Norway Away - 20th August 2008

[Superhoops]

FAI just announced away friendly on 20th August in Oslo against Norway

[NeilMcD]

**** get ready for 10 euro a pint. More in for the Norwegians than us as they are drawn against Scotland but at least its an away friendly.

[shakermaker1982]

10 euros pint - and I thought Paris was bad?!!!!

[Stuttgart88]

**** get ready for 10 euro a pint.My mates didn't go to japan because they heard the stories about expensive beer, thinking the trip would bankrupt them. It was about 10 euros a pint there too. However my 5 star hotel in central Roppongi with a great breakfast, swimmng pool and gym was only about 70 euros a night for an enormous double room and my flight was about 500 euros. Food was ridiculously cheap. I've never had such luxury at an "away" match or matches. I figured I could only drink about 6-7 pints a day on average over 14 consecutive days so that was 30 euros a day "too much" for beer but at least that much cheaper for everything else.

Lesson: don't let expensive grog turn you off an away trip!

[NeilMcD]

Oh if it was a World Cup I woudl be there in a shot but an awa friendly in August before more than likely a double header in Sept I could have done with a nice cheap place. I will probably still go anyway.

[lopez]

My mates didn't go to japan because they heard the stories about expensive beer, thinking the trip would bankrupt them. It was about 10 euros a pint there too. However my 5 star hotel in central Roppongi with a great breakfast, swimmng pool and gym was only about 70 euros a night for an enormous double room and my flight was about 500 euros. Food was ridiculously cheap. I've never had such luxury at an "away" match or matches. I figured I could only drink about 6-7 pints a day on average over 14 consecutive days so that was 30 euros a day "too much" for beer but at least that much cheaper for everything else.

Lesson: don't let expensive grog turn you off an away trip!I was drinking in Japanese gaffs and the beer was €6-7 a pint of Kirin, Asahi or Sapporo. If you like Japanese food, its cheap (especially if you ate at those noodle bars). And the hotels in Tokyo were often less than €60 if sharing. Oh, and don't drink coffee for three weeks.

Japan is supposedly a rip off, but if you accomodate, it isn't that bad. Not so Iceland. Everything is expensive. Sh*te Icelandic p*ss (predictably called Viking) is almost €10. Takeaway's are ridiculously expensive, although Dublin isn't far behind. I'd imagine Norway the same. I was there in 1984 and it was €6 a pint then when it was about €1.50 in Ireland (although a lot cheaper in supermarkets). Accomodation was also expensive.

[Paddy Garcia]

My mates didn't go to japan because they heard the stories about expensive beer, thinking the trip would bankrupt them. It was about 10 euros a pint there too. However my 5 star hotel in central Roppongi with a great breakfast, swimmng pool and gym was only about 70 euros a night for an enormous double room and my flight was about 500 euros. Food was ridiculously cheap. I've never had such luxury at an "away" match or matches. I figured I could only drink about 6-7 pints a day on average over 14 consecutive days so that was 30 euros a day "too much" for beer but at least that much cheaper for everything else.

Lesson: don't let expensive grog turn you off an away trip!

I'm looking for a new travel agent .........

[mypost]

FAI just announced away friendly on 20th August in Oslo against Norway

Most countries play teams in friendlies from roughly the same area as their next competitive match. It turns out that all our trips are long haul treks to South/Eastern Europe, so where do we go to play a friendly....

....Norway :D :D

[Ash]

Most countries play teams in friendlies from roughly the same area as their next competitive match. It turns out that all our trips are long haul treks to South/Eastern Europe, so where do we go to play a friendly....

....Norway :D :D

Norway have Scotland in their group so I presume the wanted the game
against us.

It'll deffo be a cheap and chearful trip seeing as there could be a Sept
away double header ... and if booze is that expensive imight have to
bring the "good book" to the pub ... and probably the match!!!!

[mypost]

I'm aware who Norway have, but I'm looking at the match from our point of view. What we'll learn from playing Norway, I've no idea. :confused:

[Torn-Ado]

Four hours on the train. Nice one.

I'll probably be there.

[Bondvillain]

I'm aware who Norway have, but I'm looking at the match from our point of view. What we'll learn from playing Norway, I've no idea. :confused:

Well, it's either :

1 - Give and take (we have Serbia, which is "a bit like Montenegro" ( © Mark Lawrenson ) so therefore, as far as the FAI are concerned, are also hopefully "a bit like Georgia" )- so we can hawk ourselves around a bit to any takers - hello Norway! - to vary the challenges.

or

2 - Someone in the FAI is of the opinion that Norway are "a bit like Bulgaria"

[damoGUFC]

just wondering will there many travelling to the game?

