Grünerløkka

A look around

What you’ll be living next to. Swipe through.

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Where it sits

The circle is Grünerløkka and roughly a 10-minute walk around it.

How far is everything?

From the middle of this area to the city's headline sights — pick your own on the city page and these become your list.

• The Oslo Opera House21 min walk1.8 km
• The National Museum22 min walk1.9 km
• The Munch Museum23 min walk1.9 km
• Akershus Fortress26 min walk2.1 km
• Aker Brygge & the harbour27 min walk2.3 km
• Vigeland Sculpture Park10 min taxi3.3 km
• The Bygdøy museums14 min taxi4.6 km
• Holmenkollen ski jump20 min taxi6.8 km

On your doorstep

What you’re living next to if you stay here.

• 10.Grünerløkka — Oslo's coolest quarter — a grid of leafy streets full of vintage shops, third-wave cafés, microbreweries and buzzing bars around Olaf Ryes plass. The best place to eat, drink and feel the young city; spend an afternoon browsing, then stay out into the night.
• 13.Mathallen food hall — A lively indoor food hall in a converted foundry by the Akerselva — stalls and counters of Norwegian cheese, cured meats, seafood, coffee and craft beer, to graze and eat on the spot. The tastiest, most affordable way to eat well in pricey Oslo; the heart of foodie Grünerløkka.
• 14.The Akerselva river walk — The river that powered Oslo's industry now threads a green corridor right through the city — a walking and cycling path past waterfalls, old red-brick mills turned studios, street art and swimming holes. A lovely, free way to see the real, everyday Oslo from the centre up to Grünerløkka.
• 15.Norwegian food & a kanelbolle — Eat like a Norwegian — a fjord-fresh salmon or a shrimp smørbrød, brown cheese (brunost) on a waffle, and the sacred coffee-and-cinnamon-bun (kanelbolle) pause. Splurges aside, a bakery and a food-hall counter are the smart, delicious way to eat in an expensive city.