Frequently Asked Questions

All of our public tours are guaranteed to operate even if we only have just 1 or 2 customers booked for the day.

With three young children of his own, the owner of Viking Biking & Hiking strives to make our tours family-friendly. We offer child seats, child bike strollers, and child bikes so we can accommodate most children ages 1+. Our Oslo nature walk tours are best for children who can walk on their own for an extended period of time, which usually means ages 10+.

Det finnes ingen dårlig vær, bare dårlig klær, which translates to: there is no such thing as bad weather, just bad clothing. Follow the Norwegian example and dress well for the weather. We have rain ponchos for sale and gloves available in the winter. Our experienced guides are great at making a damp tour a fun one, with indoor stops, lots of laughter and a good time had by all even in the rain! But if you want to have the flexibility to change your tour from a rainy day to a sunny day, we encourage you to add-on our good weather guarantee when booking on our website. That product allows you to freely and easily move your tour to another day or time.

Absolutely! We offer bike rentals for every need. Whether you need a single child bike or 30 adult bikes to explore Oslo, Viking biking can meet your bike rental needs. During the summer months, advance booking is recommended on our website. During the winter months, advance booking or calling us in advance is required due to limited staffing hours.

We do offer a family rental option, so please visit our rental page for more details. There you will find a wide variety of bikes suitable for children, ranging from child strollers to child seats to bikes suitable for children ages six through twelve. Child helmets are always included in the price.

Yes, absolutely. We will ask to see the Oslo pass at the start of the tour, so it just needs to be valid at that point in time. There is no need to have the Oslo pass already when booking on our website and just make sure you have it with you when you come for your tour.

Yes, please get in touch and let us know where you are staying. There are delivery fees based on where your hotel or apartment is located. Alternatively, if you are staying in the downtown, it is possible to the delivery of bikes as part of the private tour via our website. Starting and ending the tour is an add-on available during the booking process.

Oslo is a unique capital city in Europe. With no central Old Town, It is an interesting collection of sites spread out across the entirety of the city. It can be a challenge to see many of them in a short period of time, but a bike tour makes that possible. In a city with almost no traffic, biking will make it feel like you are discovering the city like a local. Our tours go beyond the facts and dates. Our guides love sharing information on everything ranging from the political system to education to urban design to the very Norwegian concept of friluftsliv. If you want to go beyond the facts and figures then join one of our tours.

Viking Biking & Hiking offers full refunds, no questions asked, as long as we receive notification at least 24 hours in advance (48 hours for private tours).

Yes! Our guides speak a wide variety of languages and we can offer private tours in Norwegian, Dutch, French, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, German, and more. Please send us a message if you are interested in having a private tour in any one of these other foreign languages.

New in 2027 will be daily public bike tours offered in Dutch. Dutch language daily bike tours can be booked directly on our website.

Absolutely. Our Oslo Highlights bike tour continues even in the snow and the ice thanks to studded tires which have more than 200 studs per tire. You will be safer on a bike than you would be walking thanks to this wonderful safety feature. do you like a Viking local and bike year round! Our island hopping nature walk is an amazing winter experience: We provide our customer with brodder, which is a type of small crampon that easily attaches to the bottom of any shoe type, providing instant grip on even the most slippery surfaces. during the island hopping tour, there is an included stop for warm beverage and cookies. Just dress for the weather and our tours are appropriate year round!

While Viking Biking does not have tours outside of the Oslo area, we do have many trusted partners who put together both guided and self guided tours all the way from the southern tip of the country to well above the Arctic Circle. If you have any questions about such tours, please get directly in touch with us. Most customers traveling around the rest of the country come through Oslo first, so make sure to join an Oslo bike tour with Viking Biking as your first stop.

Yes, we have more than 15 years experience working with large groups and tailoring our tour options to group needs. Whether it is for a large family reunion or a massive corporate event with more than 100 participants, Viking Biking & Hiking has the experience and the capacity to help you put together an unforgettable experience in Oslo.

Yes, we offer a package deal where it is possible to extend the use of the bike after a tour for a discounted rate, whether that be for the rest of the day or for multiple days. When booking your Oslo bike tour on our website, there will be an add on option to rent the bike in addition to the tour. You can opt to extend it for the rest of the day or for 24 hours or 48 hours.

Viking Biking rents bikes for a maximum of 5 days. If you are looking for a longer term rental, please get in touch with us and we can recommend a partner who can probably meet your long-term bike rental needs. Hey this is really power line two