Alnsjøen, Oslo

Name: Alnsjøen
Address: Oslo, Norway

#97 among attractions in Oslo

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Alnsjøen is a lake in Lillomarka in Oslo, Norway. The lake is drained by the Alna River to the Oslofjord. The surrounding area was utilized for copper mining during the 18th century. The lake functions as a minor water reservoir for the city of Oslo. ()

Alternative names: Area: 96.45 acres (0.1507 mi²)Average depth: 105 ftElevation: 787 ft a.s.l.Coordinates: 59°57'57"N, 10°51'4"E

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Alnsjøen – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Rødtvet Church, Grorud Church, Grorud, Ammerud.

0.8 miSE
Church
Rødtvet Church, Oslo
22 min walk • Rødtvet Church is a church center in Oslo, Norway. There is a youth center, an elderly center, a kindergarten and offices. In addition to the church room, there are two congregation halls. The facades of the church building are in brick. On one of the exterior walls hangs a large ceramic cross, created by Konrad Galaaen.
1.3 miSE
Church
Grorud Church, Oslo
33 min walk • Grorud Church is a cruciform church from 1902 located on the upper Grorud in Grorud in Oslo, Norway. The church is located on a hill and is visible from many parts of the Grorud Valley. The building is made of local Grorud Granite stone and has 500 seats.
1.2 miSE
Neighbourhood
Grorud, Oslo
32 min walk • Grorud is a borough of the city of Oslo, Norway. The borough contains the Ammerud, Grorud, Kalbakken, Rødtvet, Nordtvet and Romsås areas. To the north of the borough is the forest of Lillomarka. The borough is the smallest in Oslo, with fewer than 30 000 inhabitants.
0.7 miE
Neighbourhood
Ammerud, Oslo
20 min walk • Ammerud is a part of Grorud Borough in Oslo, Norway known for its large Le Corbusier style housing blocks. The borough administration is located here. Before 1966 farms dominated this area.
0.9 miS
Neighbourhood
Rødtvet, Oslo
24 min walk • Rødtvet is a residential area in the district of Grorud in Oslo, located just southwest of Grorud proper. The area was urbanized from the mid 1960s, and connected to the city centre with metro line 5 from 1966.
1.2 miSE
Neighbourhood
Kalbakken, Oslo
30 min walk • Kalbakken is a neighborhood in Grorud borough, Oslo, Norway. Kalbakken station on the Oslo Metro also serves the adjacent districts Nordtvet and Flaen between Trondheimsveien and Østre Aker vei, which are Groruddalens main thoroughfares into the city center. Flaen and Kalbakken were developed as satellite towns of Oslo in the 1950s.