From the minute we stepped into the apartment we felt at home. It's a wonderfully quirky and characterful place. Then our eyes set upon the huge collection of vinyl and CD's. Wow! We were like kids in a toy store. Lars's collection of music is just amazing and covers a wide variety of genres: rock, jazz, classical (and the occasional pop). It's incredibly generous and trustworthy of him to share this with his AirBnB guests with some rare examples in his collection. Then there's the DVD's -only the best, no pap and a small but select collection of English books. We could have happily spent the whole four days in the flat and not ventured out. But venture out we did. Aided by endless recommendations for restaurants, bars and music venues from Lars's friend who looked after us as Lars was abroad. He kept in constant touch making sure everything was ok and his recommendations were spot on. Oslo is a great place and Grunerlokka is a wonderfully laid back part of it - full of life and activity but without the busyness and more pressured atmosphere of central Oslo. Great to come back to in the evening after seeing the sights in the centre. And all about 5 minutes walk from the apartment. We had an absolutely wonderful time in the apartment and couldn't recommend it more highly. Although I have to say, if a few missing kitchen tiles are more important to you than all the benefits of the apartment, this is probably not the right place for you.