Bjerkebanen
Bjerkebanen, often simply called Bjerke, is a neighborhood in the Økern district of the Bjerke borough in northeastern Oslo, Norway. It lies in the Grorud Valley.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Suburb
- Description: neighborhood in Oslo, Norway
- Also known as: “Bjerke”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Tonsen Church and Løren Idrettspark.
Tonsen Church
Church
Photo: Chell Hill, CC BY 2.5.
Tonsen Church is a church in Oslo, Norway which was built in 1961. It is located at Årvoll in the borough of Bjerke. The church was constructed by the architects Georg Greve and Geir Grung.
Løren Idrettspark
Recreation area
Photo: Chell Hill, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Løren Idrettspark is a recreation area.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Årvoll and Disen.
Årvoll
Suburb
Årvoll is a residential community situated in the Bjerke district of Oslo, Norway. It was here that anti-Nazi activists Viggo Hansteen and Rolf Wickstrøm – the first two Norwegians to be executed by the Nazis during the five-year German occupation of Norway – lost their lives on 10 September 1941.
Disen
Suburb
Disen is a neighborhood divided between the boroughs of Bjerke and Nordre Aker in Oslo, Norway. Disen was originally a manor south of Grefsenåsen. The name stems from dís in Norse mythology.
Økern
Suburb
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Økern was a farm in the former municipality of Aker, Norway, and is currently a district in the borough of Bjerke in the city of Oslo. It includes the neighborhoods of Refstad, Risløkka, Brobekk, Nordre Hovin, Aker Sykehus, Bjerkebanen, and Økern Senter.
Bjerkebanen
- Categories: neighborhood and locality
- Location: Oslo Municipality, Oslo, Oslo region, East Norway, Alvdal, Innlandet, Norway, Nordic countries, Europe
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Latitude
59.94067° or 59° 56′ 26″ northLongitude
10.80873° or 10° 48′ 31″ eastElevation
164 metres (538 feet)Open location code
9FFGWRR5+7FOpenStreetMap ID
node 1126542250OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburb
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Norwegian Bokmål—“Bjerkebanen” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Bjerkebanen”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Bjerke”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Bjerkebanen”
- Norwegian: “Bjerke”
- Norwegian: “Bjerkebanen”
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