Oslo; Sunday, 03 December, 2017

After another filling breakfast and checking out I headed back down to Aker Brygge and booked onto the afternoon fjord cruise – one of the few tours actually running in December. The tour wasn’t for another hour, so I headed up into the castle to have a wander around and take in the stunning views of the fjord with a light mist under a crystal clear blue sky.

Back down in the harbour I’d arrived about 10th in the queue and was quite glad I got there early as within 5 minutes the queue was very long. We boarded about 12:45 and I was able to get a really good seat. Everyone made it on, but the last to board didn’t have great views – or were out at the very front of the ship taking the full blast of the freezing air.

The tour lasted just over 2 hours during which we took in a large part of the inner fjord, passing several of the islands, and a brief stop at Bygdøy for the museums, before heading back into town with the sun setting into the Fjord.

Having spent two hours sat in the open I was feeling quite cold, so I headed over to a café in the nearby shopping centre and had a long coffee and waffle break before going for a final wander through the area around the harbour.

I then headed back to the hotel to pick up my bags and head back over to the station and the train back to the airport and my flight home.