Geitholmen
Geitholmen is a nature reserve in Bærum, Akershus. Geitholmen is situated nearby to the quarter Halden, as well as near Strømstangen.Photo: Far min, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Oslo Airport and Viking Ship Museum.
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.
Viking Ship Museum
Museum
Photo: Peulle, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Viking Ship Museum is located on the Bygdøy peninsula in Oslo, Norway. It is temporarily closed from September 2021 until 2027. It is part of the Museum of Cultural History of the University of Oslo, and houses three Viking era burial ships that were found as part of archaeological finds from Tune, Gokstad, Oseberg and the Borre mound cemetery.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include West Oslo and Sandvika.
West Oslo
Photo: Dan Lundberg, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Western Oslo comprises Oslo west of Ring 1, southwest of Highway 168 and south of Ring 3. In addition the article contains the western suburbs of Oslo that are administratively part of Akershus county.
Sandvika
Photo: Leifern, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Sandvika is the administrative center of the municipality of Bærum. It is located in the Viken county in Norway, approximately 10 kilometers west of downtown Oslo.
Sentrum
Photo: Pudelek, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Sentrum, literally Centre, is the core of Oslo inside the first ring road, plus the area around the Royal Palace and Tjuvholmen island. This is the area around Oslo's main street, Karl Johan street, and the Akershus fortress overlooking the harbour and the great Oslo fjord.
Geitholmen
- Type: Nature reserve
- Description: protected area in Norway
- Category: recreation area
- Location: Bærum, Akershus, Norway, Nordic countries, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
59.8833° or 59° 52′ 60″ northLongitude
10.634° or 10° 38′ 2″ eastInception
June 27th, 2008Open location code
9FFGVJMM+8JOpenStreetMap ID
way 230768119OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=nature_reserveWikidata ID
Q108074934
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In Other Languages
From Finnish to Spanish—“Geitholmen” goes by many names.
- Finnish: “Siekkasaari”
- French: “Geitholmen”
- French: “Réserve naturelle de Geitholmen”
- German: “Geitholmen”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Geitholmen naturreservat”
- Norwegian: “Geitholmen naturreservat”
- Norwegian: “Geitholmen”
- Spanish: “Geitholmen”
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