Sognsvann
Sognsvann is a 3.3 km circumference lake just north of Oslo, Norway. Lying just within the greenbelt around Oslo, the lake is a popular recreational area, used as a camping, picnicking and bathing destination for the residents of Oslo during the summer, as well as a cross-country skiing, skating and ice fishing destination in the winter.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Lake
- Description: lake in Norway
- Also known as: “Sagnsvann” and “Sognsvand”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Norwegian School of Sport Sciences and Sognsvann station.
Norwegian School of Sport Sciences
University
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.5.
The Norwegian School of Sport Sciences is a specialized university located at Sognsvann in Oslo, Norway. It has the national responsibility for education and research related within sport sciences.
Sognsvann station
Railway stop
Sognsvann is a rapid transit station of the Oslo Metro's Sognsvann Line. It is situated Kringsjå neighborhood of the Oslo, Norway, borough of Nordre Aker.
Kringsjå
Railway stop
Kringsjå is a rapid transit station of the Oslo Metro's Sognsvann Line. It is situated Kringsjå neighborhood of the Oslo, Norway, borough of Nordre Aker.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Fjellbirkeland studentby and North Oslo.
Fjellbirkeland studentby
Neighborhood
Photo: Vinguru, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Fjellbirkeland studentby is a neighborhood.
North Oslo
Photo: Alexander Nilssen, CC BY-SA 2.0.
North Oslo comprises the part of Oslo north of the third ring road and the eastbound railway. This district is home to a couple of fine museums and most importantly the wide forested hills, Nordmarka, with countless lakes, fine paths, ski trails, ski slopes and excellent panoramas.
Sognsvann
- Category: body of water
- Location: Oslo Municipality, Oslo, Oslo region, East Norway, Alvdal, Innlandet, Norway, Nordic countries, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Bulgarian to Ukrainian—“Sognsvann” goes by many names.
- Bulgarian: “Согнсван”
- Cebuano: “Sognsvann”
- Chinese: “松恩湖”
- Dutch: “Sognsvann”
- Egyptian Arabic: “بحيره سوجنسڤان”
- Esperanto: “Sognsvann”
- Esperanto: “Sognsvannet”
- French: “Sognsvann”
- German: “Sognsvann”
- Kurdish: “Sognsvann”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Sognsvann”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Sognsvann”
- Norwegian: “Sognsvann”
- Norwegian: “Sognsvatn”
- Slovenian: “Sognsvann”
- Spanish: “Sognsvann”
- Swedish: “Sognsvann”
- Turkish: “Sognsvann”
- Ukrainian: “Согнсванн”
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