Villa Birch is a lovely flat on top of a house built in the 1920's on a hill just outside the centre of Oslo. It is situated among other nice wooden houses in a very quiet street where there is no through traffic so you can have a very good sleep. It's like a little village, but there is the bus No.74 around the corner which takes you to the centre of Oslo within 20 minutes. And there is also a shopping centre and a metro station within 10 minutes walk. You can also get a pizza at a little shop not far away if you don't feel like cooking.
But you can easily do your evening meals and breakfast on your own since there is a well-equipped kitchen with all you need: fridge, freezer, electric stove, dishwasher...
You can watch TV on a huge screen - what we didn't do since we were in town most of the day. You have a very comfortable bed and a bathroom with a good hot shower, also a washing machine (which we did not use). There are also some guidebooks on Oslo.
Arne is a friendly gentleman who answers your mails very soon. We met him at our check-in but you can also enter the apartment with the code for a keybox.
We can strongly recommend this peaceful place to everybody who wants to explore Oslo without moving the car. There is free parking in front of the house, and you can buy 24-hour-tickets with the ruter app. So you save the city toll and expensive parking.
We hope to come back to Villa Birch one day!