Grorud Church, Oslo

Name: Grorud Church
Address: Oslo, Norway

#159 among attractions in Oslo

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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. Stone walls' uneven appearance, which gives the wall a live appearance, because the stones varies between roughly hewn uneven surface, and smooth surface. The smooth cut stones are centered on the corners and windows. Minister and landed on Linderud, Christian Pierre Mathiesen, gave the altar and baptismal silver dish to the church. ()

Local name: Grorud kirke Coordinates: 59°57'28"N, 10°53'5"E

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GrorudOslo Norway

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Grorud Church – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Verdensparken, Romsås Church, Rødtvet Church, Alnsjøen.

1 miSE
Park
Verdensparken, Oslo
25 min walk • Verdensparken is a park on 5.2 hectares in Furuset, Oslo, Norway which opened in 2013 and was completed in 2014. The park reflects the population of the suburb of Furuset, where 63% of inhabitants had an ethnic origin other than Norwegian in 2009, and immigrants came from around 140 countries.
0.8 miN
Church, Modernist architecture
Romsås Church, Oslo
21 min walk • Romsås Church is a church in Oslo, Norway. The church is built of granite and yellow brick in a postmodern style and was consecrated in 1995. The former wooden church that stood on the same site burned to the ground in 1986.
0.6 miW
Church
Rødtvet Church, Oslo
15 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 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Alnsjøen, Oslo
33 min walk • 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.
1.1 miS
Church, Modernist architecture
Furuset Church, Oslo
29 min walk • Furuset Church is a church that was consecrated in 1980. The church is located in the neighborhood of Furuset in Oslo, Norway. In the same area was a church in the Middle Ages, from which keys of iron were found, are preserved and placed in the present church.
1.3 miSE
Church
Høybråten Church, Oslo
33 min walk • Høybråten Church is a church dating from 1932 in Oslo, Norway. It was originally a burial chapel at a cemetery which was consecrated in 1929. However, the church was later rebuilt in 1932, and in 1966 it attained the status of a parish church. One of the largest cemeteries in Oslo still surrounds the church.
0.8 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Valley
Grorud Valley, Oslo
20 min walk • The Grorud Valley is a valley and urban area or suburb in the northeastern part of Oslo, the capital of Norway. Four of Oslo's boroughs lie within the Grorud Valley; Bjerke to the west, Alna to the south, Grorud to the north, and Stovner to the east.
1 miS
Park
Furuset kulturpark, Oslo
27 min walk • Furuset kulturpark is a park in the neighborhood of Furuset in Oslo, Norway. It opened in May 2009 at a cost of NOK 5.6 million.
~800 ftSW
Neighbourhood
Grorud, Oslo
4 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.
0.6 miNW
Neighbourhood
Ammerud, Oslo
16 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.
0.8 miNE
Neighbourhood
Romsås, Oslo
20 min walk • Romsås is a neighborhood in the city of Oslo, Norway. Located northeast of Groruddalen, at the edge of Lillomarka, Romsås was formerly its own borough but was merged into the larger borough of Grorud on January 1, 2004.

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Which popular attractions are close to Grorud Church?

Nearby attractions include Grorud, Oslo (4 min walk), Rødtvet Church, Oslo (15 min walk), Ammerud, Oslo (16 min walk), Kalbakken, Oslo (19 min walk).

How to get to Grorud Church by public transport?

The nearest stations to Grorud Church:

Bus

Grorud T (6 min walk)

Metro

Grorud (8 min walk)
Romsås (11 min walk)

Train

Grorud (15 min walk)
Haugenstua (24 min walk)