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Neighborhood in the city of Trondheim, Norway

Byåsen

Byåsen is a large neighborhood area in the city of Trondheim in Trøndelag county, Norway.

Byåsen
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The place

Byåsen is a large neighborhood area in the city of Trondheim in Trøndelag county, Norway. It constitutes a large part of the city in the borough of Midtbyen in Trondheim Municipality. It encompasses a number of areas southwest of the main city centre. This includes all areas on the west side of the river Nidelva and north of Granåsen. This is mainly a residential area, with 32,136 residents as of 1 January 2003. Gråkallbanen tram line connects Byåsen to the city centre along with a number of bus routes as well as night time services by bus and tram in the weekends.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Byåsen

10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

  1. 01
    Nidaros Cathedral

    Nidaros Cathedral is a Church of Norway cathedral located in the city of Trondheim in Trøndelag county. It is built over the burial site of King Olav II (c.

    4.1 km · cathedral in Trondheim, Norway · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    Norwegian University of Science and Technology

    The Norwegian University of Science and Technology is a public research university in Norway and the largest in terms of enrollment. The university's headquarters is located in Trondheim, with regional campuses in Gjøvik and Ålesund.

    3.7 km · university in Trondheim, Norway · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    Lerkendal Stadion

    The Lerkendal Stadion is an all-seater association football stadium located at Lerkendal in Trondheim, Norway. The home ground of the Eliteserien side Rosenborg BK, it has a capacity for 21,405 spectators, making it the second-largest football stadium in the country.

    3.3 km · association football stadium in Trondheim, Norway · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    Diocese of Nidaros

    Nidaros is a diocese in the Lutheran Church of Norway. It covers Trøndelag county in Central Norway and its cathedral city is Trondheim, which houses the well-known Nidaros Cathedral.

    4.1 km · lutheran diocese of the Church of Norway · Wikipedia
  5. 05
    Tyholttårnet

    Tyholttårnet is a 124-metre tall radio tower with an observation deck in Trondheim, Norway. It was completed in 1985.

    5 km · radio tower in Trondheim, Norway · Wikipedia
  6. 06
    Haltdalen Stave Church

    Haltdalen Stave Church is a stave church that was originally built in the 1170s in the village of Haltdalen in what is now Holtålen Municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. The church is now on display at the Sverresborg Trøndelag Folkemuseum in the city of Trondheim.

    2.4 km · historic church in Trondheim, Norway · Wikipedia
  7. 07
    Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Nidaros

    The Archdiocese of Nidaros was the metropolitan see covering Norway in the later Middle Ages. The see was the Nidaros Cathedral, in the city of Nidaros.

    4.1 km · 1153-1537 lost archdiocese of the Roman Catholic Church · Wikipedia
  8. 08
    Stiftsgården

    Stiftsgården is the royal residence in Trondheim, Norway. It is centrally situated on the city’s most important thoroughfare, Munkegaten.

    4.5 km · royal palace in Trondheim, Norway · Wikipedia
  9. 09
    Trondheim Synagogue

    The Trondheim Synagogue is a Jewish congregation and synagogue, located at Arkitekt Christies gate 1B, in Trondheim, Norway. Established as a congregation in June 1892, the present synagogue has served the Jewish community since its inauguration on October 13, 1925.

    4 km · building in Trondheim, Trøndelag, Norway · Wikipedia
  10. 10
    Kristiansten Fortress

    Kristiansten Fortress is located on a hill east of the city of Trondheim which is located within Trondheim Municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway, named after Christian V of Denmark-Norway. It was built after the city fire of Trondheim in 1681 to protect the city against attack from the east.

    4.6 km · fortress in Trondheim, Norway · Wikipedia

Ranked by the number of language editions of Wikipedia with an article on each, from Wikidata; the sentences are the openings of those articles, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Go there

Getting to Byåsen

Airports
Trondheim, Værnes (TRD), 29 km · Ålesund (AES), 233 km · Scandinavian Mountains (SCR), 279 km
Stations
Trondheim Central Station, 5.1 km · Selsbakk station, 1.6 km · Heimdal station, 5.1 km · Leangen station, 7.3 km · Lilleby railway halt, 5.8 km
  • Ålesund → Byåsen
    236 km · quickest by air, 3h 52m · kr1,490–2,310
  • Oslo (Gardermoen) → Byåsen
    Train, bus, flight, ferry and road, side by side
  • Bergen → Byåsen
    426 km · quickest by air, 4h 16m · kr1,530–2,370
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Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.

Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Byåsen

Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Byåsen. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

What Wikivoyage says about moving around
  • Get inThere are also flights from many destinations in the Mediterranean and the Canary Islands, both charter and regular.
  • Get inMany offer fixed price to Trondheim in shared or chartered taxi.
  • Get inOlav Waterway from Turku via the Archipelago Sea and Åland – partly by ferry or own vessel – connects to the established leg from Hudiksvall in Sweden.
  • Go nextTo avoid short runs, it may be wise to get a bus or train to Stjørdal (close to the airport), then hitch on the E6 or E14 depending on where you want to go.

From Wikivoyage: Trondheim, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.

The nearest places where the work is done
  1. 01
    LofotenNO

    7 ways of moving, 12 sources

    571 km
  2. 02
    Åland (Mariehamn and Fasta Åland)FI

    12 ways of moving, 21 sources

    623 km
  3. 03
    Kumlinge and the Åland archipelagoFI

    11 ways of moving, 40 sources

    648 km
  4. 04
    Iniö and the Turku archipelago ring roadFI

    9 ways of moving, 30 sources

    666 km
  5. 05
    Yell, Unst and the North IslesGB

    9 ways of moving, 13 sources

    673 km

If you know how people move in Byåsen – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.

Around it

Next door to Byåsen

  • Trondheimcity in Trøndelag, Norway5.5 km
  • Trollasettlement in Trondheim Municipality, Norway6.4 km
  • Heimdalborough in Trondheim, Norway5.1 km
  • Ringvålsettlement in Trondheim Municipality, Norway6.4 km
  • Midtbyenborough in Trondheim, Norway4.2 km
  • Østbyenborough of Trondheim, Norway5.5 km