Oslo Gardermoen Airport (OSL) Information

Where is Oslo Gardermoen Airport?  

Oslo is the capital of and most populous city in Norway. Situated in the Østlandet, or eastern Norway, Oslo is a hub of Norwegian trade, banking, industry and shipping. Oslo is one of the most expensive cities in the world.

The Munch Museum in Oslo contains the famous work, The Scream, by Edvard Munch.

Oslo Gardermoen Airport (IATA: OSL, ICAO: ENGM), also known as Oslo Airport Gardermoen or, simply, Oslo Airport, is located in the municipality of Ullensaker, in Akershus county, 35 kilometres (22 miles) northeast of Oslo, in Oslo County, in the Østlandet region, Norway. It is sometimes referred to as GEN airport, however this is not an official code. OSL Airport is shared with the military.

In 2012, Oslo Gardermoen Airport served 22,080,433 passengers, making it the the 19th busiest airport in Europe. Expansion is underway, with a new terminal due to open in 2017.

While OSL is the principal of all Oslo airports, the city is also served by two more remotely located airports catering to low-cost carriers: Oslo Rygge Airport (RYG) and Oslo Torp Airport (TRF). 

Oslo Gardermoen Airport is a hub for Scandinavian Airlines and Norwegian Air Shuttle, and is a focus city for Widerøe. A long list of other airlines fly to Oslo Gardermoen Airport, including Aeroflot, Air Berlin, Air Cairo, Air France, Air Norway, airBaltic, Arkia Israel Airlines, British Airways, Danish Air Transport, Estonian Air, Finnair, Icelandair, KLM, Korean Air, Lufthansa, Qatar Airways, Sky Airlines, TAP Portugal, Thomas Cook Airlines, Turkish Airlines, United Airlines and Vueling, among others.

Cities with flights to Oslo Gardermoen Airport include Athens, Bangkok, Barcelona, Berlin, Brussels, Copenhagen, Doha, Dubai, Edinburgh, Fort Lauderdale, Frankfurt, Geneva, Helsinki, Islamabad, Istanbul, London, Marrakech, Moscow, New York, Nice, Paris, Phuket, Reykjavik, Rhodes, Rome, Santorini, Seoul, Sharm el Sheikh, Split, Stockholm, Tel Aviv, Vienna, Warsaw and Zürich.

Your best bet for a Oslo Gardermoen Airport transfer is the train. Details on all options are included in this guide.

if you have time, check out the art at Oslo Gardermoen Airport:

• The main art display is Alexis, 6 stainless steel sculptures created by Per Inge Bjørlo
• Anna Karin Rynander and Per-Olof Sandberg jointly created 2 installations: 
•    The Marathon Dancers, a set of 2 electronic boards that show a person dancing (in baggage claim)
•    6 Sound Refreshment Stations in departures make refreshing sound "showers" when someone steps below them 
• Glass walls were etched by Sidsel Westbø
• Look below your feet in the check-in area: small boxes under glass floors contain curiosities
• After security, artist Carin Wessel used 30,000 metres (98,000 feet) of thread to create Ad Astra, an impression of clouds
• At the National Road 35 and European Route E6 junction, Vebjørn Sand has built a 14-metre (46 ft) statue named the Kepler Star. It consists of two internally illuminated Kepler–Poinsot polyhedrons, appearing like a giant star in the sky after dark.

Additional Oslo Gardermoen Airport information may be found by visiting their official website below.

• Official OSL Oslo Gardermoen Airport Website