Sacred Places of Oslo
Oslo · Norway
- 4 languages
- Offline
Walk through the spiritual heart of the city to discover Oslo's diverse ecclesiastical architecture. You will visit historic stone sanctuaries and modern houses of worship. This journey reveals how the city's sacred spaces have evolved over centuries.
The walk
Stops 1–6 of 8. The rest are in the app.
Sofienberg Church
A Lutheran church with a shifting identity and a park that used to be a cemetery.
Old Aker Church
The oldest building in Oslo, hiding a secret royal coffin during the Nazi occupation.
St. Mark's Church, Oslo
A Swedish-inspired brick church squeezed into a city block that now serves as a rented sanctuary.
Trinity Church
Oslo's largest church, a red-brick octagonal marvel born from a teacher's plan and a pupil's touch.
Kulturkirken Jakob
A nineteenth-century parish church that survived a fifteen-year closure to become a venue for dance and theatre.
St. Hallvard's Church
A brutalist concrete sanctuary that hides a circular church inside a strict square shell.
Stop 7
Stop 8
- 2 more stops in the app
Data: OpenStreetMap contributors and Google Places
More walks in Oslo
8 walks
How a walk works
2 more stops in the app
This page shows the first 6 of 8 stops. The rest of the walk, and the guide who narrates it, are in the app.
Pick a walk
Every stop is a real place, already in walking order.
Pocket your phone
Follow the line on the live map, or download the walk before you lose signal.
Listen as you arrive
On a narrated walk the story starts on its own at each stop, so your eyes stay on the place.
Free to install · Every city’s featured walk is free, start to finish.
The route, followed
A live map with the turns called out, and a way back whenever you wander off it.
In four languages
English, French, Spanish and Arabic — the words and the voice, not just the labels.
Or build your own
Pick the places you actually want and the app works out the order to walk them in.
The unglamorous things
Toilets, pharmacies, cash points and water, without leaving the walk.
No signal needed
Download a walk before you go and it works under a souk roof or on a plane.
Picks up where you left off
Stop for lunch, come back tomorrow, and the walk is exactly where you left it.