[Greenforever]

just wondering will there many travelling to the game?

Probably a similar number to that which went to Aarhus last year, 300-400.
Given there will be a trip in Sep or even a doule header this will limit numbers to the real hard core with possible more money than sense:D
Aarhus was one of the best trips in a long time, lovely pub called Tir Na Nog much nicer than Bratislava and the steroid addicted bouncers

Ryanair €66 return and SAS €130 approx return for flights to Oslo.

[sylvo]

The Friendly V Denmark turned out to be a pretty cheap trip last summer, cheap drink near the ground, cheap taxi's, cheap enough digs, I'd say this one won't be a great deal differant.

Flights look fair enough also.

[Superhoops]

Probably a similar number to that which went to Aarhus last year, 300-400.
Given there will be a trip in Sep or even a doule header this will limit numbers to the real hard core with possible more money than sense:D
Aarhus was one of the best trips in a long time, lovely pub called Tir Na Nog much nicer than Bratislava and the steroid addicted bouncers

Ryanair €66 return and SAS €130 approx return for flights to Oslo.

Be alert to where Ryanair fly to in 'Oslo'

This from their own website: Sandefjord Torp Airport is approximately 140 Km from the city of Oslo. There is no rail connection to the city. There is a bus service, operated by Torpexpressenfrom that is located outside the terminal building. Journey tiem is approximately 1hr 45 minutes; cost is 130 NOK.

140 clicks is almost 90 miles away and costing €33 return by bus does not look that attractive.

[Greenforever]

Be alert to where Ryanair fly to in 'Oslo'

This from their own website: Sandefjord Torp Airport is approximately 140 Km from the city of Oslo. There is no rail connection to the city. There is a bus service, operated by Torpexpressenfrom that is located outside the terminal building. Journey tiem is approximately 1hr 45 minutes; cost is 130 NOK.

140 clicks is almost 90 miles away and costing €33 return by bus does not look that attractive.

Point taken, however Oslo City Airport appears to be 60km from Oslo City Centre! Asuming the Radisson Oslo Airport Hotel is close to the airport. Also assuming you are out of Torp in 15 mins which is the norm for a lot of Ryanair secondary type airports you could be at your hotel in about 2.5 hrs which is not muh more than taking 45 mins to get out of the City airport and another 1hr - 1hr 30 mins to travel the 60km or so to the city centre. SAS do fly direct so its down to a preference and flight times i suppose

[Superhoops]

Point taken, however Oslo City Airport appears to be 60km from Oslo City Centre! Asuming the Radisson Oslo Airport Hotel is close to the airport. Also assuming you are out of Torp in 15 mins which is the norm for a lot of Ryanair secondary type airports you could be at your hotel in about 2.5 hrs which is not muh more than taking 45 mins to get out of the City airport and another 1hr - 1hr 30 mins to travel the 60km or so to the city centre. SAS do fly direct so its down to a preference and flight times i suppose

There is an express (and it is fast!) train to/from the city centre from the Oslo main airport, takes about 20 minutes and cost about 20 euro each way.

[Greenforever]

There is an express (and it is fast!) train to/from the city centre from the Oslo main airport, takes about 20 minutes and cost about 20 euro each way.

Thanks, havent booked yet, im aware a fair few lads are already booked on SAS out Tues back Thurs. Just waiting to see if we have a double header in Sept, if so may just do out Weds back thurs, but would pprefer to do 3 nights and actually see the place.

Last time there was a group of Irish supporters in Norway for an international was for the Faroes game on a slight diversion, they had great fun I believe even if they only saw the inside of an airport while refuelling before heading back to Dublin to watch the game in a local pub:D

[Sligo Hornet]

I am into the second week of my annual January detox ( no alcohol for the month:()...........so now with this fixture I will have something "worthwhile" to invest all the money I save:)

[Ash]

Be alert to where Ryanair fly to in 'Oslo'

This from their own website: Sandefjord Torp Airport is approximately 140 Km from the city of Oslo. There is no rail connection to the city. There is a bus service, operated by Torpexpressenfrom that is located outside the terminal building. Journey tiem is approximately 1hr 45 minutes; cost is 130 NOK.

140 clicks is almost 90 miles away and costing €33 return by bus does not look that attractive.

Theres a train to Olso from Sandefjord station which is about 10 mins bus trip
from Torp. Takes about 1 hour 45min and costs around €25 return according
to Norways train website.

