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Gamle Oslo

Gamle Oslo is a borough of the city of Oslo, Norway.

Gamle Oslo
Gamle Oslo · Leonhard Lenz (CC0)
The place

Gamle Oslo is a borough of the city of Oslo, Norway. The name means "Old Oslo", and the district contains Old Town.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Gamle Oslo

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
    Oslo Opera House

    The Oslo Opera House is the home of the Norwegian National Opera and Ballet, and the national opera house in Norway. The building is situated in the Bjørvika neighbourhood of central Oslo, at the head of the Oslofjord.

    1.7 km · opera house in Oslo, Norway · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    Munch Museum

    Munch Museum, marketed as MUNCH since 2020, is an art museum in Bjørvika, Oslo, Norway, dedicated to the life and works of the Norwegian artist Edvard Munch. The Munch Museum exhibits the full breadth of Edvard Munch’s works, along with contemporary art exhibitions.

    1.7 km · art museum in Oslo, Norway · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    Oslo Cathedral

    Oslo Cathedral — formerly Our Savior's Church — is the main church for the Church of Norway Diocese of Oslo, as well as the parish church for downtown Oslo. The present building dates from 1694 to 1697.

    1.9 km · cathedral in Oslo, Norway · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    Bislett Stadion

    Bislett Stadium is a sports stadium in Oslo, Norway. Bislett is Norway's most well known sports arena internationally, with 15 speed skating world records and more than 50 track and field world records having been set here.

    3 km · stadium at Oslo, Norway · Wikipedia
  5. 05
    National Library of Norway

    The National Library of Norway was established in 1989. Its principal task is "to preserve the past for the future".

    3.6 km · Norwegian national library · Wikipedia
  6. 06
    Oslo City Hall

    Oslo City Hall is a municipal building in Oslo, the capital of Norway. It houses the city council, the city's administration and various other municipal organisations.

    2.7 km · city hall in Norway · Wikipedia
  7. 07
    National Theatre Oslo

    The National Theatre in Oslo is one of Norway's largest and most prominent venues for performance of dramatic arts.

    2.7 km · theatre in Oslo, Norway · Wikipedia
  8. 08
    National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design

    The National Museum is a museum in Oslo, Norway which holds the Norwegian state's public collection of art, architecture, and design objects. The collection totals over 400,000 works, amongst them the first copy of Edvard Munch's The Scream from 1893.

    2.9 km · National Museum in Oslo · Wikipedia
  9. 09
    Nobel Peace Center

    The Nobel Peace Center in Oslo, Norway, is a showcase for the Nobel Peace Prize and the ideals it represents. The center is also an arena where culture and politics merge to promote involvement, debate and reflection around topics such as war, peace and conflict resolution.

    2.9 km · museum in Oslo, Norway · Wikipedia
  10. 10
    National Gallery of Norway

    The National Gallery is a gallery in Oslo, Norway. Since 2003 it is administratively a part of the National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design.

    2.5 km · in Oslo, Norway, since 2003 administratively a part of the National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design · Wikipedia

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Getting to Gamle Oslo

Airports
Oslo-Gardermoen (OSL), 36 km · Sandefjord, Torp (TRF), 86 km · Scandinavian Mountains (SCR), 179 km
Stations
Oslo Central Station, 1.7 km · Tøyen, 400 m · Grefsen Station, 2.9 km · Nationaltheatret railway halt, 2.7 km
  • Sandefjord(Torp) → Gamle Oslo
    84 km · quickest by road, 2h 21m · kr140–185
  • Kristiansand(Kjevik) → Gamle Oslo
    242 km · quickest by road, 5h 40m · kr375–500
  • Bergen → Gamle Oslo
    304 km · quickest by air, 5h 42m · kr1,500–2,300
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Gamle Oslo

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 Gamle Oslo. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

What Wikivoyage says about moving around
  • Get in| phone | hours | wikipedia Q7933503 | content=Car ferries: DFDS runs daily services to Copenhagen and Stena Line provides service to Frederikshavn (Both in Denmark).
  • Get in}} See also the Color Line ferry to Kiel, Germany The cruise ports in Oslo are on four different Sentrum piers, from west to east: Filipstad (330 m (LOA), 8,5 m draft), west of Aker Bryyge; Søndre Akershuskai (345 m (LOA), 10,3 m draft), the main pier by Akershus Fortress; Vippetangkaia (249 m (LOA), 7,3 m draft), south of Akershus Fortress; Revierkaia (294 m (LOA), 8,3 m draft), south of the Opera House.
  • Get around- panoramio.jpg | content=A relaxing break from the busy city: There are many boats and ferries that can take you to the idyllic, small islands of the archipelago in the inner Oslofjord.
  • Get aroundTo the museums at the Bygdøy peninsula is a separate all year ferry .
  • Get aroundThroughout the year the Oslofjord can be crossed by ferry B10 to Nesodden.

From Wikivoyage: Oslo/Sentrum, 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
    Helsingborg and the Öresund crossingSE

    6 ways of moving, 13 sources

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

    12 ways of moving, 21 sources

    509 km
  3. 03
    Kumlinge and the Åland archipelagoFI

    11 ways of moving, 40 sources

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

    9 ways of moving, 30 sources

    589 km
  5. 05618 km

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Around it

Next door to Gamle Oslo

Gamle Oslo is 2 km from Oslo, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.