Majorstuen
Majorstuen or Majorstua is a particularly affluent neighbourhood in the Frogner borough in the inner part of Oslo, Norway. Majorstuen is known for its vibrant downtown and especially its shopping area.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Norwegian Academy of Music and The Tramway Museum.
Norwegian Academy of Music
University
The Norwegian Academy of Music is a university-level music conservatory located in Oslo, Norway, in the neighbourhood of Majorstuen, Frogner. It is the largest music academy in Norway and offers the country's highest level of music education.
The Tramway Museum
Museum
Photo: Mahlum, Public domain.
Oslo Tramway Museum (Norwegian: Sporveismuseet is a railway museum located at Majorstuen in Oslo, Norway. It is dedicated to the preservation of the Oslo Tramway, Oslo T-bane, Oslo trolleybus and buses used in Oslo.
Valkyrie plass station
Historic site
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Valkyrie plass was a metro station and a tram station on the Oslo Metro and the Oslo Tramway. The station was opened when the Holmenkollen Line was extended from Majorstuen to Nationaltheatret on 28 June 1928.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Marienlyst and Hegdehaugen.
Marienlyst
Suburb
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Marienlyst is an area in the borough of St. Hanshaugen in Oslo. It is best known as the site of the national headquarter of the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation, and "Marienlyst" is often used synonymously with NRK.
Hegdehaugen
Neighborhood
Hegdehaugen is a neighbourhood in the borough Frogner of Oslo, Norway. It is located in the West End between Homansbyen and Majorstuen. The name origins from the man's name Heide.
Fagerborg
Suburb
Fagerborg is a neighbourhood in the St. Hanshaugen borough in Oslo, Norway. Located at the northwestern end of the borough, it is bounded by Majorstua in Frogner in the west, by Marienlyst in the north, by Adamstuen and Bolteløkka in the east, and by Bislett in the south.
Majorstuen
- Type: Suburb
- Description: borough in Oslo, Norway
- Categories: neighborhood and locality
- Location: Oslo Municipality, Oslo, Oslo region, East Norway, Alvdal, Innlandet, Norway, Nordic countries, Europe
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Latitude
59.92927° or 59° 55′ 45″ northLongitude
10.71557° or 10° 42′ 56″ eastElevation
58 metres (190 feet)Open location code
9FFGWPH8+P6OpenStreetMap ID
node 365922621OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburb
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In Other Languages
From Danish to Swedish—“Majorstuen” goes by many names.
- Danish: “Majorstuen”
- Dutch: “Majorstuen”
- German: “Majorstuen”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Majorstua”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Majorstuen”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Majorstova”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Majorstua”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Majorstuen”
- Norwegian: “Majorstua”
- Norwegian: “Majorstuen”
- Spanish: “Majorstuen”
- Swedish: “Majorstuen”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Majorstuen”. Photo: Bep, CC BY 2.5.