaten and seen. he was on time, very easy to walk and talk with, and able to pivot based on what menus offered on the day and find what we were looking for. he arranged a progressive cheese tasting for me, took me to family owned places (yay, support local businesses!) and neighborhoods I would've never discovered on my own, plus shared history, culture, and personal experience. this is why I use WithLocals. time passed like lightning, and i was sad that three hours were over. don't hesitate to book Rodrigo if you're looking for a kind-hearted person and genuinely knowledgeable secret spot guide :) secret spots, storytelling and smiles

Nicole🇬🇧 United Kingdom

(About local Tanya Lisa )

30 December 2024

We had a lovely walk with Tanya. She showed us the most beautiful parts of Oslo and told us about the interesting history too. The best of the best

Pam

(About local Tanya Lisa )

28 December 2024

Tanya Lisa gave us a fabulous tour. She customized our tour to give us the places we wantes to visit and then showed us so much more. She dilled us with interesting stories and was swnsitive to our wishes. Fabulous Tour

Kristen🇺🇸 United States

(About local Ihor)

2 December 2024

We had a great time on our food tour with Ihor. He’s very passionate about history, art, and architecture, and we got a glimpse into that on our tour. It was a nice mix of sightseeing, a bit of history, and of course food! We tried some fantastic cured meat, a traditional Norwegian waffle, some wonderful salmon sushi, and some fish stew and traditional Norwegian meats. We took this tour on our first evening in Oslo, and it was a nice introduction to the city!Fun food tour with historical tidbits

Viviana🇺🇸 United States

(About local Tanya Lisa )

25 November 2024

Lisa is a fantastic guide, she loves her history and it shows . She will make your only day in Oslo a great time and will give you advise to other places to go and eat after the tour . Great experience

bruce🇺🇸 United States

(About local Tanya Lisa )

5 November 2024

Tanya Lisa was prompt, prepared & organized She created a tour customized for the two of us, identified spots to see sunset, have cocktails & enjoy dinners - all where locals go! Tonya Lisa is #1 guide in Oslo!Tanya Lisa is Best Guide in Oslo!

Jaclyn🇺🇸 United States

(About local Ihor)

3 October 2024

We had a wonderful tour with Ihor. He knows so much and we learned a lot about Oslo. All the food and drinks we had were delicious. So great to get a personalized tour of the cit!Wonderful tour!

Jonathan🇺🇸 United States

(About local Tanya Lisa )

16 September 2024

My wife and I had a great private tour with Tanya Lisa on a Sunday afternoon. She was promptly on-time; started off at warp speed and never let-up. She gave us a quick orientation overview, and even from the outset was listening to our questions and wants. We then went on a whirlwind tram tour of the major sites we wanted to see, getting far more done than I could have imagined. She was terrifically knowledgeable about the city -- historically, artistically, physically, and functionally -- and gave us a plethora of recommendations and suggestions for touring, shopping and eating. All in, we would highly recommend Tanya Lisa. High-speed high-quality highlights tour

Abdulla

(About local Karlis)

13 September 2024

Had one of the best tours ever, Carlos was very informative and had a deep understanding of the history of Norway. Highly recommended, you will never regret booking with him, Definitely 10/10.Amazing Tour

gareth

(About local Rodrigo)

11 September 2024

we had a great time learning from an educated man about the lovely City of Oslo - he took it at our pace and we saw everything we wanted to- it helped that the weather was so perfect- but all 4 of us chatted to Rodrygo and everyone of us were impressed with the experience great info

Ana🇨🇦 Canada

(About local Tanya Lisa )

6 September 2024

The tour was a great mix of food, history and culture. We tried different types of local delicacies and unique desserts while learning the history behind each food item. Tanya knows Oslo as the back of her hand and shared great recommendations on where to go during our stay while ensuring we were making the most of the tour. Exploring Oslo with a local

Brent🇺🇸 United States

(About local Tanya Lisa )

30 August 2024

70 minutes into a walk (with an unexpected dead end in a military base, a detour, a locked stairway and Tanya questioning the honesty of a kind hearted local) we had a taste of Norwegian proteins. Tanya was knowledgeable with regards to Norwegian culture, customs, and architecture, but failed at working with us and reading obvious signals that we wanted to pivot her (poorly-choreographed) tour in other ways. We even outright asked for changes which she chided away. We were a group of four (which included 3 adults and an 9yr old). At multiple times during the tour we requested to pivot or make stops, and she was abrasive, dismissive or steering in alternate directions. She ordered and pushed food on us which we clearly had no interest in further consuming. Simply put, if a group has tried a food and doesn’t want to consume it further, don’t go into a diatribe about how Norwegians don’t waste food… we didn’t want more sour cream soup, or molded sliced beef. I’ve been on 6+ food tours in other European cities (within the last 4 years), all with positive experiences, and all at costs lower than this (per person). I even discussed other tour experiences with Tanya and she reflected that “people do not typically take food tours in Oslo.” Okay… then why are you representing to be an expert in doing just that? I wanted to just forget about the experience. Write it off… but it’s been bothering me 900€ and a week later. I honestly think that if you are an older group and are doing an architecture or city tour you would have a fine, educational time with Tanya. That said, I don’t think there is merit in her giving a food tour. Guide and food… not for us

Claire🇬🇧 United Kingdom

(About local Karlis)

24 August 2024

Karlis is friendly, has a good sense of humour, and very informative on the tour. He suggested lovely places to visit. My family were very much at ease, he didn’t mind us interrupting him to ask questions at anytime of the tour.Friendly, fun and informative

