Comments on: Living in Norway Without a Car

By: Ralph

Ralph — Sat, 05 Dec 2020 14:43:14 +0000

I spend months from time to time in Oslo. I always buy a 30-day pass. And for seniors at least, it is really cheap. I think it is around $50 for a month and it permits one to travel almost anywhere in metropolitan Oslo, including the ferries. You can add zones for more money, but the basic one covered everywhere I wanted to go. I never felt a need for a car. Where I live, in California, life without a car is almost impossible; it’s also frustrating because of traffic jams.

By: Kjetil H

Kjetil H — Mon, 20 Jul 2020 16:05:57 +0000

Green propaganda is what this is.. Sure you can live in Oslo without a car, but you would end up using a lot more time to get around. Public transport is mostly twice or 3-4 times slower than using a car. And the green politics is ruining the city by pushing all the cars out. Normal people are forced to move because it is too expensive to drive a car with all the extra taxes and toll roads. I’m driving a electric car just because I’m forced to do so. Diesel and gasoline is too expensive. And I’m one of the lucky ones that have enough money to buy a brand new tesla. Normal families with children does not have that kind of money. And before some of you green fanatics answer that: No, they can’t drive a bicycle instead. Try to drive a bycycle with 2 kids that needs to go to different activities every day and also having to be at work from 8-16 every day.

By: Wyatt Wong

Wyatt Wong — Mon, 08 Jun 2020 15:24:56 +0000

In reply to Glenn Martin. Why would travel services reduce during the summer time ? I live in Hong Kong and have no private cars at all. However, I am sure the situation in HK is quite different from most cities in the world as most HK citizens rely on public transport.

By: Mette Karlsen

Mette Karlsen — Wed, 03 Jun 2020 03:04:57 +0000

Good evening, Folks, I lived in Vaksdal (it’s a 45-minute drive/30-minute train ride from Bergen) twice. Yes, on the bright side, I got super-duper fit and thin from the tremendous amounts of walking up and down Vaksdal’s steep foothills the second time I lived there. But, though I truly hate to say anything negative about Norway, in the big picture, living in Vaksdal (it’s REALLY tiny, and has almost no stores/restaurants, etc.) without a car stinks. Furthermore, even though all my friends there drive and own vehicles, I know them well enough to say for certain that they would have an extremely tough, frustrating time living in Vaksdal without being able to drive. However, I love Norway, and especially Vaksdal, so much that if I do get to move back there, but have no chance at all of being able to drive, I would still move back. Vaksdal and Bergen area worth it.

By: Glenn Martin

Glenn Martin — Tue, 02 Jun 2020 15:00:15 +0000

I don’t drive, and I’ve lived in Oslo for 26 years. So yes, it’s possible. I have a few complaints about public transit here. Yes, it could be cheaper, and no, I don’t like the reduced service in the summer. But generally, it’s reliable and gets me just about anywhere in the greater Oslo area.