Snarøya
Snarøya is a populated peninsula in the inner Oslofjord in Norway. It belongs to Bærum municipality in Akershus county. It is located south of the districts Lysaker, Lagåsen and Fornebu, and has 2,940 inhabitants.Photo: JanFredrikB, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Snarøya Church and Oslo Airport.
Oslo Airport
Historic site
Photo: Anders Beer Wilse, Public domain.
Oslo Airport, Fornebu was the primary international airport serving Oslo and Eastern Norway from 1 June 1939 to 7 October 1998. It was then replaced by Oslo Airport, Gardermoen, and the area has since been redeveloped.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Fornebu and Oksenøen.
Fornebu
Suburb
Photo: Wilhelm Joys Andersen, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Fornebu is a peninsular area in the suburban municipality of Bærum in Norway, bordering western parts of Oslo. Oslo Airport, Fornebu served as the main airport for Oslo and the country since before World War II and until the evening of October 7, 1998, when it was closed down.
Oksenøen
Locality
Photo: Bjoertvedt, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Oksenøen, also spelled Oxenøen and Oksenøyen, and sometimes referred to as Oksenøen Bruk, is an office complex on the peninsula of Fornebu in Bærum Municipality, Norway.
Høvik
Suburb
Photo: Alexander Ottesen, CC BY 2.0.
Høvik is a suburban area in the municipality of Bærum, Akershus, Norway, within the Oslo metropolitan area. Primarily a residential area, its population was 4,311 in 2005. Høvik is situated 2½ km northwest of Snarøya.
Snarøya
- Type: Suburb
- Description: populated peninsula in the inner Oslofjord
- Categories: human settlement, peninsula, and locality
- Location: Bærum, Akershus, Norway, Nordic countries, Europe
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Latitude
59.8803° or 59° 52′ 49″ northLongitude
10.60774° or 10° 36′ 28″ eastOpen location code
9FFGVJJ5+43OpenStreetMap ID
node 128703406OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburbWikidata ID
Q1117949
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Snarøya” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Snarøya”
- Danish: “Snarøya”
- Dutch: “Snarøya”
- French: “Snarøya”
- German: “Snarøya”
- Indonesian: “Snarøya”
- Irish: “Snarøya”
- Italian: “Snarøya”
- Javanese: “Snarøya”
- Malay: “Snarøya”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Snarøen”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Snarøya”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Snarøya”
- Norwegian: “Snarøya”
- Portuguese: “Snarøya”
- Swedish: “Snarøya”
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