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Citybox, Oslo

Prinsens gate 6, 0152 Oslo, Norway. (show on map)

Expert reviews

Lonely Planet review:

“This functional city chain champions its trademark brand: no-frills, essentials-only rooms at bargain prices (well, at least for Norway). Don’t expect prison-block chic – it’s surprisingly smart, with plain all-white rooms, Scandi-style furniture, free wi-fi and a great downtown location.”

Guest rating

This an aggregated customer review rating of Citybox, Oslo. We have taken customer review ratings from hotel booking sites, search engines, the official hotel website and other travel platforms. This is the average of all those ratings. We only list places that have a customer review rating of at least 4.0 out of 5.0

4.1 out of 5.0

Ranked 8th in Oslo

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What guests liked

All you need to know

Citybox Oslo provides an economical hotel experience that’s unique in its approach. There’s no traditional reception area, allowing guests to manage their booking, payment, check-in and check-out independently.

This lower staffing rate translates into cost savings for the guests! Despite this, a Citybox host is always on site, ready to assist with any requirement during your visit.

Citybox offers a variety of rooms including singles, doubles, twins, family rooms and junior suites. These rooms are modern and airy with floor-to-ceiling windows, WiFi access, private washrooms, superior mattresses, and workstations. Some rooms even offer additional beds or bunk beds.

Although guest rooms don’t have TVs, there is one situated in the ground floor lounge. This vibrant lounge with contemporary furniture is an excellent place to relax or socialise with other hotel residents. There’s also a neighboring cafe serving coffee, breakfast and lunch.

What sets Citybox Oslo apart is its prime location surrounded by several local stores. Plus, it’s merely a 13-minute stroll from the National Museum of Art.

 

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Location

Recent guest reviews

3.5
John

24 September 2025

Pleasant

good location in Oslo

nothing

4.5
May

24 September 2025

Fabulous

Location

Lift wasn't working

4.5
Seng

24 September 2025

Fabulous

Convenient location near Oslo Central station. Nice, clean room and comfortable bed.

4.0
Holden

23 September 2025

Very good

Staff were polite, friendly, and helpful. Good location, easy to get to many of the sites and the station.

The washroom was a bit small. It would be nice to add a rack in the shower so you can put your shampoo and stuff inside without having to reach out all the time. Not sure if there was temperature control in the room but if there was, I couldn't find it.

3.5
Michael

23 September 2025

Pleasant

Location (stayed here several times)

Tiny room

3.5
Monica

23 September 2025

Pleasant

A very simple but expensive hotel near Oslo Sentralstation. Near the main attractions and the famous Karl Johanns Street. Many food shops, cafes and restaurants near the hotel.

No tv on the room.

4.0
Rj

23 September 2025

Great location

The Location was great of the hotel was great. Located in the central shopping area it offers quick access to Karl Johans Gate, the cruise port and the train station. The check-in was fast and simple and they offered free bag storage, although it was unsupervised.

While the room was large and comfortable, it needed more thought into how it would be used. There was a tiny sink in the bathroom with no shelf space for toiletries. There was also no storage for bags and unpacking.

4.0
Aldhira

23 September 2025

Very good

The location was perfect. The shared kitchen has everything you might need like cups plates forks etc. the luggage storage is a plus

The room was Smaller than the other citibox

4.0
Abboud

23 September 2025

good stay

Good location, clean modern rooms.

very busy hotel.

4.0
Grace

22 September 2025

It was a good stay and will revisit

Location is very good, near to Oslo Central Station. Walking distance to attractions

4.0
Julie

22 September 2025

Good central location

Very central position, clean, comfortable bed. Communal kitchen cleaned regularly.

4.5
Olivia

22 September 2025

Confortable room in the center of Oslo

Hostell was in the city center and the room was very welcoming. Self check in and check out was very easy. Overall we had a very nice stay

3.5
Kavitha

22 September 2025

Basic rooms, very near Oslo S train station

Clean and basic room, comfortable bed, seamless self check-in.

I booked 2 standard rooms. One of it was very small.

4.5
Col

22 September 2025

Fabulous

The comfy bed, the bathroom

No kettle or coffee/tea which is a bit of a shame

3.5
Yi-wei

21 September 2025

A good choice to live near the station.

Good location. Near the train station. Room is quite small. Self check in is quick and easy

Small room

4.0
Sebastian

21 September 2025

Very good

Great check-in and out service. Well-equipped and great service. Superb!

4.0
Juliane

21 September 2025

Good location and clean. Haven’t seen the staff once but that’s the concept i guess

The bed was very soft

3.5
Anita

21 September 2025

OK for a short stay

The location is very close to the main railway station. I also like the fast Check-in and check-out.

The heavy slide door in the double room... The room was also dirty (stained floor, stained table, stained curtains... No stains on the bed though! :) ) and the shower door was damaged. The ceeling in bathroom also needs renovation. I stayed in Oslo on my arrival day in single room, departure day in double room and in Bergen in single room. Though still not perfect, Bergen Citybox (the one that is not in the city centre) was way better.

