It was a pleasant stay in Tania‘s house. I did not meet her in person, but her kids were nice and my communication with her was clear too. Linus helped me with carrying my suitcase upstairs- very kind of him.
Its a nice experience to be in a house of local people and see other than the touristic perspective. I felt comfortable in the room on the last floor and although I thought I might fall off the stairs, I adapted very quickly and had no issue. The last day I was very good in carrying my luggage downstairs without any help.
The suburb is very nice- you will be surrounded by family houses, schools and also the Ekebergen park- its a nice walk to there and back to the house. The center of Oslo is really near by tram 13 and 19. (it takes like 15mins to reach it. You can buy 24h transportations card for 1 zone iwhich costs around 12€ and in zone 1 you have most of the attractions you may want to visit for a short stay like 2-3-4 days). There is also a bus stop nearby (bus 54)- in case you are with lots of luggage- better arrive at the house of Tania by bus 54 and walk 5 mins because from the tram stop you have go hike a small hill and this might be inconvenient unless you like some sports and cardio. In case you like walking- the center is like 4 km away from the house of Tania, so this is another transportation option too.
The room was clean and as described in the post, I even find it better looking than the pictures. Its a quiet place, good for a solo traveler on a budget.
I liked a lot Oslo and my thoughts about boring capital city were torn apart. Oslo has great variety of nature escapes inside the city (really nice parks like Frogner and Ekebergen- FREE visit). I recommend the museum island too- I did not know anything about the Fram museum and Kon-tiki but this are great science museums and I totally recommend those. There are combo tickets and also student discounts. Even if you dont like museums, the half island where the most of the museums are situated- is so beautiful 🤩. A walk there is worth it.
Hope my summary will help other people.
Cheers!