FAQ

CAS will provide accommodation for visiting researchers as long as they do not reside in Oslo or the surrounding area. This applies to PIs and fellows for their residency, as well as affiliated researchers and guests for their visiting period.

Our Centre partners with Frogner House Apartments (FHA) to rent flats in the vicinity of CAS.

Affiliated researchers and guests staying for less than 10 days will be booked into hotels unless otherwise specified. The Centre partners with Clarion Collection Hotel Gabelshus and Scandic Solli.

CAS will make all the arrangements for accommodations. Each fellow will receive information about their flats by email at the end of the month prior to their arrival.

Accommodations for guests can only be booked through the PI.

Fellows should log in to the Centre’s intranet to submit information under ‘My Stay’.

Here, each fellow will get an overview of all stays currently planned at CAS. You can update, add, or delete any additional information about your stay.

Note that only the PI can make changes to the dates. This is because the recidency period is decided by the PI. If changes to the arrival and/or departure date occure, please email both the PI and CAS.

It is important that all fellows provide CAS with any and all necessary information so that we can provide a flat suited for their needs. 

Please, do not share any sensitive information with us in the online form. A simple "due to health reasons" will suffice as argumentation.

All flats are fully furnished, including everything the fellows need from tableware and cooking utensils to bedding, sheets, and towels. Cable TV and Wi-Fi are both included.

Cleaning services are not provided by CAS on an regular basis, but we will carry out an ‘end-of-tenancy cleaning’ after departure.

Smoking is strictly prohibited indoors in all flats.

For those who want to travel by car, please note that parking in Oslo is not covered by the Centre. The rate for renting a parking space can be expensive and the availability low, so we would reccommend another mode of transport if possible.

CAS provide flats with different addresses in Oslo, but they are all within walking distance of the Centre.

Fellows with any difficulty walking should let us know under ‘My Stay’ so that we can make sure the flat is located as close as possible to our address.

Please, do not share any sensitive information with us in the online form. A simple "due to health reasons" will suffice as argumentation.

Accommodations can only be provided during the academic year, from 15 August through 30 June. Accommodations for fellows will be covered out of the project's budget, and are only available during the researcher's stay at the Centre (from arrival to departure date).

You will receive more specific information regarding check-in closer to your arrival.

If fellows want to stay for a longer period before or after their research stay for leisure, CAS can extend the reservation of the accommodation, but the expense will have to be covered by the fellows themselves.

Rutines for chech-ins and outs depends on the address of the flat you've been assigned to.

Fellows will receive information about their flats by email at the end of the month prior to their arrival. Information regarding check-in and check-out rutines will also be provided here.

If you haven't yet received any information regarding you flat two week before arrival, please contact us.

Since not all flats are provided with mailboxes, you should avoid using the address of your accommodation as the postal address.

Fellows should instead list CAS' postal address as their own:

Your Name

c/o Senter for grunnforskning

Drammensveien 78

0271 Oslo

Norway 

To ensure that your mail will be delivered, it is important that you use the Norwegian name of the Centre as the c/o.

Fellows will receive FHA’s house rules as part of their information email. You are required to read, sign, and return the form to FHA.

Fellows will be held financially responsible for costs related to damage to the flat in cases of negligent or wilful behaviour.

In general, having a car in Oslo has become more and more difficult as there are limited public parking spaces. CAS does not offer parking opportunities. At certain addresses, FHA can provide parking for an additional cost. You can either pay yourself or contact your PIs to ask whether the cost could be covered by the group's budget. It must be approved by the PI beforehand. We will solicit parking spaces directly from FHA.

In cases of any special needs, temporary parking spaces can be arranged in The Academy’s courtyard during office hours and events. Parking is not possible overnight. Street parking is available close to The Academy’s premises, though very limited and with a charge.