4.0
Pinar

21 September 2025

Very good

I wish there were a kettle in the room.

4.0
Pang

20 September 2025

Very good

Convenient location to walk and explore Oslo city. Bags storage was available as we arrived early from airport. Self check in and out was easy

4.5
Wayne

20 September 2025

Would stay again.

Good value, good location, good accommodation.

4.0
Parminder

20 September 2025

Very good

Best Location, Room size is a little small and needs basic things, coffee/tea, and a water heater, otherwise everything was perfect, including the cleanliness

size of the room and I missed coffee and waterheater

4.0
Boon

20 September 2025

Well equiped!

Facilities! Very well equipped, having a laundromat too! Very modern and nice!

Only 1 out of 3 washing machines are working. Clothes still moist after 1 hour. Might want to grant 1.5 hours or 2 hours option so need not stay behind to wait for drying to end and start another round. Good to update the opening hours at Laundromat as it is stated as 9 am to 9 pm but actually 24/7. Tried to rush to wash and dry finish before 9 pm but actually not required.

4.5
Elizabeth

19 September 2025

Fabulous

Clean comfortable room. It was in an excellent location

4.0
Jeffrey

19 September 2025

Great location, needs to be cleaned better.

Comfortable beds. Great location. Easy check-in and checkout.

Bathroom trash bin was not cleaned out. Shower got the whole bathroom floor wet.

3.5
Saowalak

19 September 2025

Pleasant

near city center

4.0
Desire

19 September 2025

Did not see staff. You need new chairs in the lobby. They look old and like someone peed on them. You are way too expens

Close to Central Station

Worn out appearance and furniture in the Reception.

4.0
Arnold

19 September 2025

Friendly and helpful staff, amazing location, comfortable beds

I stayed at Citybox Oslo and overall had a very good experience. The location is excellent—just a couple of minutes’ walk from the central train station, with plenty of restaurants, shops, and attractions nearby. The hotel itself was clean and well maintained. The bed was very comfortable, which made my stay even better. The staff was very friendly and attentive; they promptly assisted me when I requested a room exchange. My first room (Tower A, Room 502) was unfortunately quite noisy due to trams, street conversations, and music. The hotel was fully booked that night, but they provided earplugs to help me rest. The next day I was relocated to Tower B, Room 702. This room was much quieter, which I appreciated, though it was smaller than the first one, especially the shower. Despite this minor trade-off, I enjoyed my stay. Thanks to the helpful staff, clean environment, comfortable bed, and unbeatable location, I would recommend Citybox Oslo to anyone visiting the city.

Room in Tower A was unfortunately quite noisy. Sounds from outside carried into the room, which made it difficult to rest comfortably.a

3.5
Mary

18 September 2025

Pleasant

Top Location . Tram stop right in front, 5 minute walk to Central Station & many bus stops. Able to walk everywhere, big wall buttons on wall good for hanging backpack and handbag and dry towel.

I have a single room, enough rooms to move around. Lacking a bench to park my suitcase. I park it on the narrow desk which is not ideal.

4.0
Gary

18 September 2025

Fantastic staff, great location but the room was small and a bit pricey.

Bath room was very nice with nice hot water.

Room was quite small with no where to put my luggage.

3.5
Fiona

18 September 2025

Cheap but not very cheerful

Close to central train station

Floor had a kind of matting instead of carpet. Room had tatty decor. Room door had to be locked with card on way out as it didn't lock automatically. No TV - admittedly it's not listed on website but who doesn't have a TV?

4.0
Ndraw

18 September 2025

Cityox is great value or money

Location is good for us Room is comfortable and clean Check-in/Check-out is convenient with self-check-in kiosks Everything has been great so far internet is speed is fast and stable Cant fault them at all

Nil

4.5
Lisa

17 September 2025

Great place to stay, perfect location to explore Oslo.

Great location in Oslo, super easy check in with automated kiosks. Fun game room and hostel style feel with private rooms

4.0
Kelly

17 September 2025

Convenient location, close to Central station and harbor. A couple choices

Access to luggage storage before/after room available was nice.

Slightly unure of the checkin process with it being mostly automated, but we figured it out.

4.0
Oi

17 September 2025

Very good

Location is very convenient, quick check in/out system and helpful luggage storage service.

Staff is a bit cool and the floor of our room is not clean enough.

3.5
Joan

17 September 2025

Great location in central Oslo.

Room was small but comfortable. Location was excellent very close to train station and central sites. Easy to check in and out.

Room was small and hotel was on busy street and very loud. We had to keep windows open as it was warm and their is no air con.

4.5
Djordje

17 September 2025

It's a great hotel for business trip, also for people who values privacy.

I liked the location, cleanliness of the room and effective, easy and quick check-in process.

It is more suggestion then critique: there should be one glass in each room, some people need to drink their medicines with the glass of water.

