Bakken
Bakken is a farm in Bærum, Akershus. Bakken is situated nearby to the hamlet Lathus nordre, as well as near the locality Øvre Ila.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Grini detention camp and Ila Detention and Security Prison.
Grini detention camp
Museum
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Grini prison camp was a Nazi concentration camp in Bærum, Norway, which operated between 1941 and May 1945. Ila Detention and Security Prison is now located here.
Ila Detention and Security Prison
Prison
Photo: Kjetil r, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Ila prison and detention center is a high security prison in Ila in Bærum municipality in Akershus county, outside the capital city of Oslo in Norway. It is the national preventive detention facility for men in Norway, i.e. the prison for men serving preventive detention, Norway's maximum penalty.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Østerås and Røa.
Østerås
Village
Photo: Punkmorten, Public domain.
Østerås is a village in Akershus, Norway. Østerås the west end station of the Oslo Metro line 2, which is also known as the Østerås metro line.
Røa
Suburb
Røa is a neighbourhood and a former administrative borough of the city of Oslo, Norway. In 2004 the borough of Røa was merged with neighbouring Vinderen to become Vestre Aker borough. Røa is situated 2½ km southeast of Bakken.
Hovseter
Suburb
Hovseter is a neighbourhood of Oslo, Norway, that comes under Vestre Aker kommune and lies between Røa and Holmen. Hovseter was originally a place under Hoff farm. Hovseter is situated 3 km east of Bakken.
Bakken
- Type: Farm
- Categories: residential area, historic site, locality, and agriculture
- Location: Bærum, Akershus, Norway, Nordic countries, Europe
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Latitude
59.9589° or 59° 57′ 32″ northLongitude
10.60373° or 10° 36′ 13″ eastElevation
178 metres (584 feet)Open location code
9FFGXJ53+HFOpenStreetMap ID
way 89700136OpenStreetMap feature
historic=croftOpenStreetMap feature
landuse=residentialOpenStreetMap feature
place=farmGeoNames ID
9441845
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In Other Languages
“Bakken” goes by many names.
- Norwegian: “Bakken”
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