Nadine🇩🇪 Germany

(About local Ihor)

29 July 2024

Wir hatten voll gepackte interessante zwei Stunden mit Ihor.Informativ, kurzweilig, abwechslungsreich

Lily

(About local Karlis)

19 July 2024

Karlis is an extremely warm and knowledgeable guide about Oslo and the food scene. He is so adaptable to what you really want to experience in food. My husband wanted to try traditional local game meats and Karlis took us to a high end food emporium for a local traditional meat experience of reindeer stew and moose burgers. He also exposed us to the local traditional spirits and plenty of local beers. Great person to talk to regarding the culture and people living in and around Oslo. Don’t expect a lot of very traditional Norwegian food because they enjoy Indian, Italian and Tacos. Highly recommend.A great way to experience Oslo

Rick🇺🇸 United States

(About local Karlis)

12 July 2024

We booked the 10 tastes tour with Karlis and had a wonderful afternoon. Karlis did a great job of customizing our adventure and exceeded our expectations. Karlis was engaging and attended to all our needs. We highly recommend his tours.The Wisconsin Crew

Jason

(About local Karlis)

11 July 2024

We had a wonderful tour with Karlis. He was patient (some of our group overslept from jetlag), knowledgable, and entertaining. He was able to share a true taste of Norwegian culture without being stuffy or boring. Karlis was spectacular!

Janelle🇺🇸 United States

(About local Karlis)

6 July 2024

Karlis was a fantastic host and tour guide! He was knowledgeable, engaging and relaxed. We could not have asked for a better day! Thank you!Great day around Oslo!

Michael🇺🇸 United States

(About local Rodrigo)

17 June 2024

We have traveled all over the world and think Rodrigo was one of the best tourguides ever! He not only knew the most important information to share, but provided the best organized tour for the 6 of us. It was a perfect day in Oslo and we are grateful to Rodrigo for showing us the city.Rodrigo is the BEST

Ingrid🇳🇱 Netherlands

(About local Ihor)

3 June 2024

We hebben een leuke middag gehad met Ihor. Het was warm in Oslo en Ihor had flesjes gekoeld water bij zich. Hij vertelde veel over de stad en zijn historie. Het eten en de drankjes waren zorgvuldig gekozen. Van een drankje en hapje in een chique hotel tot lokale eethuisjes en markthallen. Kortom een stadswandeling met Ihor is een aanrader!Een mooie ervaring

Annie 🇺🇸 United States

(About local Rodrigo)

30 May 2024

We had an excellent two-hour walking tour of Oslo with Rodrigo. He was interesting, knowledgable, and friendly. It's always fun to meet someone who lives in the city that one is visiting, and hearing Rodrigo's personal story of how he got to Oslo was a treat. Excellent and personable tour guide

Rhonda

(About local Karlis)

12 May 2024

We have not used WithLocals before for booking guides etc. the process was smooth and communication with Karlis from beginning to end was excellent. Karlis was well prepared and made reservations at the various establishments we would visit. Everywhere we went was fantastic - he made excellent choices and selections for us. He’s very personable, fun to have a guide and give us tips for what to see once we departed. I’d recommend him for any guided tours your planning. Good times with Karlis!

Marja

(About local Ihor)

14 April 2024

Ihor designed an interesting wall, gave a nice explanation, was very friendly, knew a lot. Very nice and interesting experience

Kristina🇺🇸 United States

(About local Karlis)

13 April 2024

Whoever says Norwegians are cold hasn’t met Karlis, he was right on time, came right to our hotel and brought us coffees ! He even started the tour a whole hour earlier to show us some sites around the city. He custom tailors each tour depending on what you want to eat and leaves a direct line open if you have any questions about anything Oslo after you part ways with him. He wrote down restaurants and sites for us and even brought us a tourist map. When you calculate how much the food costs and how much he has to give to the website you find that the tour is positively cheap. We spent 4+ hours with him and were sorry when we had to part ways. Highly recommend ! Spend your day with Karlis!

Greg🇬🇧 United Kingdom

(About local Ihor)

5 April 2024

Ihor gave my adult son and I a great 3 hour tour of Oslo. He's friendly, knowledgeable and speaks English very well. I'd definitely recommend him Ihor is a great guide

Nicholas🇬🇧 United Kingdom

(About local Karlis)

18 March 2024

Had a bachelors trip to Oslo with a large group. Karlis facilitated a great tour even with a group the size we were and bad weather. Would recommend to anyone. Thank you Karlis

SHELLEY

(About local Karlis)

14 March 2024

Karlis, was EXCEPTIONAL in his knowledge, customer service, and making the tour interesting and enjoyable. I highly recommend anyone visiting Oslo, it is a must to book a tour with Karlis. 5-star rating!! Thank you Karlis! The BEST Oslo Tour

Delene🇺🇸 United States

(About local Tanya Lisa )

3 January 2024

Wonderful experience walking around Oslo with spectacular one of a kind food experiences. Norergian food with Oslo overview

Michel

(About local Marcela)

23 October 2023

Excellente guide du début jusqu'à la fin. Tres sympathique et qui connait très bien la ville et ses secrets. Je recommande vivementPassionnée et sympathique

gm6kb8ng8d🇺🇸 United States

(About local Karlis)

3 October 2023

We had a great food tour with Karlis. We went to places the locals go to and had great meals with great conversations to learn more about Norway.Excellent tour