Bjørvika
Bjørvika is a neighborhood in the Sentrum borough of Oslo, Norway. The area is an inlet in the inner Oslofjord, situated between Gamlebyen and Akershus Fortress.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Suburb
- Description: neighborhood in Oslo, Norway
- Also known as: “Bispevika” and “Bjørvigen”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Oslo Opera House and Munch Museum.
Oslo Opera House
Theater building
Photo: Krakers, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Oslo Opera House is the home of the Norwegian National Opera and Ballet, and the national opera house in Norway. The building is situated in the Bjørvika neighbourhood of central Oslo, at the head of the Oslofjord.
Munch Museum
Museum
Photo: Annikdance, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Munch Museum, marketed as Munch since 2020, is an art museum in Bjørvika, Oslo, Norway, dedicated to the life and works of the Norwegian artist Edvard Munch.
Oslo Central Station
Railway station
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Oslo Central Station is the main railway station in Oslo, and the largest railway station within the entire Norwegian railway system. It connects with Jernbanetorget station, which is served by trams and the Oslo Metro.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Barcode Project and Vaterland.
Barcode Project
Neighborhood
Photo: Helge Høifødt, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Barcode Project is a section of the Bjørvika portion of the Fjord City redevelopment on former dock and industrial land in central Oslo. It consists of a row of new multi-purpose high-rise buildings, that was completed in 2016.
Vaterland
Quarter
Vaterland is a neighborhood in Oslo, Norway. It is located north of the tracks at Oslo Central Station, between Jernbanetorget, Storgata and Akerselva river.
Grønland
Suburb
Grønland is a neighbourhood in central Oslo, Norway. It is served by several tram and bus lines, as well as the Oslo Metro at the Grønland Station. The neighborhood, along with neighboring Tøyen, is considered to be very ethnically diverse and is home to a large population of immigrants.
Bjørvika
- Categories: neighborhood and locality
- Location: Oslo, Oslo region, East Norway, Alvdal, Innlandet, Norway, Nordic countries, Europe
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Latitude
59.90838° or 59° 54′ 30″ northLongitude
10.75455° or 10° 45′ 16″ eastElevation
9 metres (30 feet)Open location code
9FFGWQ53+9ROpenStreetMap ID
node 8071120190OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburb
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Swedish—“Bjørvika” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Bispevika”
- Catalan: “Bjørvigen”
- Catalan: “Bjørvika”
- Chinese: “比約維卡”
- Czech: “Bjørvika”
- Danish: “Bjørvika”
- Dutch: “Bispevika”
- Dutch: “Bjørvigen”
- Dutch: “Bjorvika”
- Dutch: “Bjørvika”
- Finnish: “Bispevika”
- Finnish: “Bjørvigen”
- Finnish: “Bjørvika”
- French: “Bispevika”
- French: “Bjørvigen”
- French: “Bjørvika”
- German: “Bispevika”
- German: “Bjørvigen”
- German: “Bjørvika”
- Hebrew: “ביורביקה”
- Hindi: “ब्योर्विका”
- Irish: “Bispevika”
- Irish: “Bjørvigen”
- Irish: “Bjørvika”
- Japanese: “ビョルヴィカ”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Bispevika”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Bjørvigen”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Bjørvika”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Bispevika”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Bjørvigen”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Bjørvika”
- Norwegian: “Bjørvika”
- Papiamento: “Bispevika”
- Papiamento: “Bjørvigen”
- Papiamento: “Bjørvika”
- Persian: “بیورویکا”
- Polish: “Bispevika”
- Polish: “Bjørvigen”
- Polish: “Bjørvika”
- Pushto: “بيورويکا”
- Russian: “Бьёрвика”
- Spanish: “Bispevika”
- Spanish: “Bjørvigen”
- Spanish: “Bjørvika”
- Swedish: “Bispevika”
- Swedish: “Bjørvigen”
- Swedish: “Bjørvika”
- “Bjørvika”
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