4.0
Gail

17 September 2025

Very good

Didn't see any staff at all. A bit noisy at night due to trams we could hear them as they passed during the night n early morning

4.0
Robert

16 September 2025

Citybox uses electronic check in and out. No staff at entrance. Price was excellent for a central location next to the r

Central location.

Bedroom was on road next to a tram line so it was a bit noisy.

4.5
Diego

16 September 2025

Great

Environment , how easy was to check in and out, easy storage and safe room

4.5
Dusica

16 September 2025

Nice value for money

The room wasn't huge but it was more than enough for a sole traveler. The shower was also more spacious than I expected. No frills but it was clean and had a great location. Wasn't disturbed by any noise either. It was also more reasonably priced compared to the rest of Oslo.

The only complaint that I have is that when I arrived my room door was wide open. This happened before I even entered for the first time and never when I left stuff in my room but it still didn't seem too safe as anyone could have come in.

3.5
Veronique

16 September 2025

Good location

City Box has a great location, a few hundred meters from the Central Station. Checkin is digital on kiosk and that worked well, you get a key from the machine. There is a big communal kitchen with microwaves, kettle and vending machines, useful when trying to travel on budget. it has the feel of a hostel but smarter. the single room was tiny but for one night it was fine. there is no breakfast in the hotel but there are 2 restaurants linked to the hotel that offer 10% discounts for hotel guests.

i think the place could do with a better cleaning, the corridors didn't feel so neat same with my bathroom. it's a good concept to have checkin kiosk, but it's also very nice to have real staff welcoming their guests.

4.0
Christopher

16 September 2025

Very good

Great location, easy check in.

No breakfast included.

4.0
Mariko

16 September 2025

The hotel itself was good value for the money. But I had 10 stressful days to modify my booking.

Easy check-in system. Spacious communal place at the grand floor.

It took 10 days, including a couple of long telephone calls, to modify my booking during the free cancellation period. First, they asked for a cancellation fee or asked me to cancel it and book again ( by the time the price was double as the date was closer), It was a really stressful 10 days and a waste of a lot of time.

4.0
Rebecca

16 September 2025

Great location

Location was perfect and convenient for everything we wanted to do. There were lots of bars, restaurants and bakeries close by too. The beds were comfy and the room was generally a good size for us. Self check-in/out was quick and easy and when we asked for extra towels this was done quickly and without any issues.

The shower was a little mouldy.

4.0
Alkmini

15 September 2025

Very good

Central location, nice atmosphere, clean rooms

The toilet flush wasn’t working when we arrived

4.5
Inga

15 September 2025

Fabulous

Nice hotel with great location. Good breakfast/lunch options in the restaurants situated in the same building. There is also a shared kitchen on the 1st floor with coffee/tea facilities and microwave. Basic but comfy and clean rooms.

We booked 2 rooms, travelling with 2 teens. We've got rooms on different floors and even in different parts of the hotel (the hotel is divided in A, B, C parts with even different elevators to get to your floor/room). I asked staff to provide rooms more close to each other, but there was no such possibility at that moment. Staff could be more attentive to such details in future, really it's more logic to accomodate family with children closer to each other. Such simple logic doesn't require any special customer's request :)

4.0
Wanwisa

15 September 2025

Good hostel in Oslo.

Good location and not far from the train station. Pretty clean and comfy. A lot of space to prepare all stuff.

4.5
Pedro

15 September 2025

Excellent location. Automated check-in/out. Clean.

Fast (automated) check-in and checkout. Easy to use and follow. Very clean and comfortable. Very close to Oslo's central train station, where trains take you in+out of Oslo's airport, and where you can also rent cars. Also very close to the iconic Oslo Opera.

Automated check-ins are typically annoying, but this one had very few steps, very large (really large) touch screens to navigate the check-in, and check-in was completed very quickly. It was also very simple to get as many keys as we wanted to the room. So it's a mixed bag: bad because it's automated, but when comparing to other automated check-ins this one actually worked very well.

4.5
Seher

15 September 2025

Great location, Great Place

Great location, Great Place

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Hotel facilities

Business facilities

  • - Meeting/banquet facilities (additional charge)
  • - Business centre
  • - Fax/photocopying

Reception services

  • - 24-hour front desk
  • - Express check-in/check-out
  • - Luggage storage

General

  • - Non-smoking rooms
  • - Facilities for disabled guests
  • - Family rooms
  • - Lift
  • - Heating
  • - Non-smoking throughout
  • - Vending machine (drinks)
  • - Vending machine (snacks)
  • - Shared lounge/TV area

Cleaning services

  • - Laundry (additional charge)

Activities

  • - Games room
  • - Table tennis
  • - Darts

Kitchen

  • - Shared kitchen

Accessibility

  • - Wheelchair accessible

Food & Drink

  • - Coffee house on site

Miscellaneous

  • - Key card access
  • - Security alarm
  • - Smoke alarms
  • - CCTV in common areas
  • - Breakfast takeaway containers
  • - Delivered food is securely covered
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