Hovedøya
Hovedøya is one of several small islands off the coast of Oslo, Norway in the Oslofjord. The island is quite small, no more than 800 metres across in any direction, the total area is 0.4 square kilometre.Photo: Toresetre, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Islet
- Description: island
- Also known as: “Hovedöen”, “Hovedöy”, and “Hovedøy”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Haraløkka and Bøler samfunnshus.
Bøler samfunnshus
Community center
Photo: Kjetil r, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Bøler samfunnshus is a community center.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bøler and Bogerud.
Bøler
Suburb
Photo: Kjetil r, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Bøler is a south-eastern suburb of Oslo, Norway. It is one of the more picturesque areas of Oslo. Østmarka forest and lake Nøklevann are in its immediate vicinity.
Bogerud
Suburb
Bogerud is a neighbourhood in Oslo, Norway. It is located southeast of the lake Østensjøvannet. The area belonging to the ancient Bogerud farm was developed from the early 1960s. Bogerud is served by the Bogerud station of the Østensjø Line on the Oslo Metro.
Sarabråten
Locality
Photo: Kjetil r, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Sarabråten is an area near the lake Nøklevann in Østmarka, Oslo, Norway. Now a recreational area, it was owned by Thomas Johannessen Heftye and his descendants from 1856 to 1911, and after that by Oslo municipality.
Hovedøya
- Categories: island, forest, locality, and landform
- Location: Oslo Municipality, Oslo, Oslo region, East Norway, Alvdal, Innlandet, Norway, Nordic countries, Europe
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Latitude
59.87707° or 59° 52′ 38″ northLongitude
10.86741° or 10° 52′ 3″ eastOpen location code
9FFGVVG8+RXOpenStreetMap ID
way 89342658OpenStreetMap feature
natural=woodOpenStreetMap feature
place=islet
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Satellite Map
Discover Hovedøya from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Armenian to Turkish—“Hovedøya” goes by many names.
- Armenian: “Հովեդյոյա”
- Catalan: “Hovedøya”
- Cebuano: “Hovedøya”
- Danish: “Hovedøya”
- Dutch: “Hovedøya”
- French: “Hovedøya”
- German: “Hovedøya”
- Japanese: “Hovedøya島”
- Japanese: “ホーヴェデーヤ”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Hovedøya”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Hovedøya”
- Norwegian: “Hovedøya”
- Polish: “Hovedoya”
- Polish: “Hovedøya”
- Russian: “Ховедёйа”
- Swedish: “Hovedøya”
- Turkish: “Hovedøya”
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