--- title: "Elgeseter – what is there, and how you get there | Mixroutes" description: "Elgeseter, Norway: Elgeseter is a neighborhood in the city of Trondheim in Trøndelag county, Norway. Nearby: Nidaros Cathedral, Norwegian University of…" url: "https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/elgeseter" markdown: "https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/elgeseter.md" image: "https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/972._Trondhjem%2C_Panorama_III_panorama_-_no-nb_digifoto_20160115_00008_bldsa_AL0972_P_III.jpg/1920px-972._Trondhjem%2C_Panorama_III_panorama_-_no-nb_digifoto_20160115_00008_bldsa_AL0972_P_III.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail" --- Neighborhood in the city of Trondheim, Norway # Elgeseter Elgeseter is a neighborhood in the city of Trondheim in Trøndelag county, Norway. ![Elgeseter](https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/972._Trondhjem%2C_Panorama_III_panorama_-_no-nb_digifoto_20160115_00008_bldsa_AL0972_P_III.jpg/1920px-972._Trondhjem%2C_Panorama_III_panorama_-_no-nb_digifoto_20160115_00008_bldsa_AL0972_P_III.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) Elgeseter · Axel Lindahl The place Elgeseter is a neighborhood in the city of Trondheim in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located in the western part of the borough of Lerkendal in Trondheim Municipality. It is south and east of the river Nidelva, south of the neighborhoods of Midtbyen and Øya, west of Singsaker and north of Nardo. The name comes from Helgeseter, the name of Helgeseter Priory, an Augustinian abbey located at Elgeseter during the Middle Ages. Adapted from [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elgeseter), CC BY-SA 4.0. What is there ## Worth seeing in and around Elgeseter 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. 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. 700 m · cathedral in Trondheim, Norway · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nidaros_Cathedral) 2. 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. 500 m · university in Trondheim, Norway · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norwegian_University_of_Science_and_Technology) 3. 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. 1.1 km · association football stadium in Trondheim, Norway · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lerkendal_Stadion) 4. 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. 700 m · lutheran diocese of the Church of Norway · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diocese_of_Nidaros) 5. Tyholttårnet Tyholttårnet is a 124-metre tall radio tower with an observation deck in Trondheim, Norway. It was completed in 1985. 1.9 km · radio tower in Trondheim, Norway · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tyholtt%C3%A5rnet) 6. 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. 1.9 km · historic church in Trondheim, Norway · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haltdalen_Stave_Church) 7. 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. 700 m · 1153-1537 lost archdiocese of the Roman Catholic Church · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Catholic_Archdiocese_of_Nidaros) 8. 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. 600 m · building in Trondheim, Trøndelag, Norway · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trondheim_Synagogue) 9. Stiftsgården Stiftsgården is the royal residence in Trondheim, Norway. It is centrally situated on the city’s most important thoroughfare, Munkegaten. 1.2 km · royal palace in Trondheim, Norway · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stiftsg%C3%A5rden) 10. Ringve Museum Ringve Museum is Norway's national museum for music and musical instruments, with collections from all over the world. 4.3 km · music museum in Trondheim, Norway · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ringve_Museum) 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 Elgeseter **Airports:** Trondheim, Værnes (TRD), 27 km · Ålesund (AES), 236 km · Scandinavian Mountains (SCR), 281 km\ **Stations:** Trondheim Central Station, 1.7 km · Selsbakk station, 3.3 km · Heimdal station, 8 km · Lilleby railway halt, 2.2 km · Marienborg Station, 600 m\ - Ålesund → Elgeseter 239 km · quickest by air, 3h 48m · kr1,450–2,260 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/alesund-to-elgeseter) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=%C3%85lesund&to=Elgeseter) - Oslo (Gardermoen) → Elgeseter Train, bus, flight, ferry and road, side by side [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/oslo-gardermoen-to-elgeseter) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Oslo+%28Gardermoen%29&to=Elgeseter) - Bergen → Elgeseter 429 km · quickest by air, 4h 12m · kr1,500–2,320 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/bergen-to-elgeseter) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Bergen&to=Elgeseter) - From anywhere The planner compares every way there from wherever you are. [Plan a trip](https://www.mixroutes.com/?to=Elgeseter) 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 Elgeseter 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 Elgeseter. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more. What Wikivoyage says about moving around - Get in There are also flights from many destinations in the Mediterranean and the Canary Islands, both charter and regular. - Get in Many offer fixed price to Trondheim in shared or chartered taxi. - Get in Olav 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 next To 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](https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/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. [Lofoten](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/lofoten) NO 7 ways of moving, 12 sources 568 km 2. [Åland (Mariehamn and Fasta Åland)](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/aland) FI 12 ways of moving, 21 sources 622 km 3. [Kumlinge and the Åland archipelago](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/kumlinge) FI 11 ways of moving, 40 sources 647 km 4. [Iniö and the Turku archipelago ring road](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/inio) FI 9 ways of moving, 30 sources 665 km 5. [Yell, Unst and the North Isles](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/yell) GB 9 ways of moving, 13 sources 676 km If you know how people move in Elgeseter – the stand, the rule, the fare – [tell us](https://www.mixroutes.com/report?key=blog%7Celgeseter&title=Elgeseter&sub=Field+notes&back=%2Fnotes%2Felgeseter), and the note gets an entry. Around it ## Next door to Elgeseter - [Trondheim](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/trondheim) city in Trøndelag, Norway 2.1 km - [Trolla](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/trolla) settlement in Trondheim Municipality, Norway 5.3 km - [Heimdal](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/heimdal) borough in Trondheim, Norway 7.9 km - [Ringvål](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/ringval) settlement in Trondheim Municipality, Norway 9.9 km - [Midtbyen](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/midtbyen) borough in Trondheim, Norway 900 m - [Bratsberg](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/bratsberg) settlement in Trondheim Municipality, Norway 9.2 km [The place page for Elgeseter](https://www.mixroutes.com/places/elgeseter) [All the notes](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes) [Every note on Norway](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes#c-NO) --- This is the markdown version of https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/elgeseter, for search crawlers and AI assistants. The HTML page is the canonical copy. 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