Numa Oslo Topp: Scandi apartments in Oslo's poshest area

This is not a hotel. It's an aparthotel with no reception, no lobby, no human being to greet you. Check-in happens via a PIN code on your phone. Extra towels come via WhatsApp. If that sounds fine, read on. If it sounds stressful, stop here.

The apartments sit inside a 19th-century building in Frogner, one of Oslo's quietest and wealthiest neighborhoods. High ceilings, herringbone floors, modern Scandi furniture. The rooms are genuinely spacious by Oslo standards, with full kitchenettes that include a dishwasher, stovetop, oven, and a Nespresso machine. This is where the real value lies. Oslo restaurants will drain your wallet in two days. 

Rooms facing the inner courtyard catch noise from a restaurant below, especially on weekend evenings. Ask for a street-facing room on Skovveien if sleep matters to you. The building also lacks air conditioning, which is a non-issue for ten months of the year but miserable during a July heatwave.

Skip the hotel breakfast add-on. Walk three minutes to Åpent Bakeri Inkognito instead. The Royal Palace park is a five-minute stroll. Karl Johans gate is ten to fifteen minutes on foot. You're central without feeling like you're in the tourist zone.