We booked the hotel through hotels.com a week before. We choosed this hotel because it is free breakfast, and free parking, and I know it is easy to reach everything in Oslo by car from this hotel (I was taxidriver in Oslo under my study, but lives now in Estonia). We called the hotel some days before to tell we wood come late on the first day (friday evening), and since my partner have not been to often in my hometown asked I if we cood get a room with wiev. We got a fantastic room in 6th floor, with pretty wiev, The room was perfect cleaned. The shower and bathroom was big and easy to use - also for my lifepartner that is a biiig lady (5XL). The bed was fantastic to sleep in, and she normally strugle with bad beds on hotels and boats. This bathroom was big and good. The hole room was pretty decorated, and had this fantastic panoramawiev. if you ask for window in direction the city, can you as us park the car so you can hear the alarm. Another thing is that I do not think any will do a burglery in a low criminal-area beside the main officebuilding to the Norwegian criminal police (only office and laberatory, no public wissitors, or uniformed cars with sirenes).
The hotelstaff was pleasent, and serviceminded. They really tryed to improve. Shall I finde anythingh to criticize is it that boiling a cup of tea or coffee in the room cost around 3$ for a simple tea-bag, but that is commond for Norway. We had a buisnesspartner of me for breakfast on sunday, and for his full breakfast did I only pay 22$, that is really cheap for being Norway.
I HAD GIVEN MORE THEN 6 POINT, IF THAT HAD BEEN POSSIBLE
This will be my main hotell in Oslo, from now on . Central, and free parking, and a good breakfast. Free internet was also a pluss, also on the room - and we used 2 mashines at the same time.
For me is it important to know what I shall pay for parking or breakfast, and that is normally not mentioned in the homepages to hotels in expensive Norway. 24 houre in a parkinghouse in Oslo can easy cost you 120$, and that is money. To waith 10-15 minute while a teenager-boy shall drive out your car from the parkinghouse is not the hotels I prefer. Then is Helsfyr a perfect place for us that travel with cars. It is also 5 minute walk to the underground - Underground in Oslo is easy to find, just look afther poles with a White and blue lamp marked with "T. Only 10 minute to the downtown.
It was a soccerteam with younger boys teenagers there when we was there, and it was still so quite and not noicy. This hotelrooms is so quite and nice, and we cood not feel a group of boys tells this hotel is perfect soundprotected. Here can you sleep and relax without any noice will disturbe you.
Mention also that I recomend this hotel, and normally am i mutch better to criticise then to give compliments.
The Rica group have reasson to be proud of this hotel, and this good staff.