Grini detention camp
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.Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
- Opening hours:
Thursday: 2:00 PM—6:00 PM
Sunday: 11:00 AM—4:00 PM - Type: Museum
- Description: Nazi prison camp in Bærum, Norway
- Also known as: “Grini museum”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Ila Detention and Security Prison and Stubberud skogpark.
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. Ila Detention and Security Prison is situated 240 metres southwest of Grini detention camp.
Stubberud skogpark
Nature reserve
Photo: Far min, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Stubberud skogpark is a nature reserve.
Øvrevoll Galoppbane
Stadium
Photo: Anders Beer Wilse, Public domain.
Øvrevoll Galoppbane is the only gallop racecourse in Norway. It is located at Øvrevoll between Østerås, Jar and Eiksmarka in Bærum. It has both a turf track and an all-weather track. Øvrevoll Galoppbane is situated 3 km southeast of Grini detention camp.
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 3½ km east of Grini detention camp.
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 4 km east of Grini detention camp.
Grini detention camp
- Categories: prisoner-of-war camp, internment camp, tourism, and tourist attraction
- Location: Bærum, Akershus, Norway, Nordic countries, Europe
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Latitude
59.95579° or 59° 57′ 21″ northLongitude
10.5847° or 10° 35′ 5″ eastOperator
Museene i AkershusOpen location code
9FFGXH4M+8VOpenStreetMap ID
node 5446566958OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=museumWikidata ID
Q637411
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In Other Languages
From Armenian to Uzbek—“Grini detention camp” goes by many names.
- Armenian: “Գրինի”
- Catalan: “Grini”
- Chinese: “格利尼集中營”
- Chinese: “格里尼拘留營”
- Chinese: “格里尼拘留营”
- Danish: “Grini”
- Dutch: “Grini”
- Finnish: “Grini”
- French: “Grini”
- German: “Polizeihäftlingslager Grini”
- Hebrew: “מחנה המעצר גריני”
- Italian: “Campo di prigionia di Grini”
- Italian: “Grini”
- Japanese: “グリニ強制収容所”
- Japanese: “グリニ警察刑務収容所”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Grini fangeleir”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Polizeihäftlingslager Grini”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Grini fangeleir”
- Norwegian: “Grini fangeleir”
- Portuguese: “Grini”
- Russian: “Грини”
- Spanish: “Grini”
- Swedish: “Grini”
- Uzbek: “Grini konslageri”
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