[Paulie]

Myself and a mate booked yesterday. As it's a mid-week game we're just doing a two night trip. We fly out on SAS on Tuesday the 19th and fly back on Ryanair on Thursday the 21st. We're staying here http://www.perminalen.no/. All in it's about €250 each for flights and accommodation. Happy enough with that.

[ifk101]

Myself and a mate booked yesterday. As it's a mid-week game we're just doing a two night trip. We fly out on SAS on Tuesday the 19th and fly back on Ryanair on Thursday the 21st. We're staying here http://www.perminalen.no/. All in it's about €250 each for flights and accommodation. Happy enough with that.

That's a good deal.

Looking at the hotel option myself and the cheapest per night price is approaching 200 euros.

[Paulie]

That's a good deal.

Looking at the hotel option myself and the cheapest per night price is approaching 200 euros.

This place appears to be hostel/hotel. We each got a single ensuite room which came to about €75 each a night.

[ifk101]

This place appears to be hostel/hotel. We each got a single ensuite room which came to about €75 each a night.


I see somebody who's Irish has stayed there. There's a lad with a shamrock on his t-shirt and a big lump of red hair in one of the pictures.

[citizenerased]

too close to the fixtures for the WC qualifiers for me...maybe if it wasnt Oslo, 11 euro a pint ffs..

[shakermaker1982]

can I get this trip passed the missus?! Who we play away in September will have a bearing on it. 11 euros a pint is also putting me off. We needed some cheapo eastern european venues for the friendly games!!!

[Paulie]

11 euros a pint is also putting me off.

You're not the first person to mention this so it's time it was addressed! Take a look at the bottom of the link below for a guide on beer prices

http://use-it.unginfo.oslo.no/sider/nightlife.php#prices

While I have no doubt there a plenty of places in Oslo only too willing to charge €11 a pint, it looks from this link as though there are also plenty of places that charge around €6 a pint. I know this is more expensive than here but it will only work out about €40 or €50 more expensive than if you went on a two day session in Dublin.

[eirebhoy]

tbh it's actually not really more expensive than Dublin city centre. You're paying over €5 in a lot of places at the weekends in Dublin and you might as well round that off to €6 as my change goes to very little use. :)

[ps bohs]

Flight from Stanstead Wed Morn 6.30 4.99 Stg
Flight from Torp to Dublin on the Thursday 11e

[Réiteoir]

just noticed this fixture on fotball.no - and I'm extremely intrigued on this one.

I should actually be 85% definite for this one if things go to plan as hopefully I'll be living in Oslo by then.

Cracking city - been going there every year for a couple of weeks at a time for the past ten years or so - so I have pretty good knowledge of the place and it's spots.

I pay about 35 NOK - 48 NOK for a beer when there - depending on location of the bar and the time of day (some bars reduce their prices to about 35 NOK during the day, then ramp it up to the 45 NOK mark later on in the evening).

Stadium is a compact arena that affords a decent matchday experience - the outside of the stadium has shops, bars and pizza places built into it - so food and that can be gotten before and after the game - plus the public transport is all integrated and a very good standard (I've never known a tram or underground service to be late in Oslo)

The bus service from Torp is decent enough as well - and fairly cheap - but then again it seems expensive to us outsiders. The wage levels and such are of a proportional amount...

Anyone who needs info and such - feel free to PM me or stick queries in this thread.

[NeilMcD]

The Friendly V Denmark turned out to be a pretty cheap trip last summer, cheap drink near the ground, cheap taxi's, cheap enough digs, I'd say this one won't be a great deal differant.

Flights look fair enough also.

Yeah I really enjoyed that trip too. What flights are you on Sylvo. I am heading out the Monday and coming back the Thursday with Ryanair. Dublin to Oslo (sic).

[pineapple stu]

May as well open a thread for this one too - thinking of going as Montenegro is a bit awkward timewise for me.

So, you know what to do...

[NeilMcD]

Well I booked Ryanair Dublin to Oslo heading out Monday coming back Thursday. Got it for 66 euro inc taxes. Dont have the hotel sorted yet.

[pineapple stu]

I'll do up a summary page as well in due course, but the game's in the Ullevaal I think; Valerenga are at home on the Sunday if anyone's still around then. The train journey from Oslo to Bergen is supposed to one of the most spectacular in the world, but it takes seven hours to cover 100 miles!

Ryanair Olso is miles and miles and miles away; Scandanavian Airlines fly direct from Dublin to Olso, which is merely miles away. Can also fly into Goteborg.

[NeilMcD]

Just to clarfiy Ullevaal is in Oslo, or just on the outskirts. The way your post reads its somewhere near Bergen.

