Are you Rupert Murdoch? No?? Then don't even think about getting a taxi in Oslo.

If you want to know how to make a small fortune, my advice is to start with a large fortune, and then take a taxi in Oslo.

Wife and I left dinner, saw a taxi outside the restaurant- thought ourselves lucky to have nabbed a taxi. It was only 2.4km, but it cost NOK580 – that's like USD55 for less than 1.5 miles.

Take a tram, take a Bolt (was estimated NOK130, btw), or walk. Don't ever, EVER take a taxi in Oslo.

by Vanilla_Quark

7 comments

  2. If you’re gonna take a taxi in Oslo, download TaxiFix and prepay – that way you’ll have no bad surprises

  3. We were stuck on Lofoten Islands a couple of weeks ago because of a problem with our hire car, we booked a 20 minute taxi ride to get food and it cost us £100 (almost 1400 kroner) 😭

  4. Taxi in Norway is not like in other countries. It’s more of a luxury thing, and it always costs too much. I remember being shocked when I went to the UK for the first time and my (now) husband wanted us to take taxis everywhere: but it made sense, because it’s so much cheaper than here in Norway. Can’t be bothered to walk in other countries? No problem, just take a taxi! In Norway, you can always be bothered to walk, or get public transport, unless you’ve got money to waste.

  5. The few times I need a taxi (like once a year), I have used Uber and been positively surprised. There are probably better apps out there for people who do their research, but atleast I haven’t felt scammed.

  6. If you are going to use a taxi off the street and not use an app you have to use Oslo Taxi, everything else is high risk.

  7. Maybe try a different company than Lux Drive Khan before you judge.

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