I loved staying with Zuzana at her apartment! She is a sunny, effervescent host and made me feel very welcome in her home. She was very sensitive to knowing when I welcomed conversation and when I preferred to sit quietly and read. The compact little bedroom is on the opposite side of the light-filled, extremely clean, new apartment from her and her son, so privacy was not an issue. The area is rather non-descript (although a building boom suggests that won’t be the case for long) but it’s just three T-bane stops from the center and a 15-minute walk from the Munch museum. Several bus lines serve the neighborhood so getting to other districts (such as Grunerlokka) was more direct than returning to the center and changing trains there. There’s also a supermarket right downstairs, which was very convenient. The T-bane stops at the end of the block, or if you’re so inclined, you can walk to the center in about 25 minutes. All in all it was a great choice to stay in Oslo and I’d happily stay there again.