Clarion Hotel® The Hub

The room and facilities are quite modern and clean, the in-house dining is excellent, however a couple of room details make staying here impossible. Problem 1: The room wardrobe only holds 4 or 5 items which is totally inadequate, especially for 2 people. Problem 2: The room is horridly hot at all times, even though the room setting is set to coldest. Reception staff adjusted the room temperature down with no effect. Sleep is almost impossible even with no blankets and wearing skimpy pyjamas. Opening the window also did not help even though the outside temperature was a cool 2 degrees. Definitely not recommended.

Stayed there during Inferno festival, and it was prossibly the best option to stay overnight during this time :)

Hotel we use when the whole family travels to Oslo. Visited this a lot before when it was called Clarion Royal Christiania. But it was tired at the end and deserved the renovation that has been done. The whole hotel looks new and quite honest it is brand new. Central location, close to Oslo Central Station. Large and good breakfast buffet. Lovely macaroons and croissants. Great modern rooms.

How bizzare. I was booked at The Hub prior to a cruise up the Norwegian coast w Hurtigruten. The cruise was great. No so the Hub. Limited options for dining, limited menus at those options, and loud, very loud pounding techno music during breakfast and dinner. Note there didn’t seem to be any options for lunch except maybe at the bar if someone would take notice of you. No room charges without considerable hassle; scan your room card to take an elevator from or to any and all floors (but only 1 elevator ever seemed to be working so it stopped at nearly every floor nearly every time); floor plans were a maze of twisting little corridors; you are assigned a time for breakfast and there aren’t any proper tables and chairs, just low sofas and small tables recycled from a cocktail lounge, and more of the loud oh so loud percussive music beating against your eardrums along w the clatter of dishes and people yelling to be heard over it. The apple strudel was excellent— If you could elbow your way through the videographers documenting every dish (had they never seen yogurt or scrambled eggs?) to reach it. The central location is a plus but no excuse for the hotel’s bizarre quirks.

The hotel is very centrally located (near the train station) and very convenient to wander around the city on foot etc. The hotel was modern and very clean with our room being on the 9th floor with a comfy bed and great shower etc (see pics). The breakfast area was massive and plenty of choice to suit all types/tastes but can feel very busy at times depending on when you go. We were definitely full and didn't want much lunch after eating their breakfasts! 😊👍 Views from the roof bar area are impressive at night or in the day. drink prices in the bar area weren't cheap but this is a city centre hotel in Oslo (so expected this!). Can't comment of price of hotel as this was taken as part of a package.