Anker Hostel

I informed them of my arrival time. Everything was in order. I was able to get to my room, drop my things, and get to my next engagement in record time. The staff were welcoming and informative. It also approximately 20 minutes away from the Central Train Station (Oslo S) which is very convenient when coming from the airport or international rail. The directions they sent to me to find them from Oslo S was perfect. If you have GPS, I encourage you to use it b/c the road turns and you don't want to potentially get lost. I liked that towels come with the room reservation as well as one for the bathroom floor. Every 4 days you can get a new towel. Before my arrival, I was involved in an accident. I informed the hostel, and they were able to confirm for me a lower bunk space.

Good value. There is a small locker on site (bring your own lock), and the room has a small kitchnette (you can rent utensils for 200 NOK deposit). Has coffee onsite, and isn't too too busy. Front desk staff is friendly (Mira was super nice and gave me tips for the city). Really fun international crowd. The location is right on the tram, and easy to get around. Not far from bars etc.

Kitchen cookingwares taken against 200 deposit but not yet refunded. All formalities were done satisfactory.

The hostel is quite close to the train station but in a sketchy neighbourhood. However, there are security guards around the area and therefore that was no problem. The shared bathroom was cleaned daily. The beds are just put in the room, there was no socket at every bed and also no lockers available in the room. In the women-only floor, they emptied on room for a common area, which was very pleasent. However, I could imagine that it is quite uncomfortable if people are cooking in the same room where everyone is sleeping, also quite noisy when people are eating breakfast I heard.

I liked that it was clean, quiet, I got a good night sleep being a bad sleeper. The staff was friendly and helpful and the whole operation was well organized. The location is as good as it gets in Oslo. What I found not very optimal is having a kitchen and toilet with shower in the bunk bed room, where one person might need to wake up early to catch the early flight and another one might be trying to sleep after partying all night. At the end everyone was super-polite in my room moving around in darkness with the light from the phone and not even using that kitchen a single time.