Name: Sommerro
Address: Oslo, NO
Price range: From $405

Sommerro, OsloSommerro in Oslo, Norway has a corrected score of 3.3 ± 0.6 (thin evidence, no platform scores), ranked 45 of 111 hotels we score in Oslo. Its platform ratings, normalised to 0-5, average 4.5 before correction. Rooms from about $405 a night (cached, not a live quote).Sommerro is an Art Deco hotel in Oslo's Frogner district, near Solli Plass and surrounded by 19th-century buildings. It has around 240 rooms, seven restaurants and bars, including an all-day brasserie with live jazz each evening, plus a year-round rooftop pool, fitness centre, terrace, small cinema and a 100-seat gilded theatre. The pool and rooftop outlet operate all year, which is unusual for the city. Guests who care about design, dining and swimming will get most from it, and families are welcome. Rooms start at about $405 a night, so it is a considerable outlay, and the airport transfer takes around 45 minutes by car. Slottsparken and Nationaltheatret station are both close by.What stands out

Art Deco design throughout

Year-round rooftop pool and sauna

Seven restaurants and bars

Cinema and gilded theatre on site

Watch out for

Expensive, from about $405 a night

Airport transfer takes around 45 minutes

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