Sentrum

A look around

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

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Where it sits

The circle is Sentrum 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.

• Aker Brygge & the harbour12 min walk973 m
• Mathallen food hall14 min walk1.1 km
• A floating sauna & fjord swim15 min walk1.3 km
• Grünerløkka17 min walk1.4 km
• Astrup Fearnley Museum18 min walk1.5 km
• Vigeland Sculpture Park9 min taxi2.9 km
• The Bygdøy museums10 min taxi3.5 km
• Holmenkollen ski jump21 min taxi7.1 km

On your doorstep

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

• 2.The Oslo Opera House — A dazzling white marble-and-glass opera that rises from the fjord like an iceberg — and whose sloping roof you can walk right up for a view over the water and the city. A masterpiece of modern architecture, free to roam outside; go at sunset, and catch a performance if you can.
• 3.The Munch Museum — A striking new waterfront tower devoted to Edvard Munch, Norway's tormented genius — floor after floor of his work, including a version of 'The Scream', with a top-floor bar and a knockout fjord view. The definitive collection of a giant of modern art; give it a couple of hours.
• 4.The National Museum — The vast new national gallery, the largest art museum in the Nordics — Norwegian landscapes, design and antiquities, and the original, most famous version of Munch's 'The Scream' in its own hushed room. A superb, sweeping half-day of art; the rooftop hall is a beauty.
• 8.Akershus Fortress — A medieval castle and fortress guarding the harbour since 1300 — ramparts and grassy bastions with grand views over the fjord and Aker Brygge, a royal mausoleum and a resistance museum within. Free to wander the grounds; the most historic corner of a very modern city.
• 9.The Royal Palace & Karl Johan — Stroll the grand boulevard of Karl Johans gate up to the neoclassical Royal Palace in its park, where a low-key changing of the guard takes place daily. The ceremonial spine of the city; the palace park is a lovely, relaxed green space right in the centre.