Hotel Filip: A smart hotel with no humans in sight

24 February 2026

Apartment-style rooms with kitchens in a prime Oslo location, at rates well below traditional hotels.

There is no front desk. No receptionist. No human being to greet you when you walk through the door. Hotel Filip is a fully contactless "smart hotel" in a gorgeous 1878 building on Munkedamsveien, and everything, from check-in to your room key, lives on your phone.

The building was renovated in 2022. Rooms are clean, Scandinavian-minimalist, and equipped with Nespresso machines and smart TVs. Book a room with a kitchen and you get a dishwasher, stove, and fridge, which in a city where a mediocre lunch costs 250 NOK, is worth its weight in gold. The standard rooms without kitchens are noticeably smaller.

There is no breakfast. No restaurant. Walk two minutes to Babbo Collective for excellent sourdough and coffee. The basement has a 24/7 gym and an infrared sauna that's usually empty in the evenings.

Housekeeping is infrequent. Towels every three days, full clean every six. You take your own trash to the bins in the backyard. The location, though, is hard to argue with. Five minutes on foot to Aker Brygge, the National Museum, and ferries to the islands. Nationaltheatret station is right there for the airport express. Email ahead about luggage storage access codes, or you'll be dragging your bags around Tjuvholmen wondering why you didn't.

Email the hotel before arrival to get a separate access code for the luggage room if arriving before check in. There's no reception to help you on the spot.

Star rating

3

Hotel category

Boutique

Neighbourhood vibe

Vika/Tjuvholmen border. Affluent, quiet, walkable. High-end restaurants and the waterfront are minutes away, but you're slightly removed from the noisiest tourist drag.

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