W.B. Samson - Grünerløkka

w.b. samson has a clear sense of what it's doing. that might sound like a low bar, but in a neighborhood as thoroughly caffeinated as grünerløkka, it actually means something. thorvald meyers gate draws a steady crowd of locals who know their options, and they keep coming back here. you don't wander into a place like this by accident when there are a dozen alternatives within a five-minute walk. the shop sits at number 27a, right in the middle of one of oslo's most coffee-literate stretches, and it holds its own without apology. no gimmicks, no overclaiming. just consistently good work done at a sensible address on a street that has become one of the better reasons to spend a slow morning in east oslo.