[reder]

OK, so Olso Gardemoen (airport) is the closest to the city centre and the ground is in Ullevaal which is a suburb of Oslo. So, I can easily stay in Oslo city centre and travel to the game by local public transport. Oslo Torp, the Ryanair airport, is 100km+ away from the city.

Am I correct?

[pineapple stu]

Just to clarfiy Ullevaal is in Oslo, or just on the outskirts. The way your post reads its somewhere near Bergen.
Sorry, yeah. Two separate points.

[lopez]

OK, so Olso Gardemoen (airport) is the closest to the city centre and the ground is in Ullevaal which is a suburb of Oslo. So, I can easily stay in Oslo city centre and travel to the game by local public transport. Oslo Torp, the Ryanair airport, is 100km+ away from the city.

Am I correct?Easy to get to by train though. 1 1/2 hr ride

[gspain]

Well I booked Ryanair Dublin to Oslo heading out Monday coming back Thursday. Got it for 66 euro inc taxes. Dont have the hotel sorted yet.


I'm on the same flights.

Nice to see Ryanair's Oslo airport is over 20KMs further from oslo than Dubrovnik is from Podgorica and that's in a different country. :D

[Paulie]

We're just doing Tue-Thurs so we're flying out on SAS on Tuesday and back home on Ryanair on Thursday.

[sylvo]

Yeah I really enjoyed that trip too. What flights are you on Sylvo. I am heading out the Monday and coming back the Thursday with Ryanair. Dublin to Oslo (sic).

I'm looking at going tuesday via Frankfurt Hann, coming back on the thursday evening form Torp. Will be making the most of this one can't do Montanegro and Georgia

You coming down to the Stadio via stazione in Newbridge in a couple of weeks time, for the Bohs v the mighty County pre season friendly game?.

[GavinZac]

Just to point out that Cork City will most likely be playing in Scandinavia in the UEFA cup this year. The last time City beat a team from a country Ireland were playing, we beat Apollon before Ireland promptly went and lost to the Cypriots.

Moral of the story? Same craic and experience, a month earlier and with a hope of winning :)

[Réiteoir]

Just to point out that Cork City will most likely be playing in Scandinavia in the UEFA cup this year. The last time City beat a team from a country Ireland were playing, we beat Apollon before Ireland promptly went and lost to the Cypriots.

Moral of the story? Same craic and experience, a month earlier and with a hope of winning :)

If you lot draw Lillestrøm please give em a good hammering

[Réiteoir]

I'm looking at going tuesday via Frankfurt Hann, coming back on the thursday evening form Torp. Will be making the most of this one can't do Montanegro and Georgia

You coming down to the Stadio via stazione in Newbridge in a couple of weeks time, for the Bohs v the mighty County pre season friendly game?.

If you get a few hours to kill at Torp - head into nearby Sandefjord and check out the new stadium there - the Komplett.no Arena.

One of the new breed of functional, well-designed stadiums springing up around the country nowadays

http://www.worldstadiums.com/stadium_pictures/europe/norway/sandefjord_arena.shtml

[Réiteoir]

I'll do up a summary page as well in due course, but the game's in the Ullevaal I think; Valerenga are at home on the Sunday if anyone's still around then.

Aye - home to Strømsgodset on the Sunday evening at 6pm.
If anyone needs info on ticketing for that one - let me know

If anyone is also looking for cheap accomo - I stayed in this place back in 1998 - found to be very cheap and very good quality

http://www.ankerhostel.no/default.asp?id=1101&lang=44

It's right next to the city centre and a short distance from Grunnerlokka - the student area with a load of cracking small bars

Prices per person per night - weekdays/weekends:

Single room NOK 525/545
Double roomNOK 525/545
Bed in 4-bedded dorm NOK 225/235
Bed in 5- or 6-bedded dorm NOK 200/210

So if you've got a group of yer - it's cheap as anything - leaving more cash for pints of Hansa

[NeilMcD]

I'm looking at going tuesday via Frankfurt Hann, coming back on the thursday evening form Torp. Will be making the most of this one can't do Montanegro and Georgia

You coming down to the Stadio via stazione in Newbridge in a couple of weeks time, for the Bohs v the mighty County pre season friendly game?.

Would you believe I have to head to Clare that weekend as my brother is in a musical and he has tickets booked etc for me. I will then shove him back into the closet or the cuppard as they call it in Clare.

[reder]

Flying in and out with Ryanair (Mon-Thurs). Any ideas when ticket app forms will be available?

[Paulie]

Flying in and out with Ryanair (Mon-Thurs). Any ideas when ticket app forms will be available?


I'd say it'll be some time in June.

[Réiteoir]

Tickets are also normally sold on this site:

http://www.billettluka.no/