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Borough in Norway

Sentrum

Sentrum, meaning city-centre, is located on the southeast side of Oslo near the inner Oslofjord.

Plan a trip to Sentrum→From Sandefjord(Torp)
Get in

Getting to Sentrum

Sentrum, or downtown, is easy to get to.

  1. 01
    Nationaltheatret Station

    Ruseløkkveien 1 (entrance from the square by Nationaltheatret, from Ruseløkkveien and Henrik Ibsens gate (along the Palace Park); the train station is under ground, below the metro (T-bane) station).

  2. 02
    Oslo Bus Terminal
Do

Things to do

For more to do in a larger area of Oslo, see also the do sections of the Oslo/Inner East, Oslo/Inner North, Oslo/North or the Oslo/West article.

Eat

Where to eat

  1. 01
    Prince Lunch Bar

    Kirkegate 20 (close to the department store Steen & Strøm).

  2. 02
    Rådhuset Canteen

    The canteen is open to the public, and offers good, sumptuous meals at even lower prices than the student canteens.

  3. 03
    Dovrehallen

    Old-school beer hall serving delicious meat and potato dishes, with a rotating daily dish.

  4. 04
    Engebret Cafè

    A restaurant where Ibsen, Bjørnson, Grieg and Munch all had regular tables.

  5. 05
    Fiskeriet

    Youngstorget 2b (At the Youngstorget (Square)),.

How locals move

Getting around Sentrum the local way

  • Get inThe train station is linked to the airport via free shuttle buses that takes 8 min Several small Polish minibuses serve flights to and from Poland.
  • Get inOslo is connected to Denmark and Germany by car ferry.
  • Get inYou may also want to consider Color Lines high-speed boats from Larvik (2 hours south of Oslo on E18, or easily reachable by hourly Vy train) or Kristiansand (4½ hours south of Oslo on E18, or reachable on five daily trains or near-hourly buses) to Hirtshals (Denmark).
  • Get inThe train station in Kristiansand is close to the ferry quay, while in Larvik the quay has been moved to a location which is a bit of a trek from the station.
  • Get inBe aware of passenger ferries and container ships approaching and leaving the inner harbour and the Filipstad and Sjursøya terminals.
  • Get aroundOslo has a comprehensive public transport network, consisting of trains, metro, trams, buses and ferries.
  • Get aroundPaper tickets can only be purchased on buses and ferries.
  • Get aroundAll fares are valid across all modes, including trains, metro, trams, buses and ferries.

From Wikivoyage: Oslo, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us. Last edited 2026-09.

Text adapted from Wikipedia and Wikivoyage, CC BY-SA 4.0. Photograph: Dietmar Rabich (see Commons), Wikimedia Commons.