We stayed at this hotel for 4 nights at the beginning of the summer. As others have mentioned, it's a clean, safe, hotel with friendly service and a great location. The rate we got from the hotel website was 500 NOK ($100) per night, not too shabby in this very expensive city. Add to that the free wi-fi, free daily... more

The KNA is a hotel in the Scandic chain, and it's as expected. Good quality overall, but nothing special. I did an early booking and got a decent price, considering how expensive everything in Oslo is. If you book a week in advance, the rates are lower, but you can't cancel. Breakfast was good, and the rooms were clean, a... more

Given Oslo's prices, this hotel was a pretty good bargain. It has everything you'd expect from a budget hotel chain, and with nice service. I booked through the hotel's own website. They couldn't make it a smoking room, but I understand it's hard nowadays; anyway they rebooked to a superior smoking one, and it wasn't much more expensive. The corridors... more

This hotel was in an ideal location as it took less than 10 mins to Aker Brygge with it's wealth of shops and restaurants. Also close by is the Royal Palace and Karl Johans Gate, which is the main shopping street. The rooms were adequately sized and had all the amenties that I required. There was some tram noise from... more

I must say that I have a special good opinion about the Scandic hotels, based on my experiences. They all more or less look the same and have a same feeling (I guess this is what is about in a chain), and they use to be price contained with high quality standards. In the KNA you can find nice big... more

We selected Scandic KNA on the strength of Tripadvisor reviews, location and price. On the whole, we found those reviews to be accurate. The advice to get off at National Theatre station was a very good one by the way. It's very close, provided you exit to the right of the train, as you come from the airport. The hotel's... more

The Scandic KNA is a prime example of the Latin term "caveat emptor" or "buyer beware". While there are numerous posts that claim that this hotel is wonderful (which could have been the case), our experience differed dramatically. We found the lobby a little dingy, but figured what mattered was the room. Unfortunately the room was a disaster. We had... more

This is the best value in downtown Oslo, at least until new hotels besides the SAS Radisson and the Grand Hotel are built (see my review of Grand Hotel). The hotel is located one block to the southwest of Slottsparken, a 5-10 minute walk to downtown and the main attractions. Given the service standards of Norway (where customer service is... more

We stayed in this hotel for a weekend in early November. We found the staff to be very helpful, and the room to be spacious and clean. The only thing to let this hotel down was the bathroom in the room, it was a little plain. The buffet breakfast was fabulous, although beware of the brown goats cheese...we thought this... more