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The main airport serving Oslo is Gardermoen Airport, located in Ullensaker, 47 km (29 mi) from the city centre of Oslo. [158] It acts as the main international gateway to Norway, [ 159 ] and is, as of 2021, ranked as the 23rd busiest airport in Europe . [ 160 ]
Geography of Norway. Norway is a country located in Northern Europe in the northern and western parts of the Scandinavian Peninsula. The majority of the country borders water, including the Skagerrak inlet to the south, the North Sea to the southwest, the North Atlantic Ocean (Norwegian Sea) to the west, and the Barents Sea to the north.
Norway(Bokmål: Norge, Nynorsk: Noreg), officially the Kingdom of Norway,[a]is a Nordic countryin Northern Europe, situated on the Scandinavian Peninsulawith a population of 5.5 million as of 2024.[19] The remote Arcticisland of Jan Mayenand the archipelagoof Svalbardalso form part of the Kingdom of Norway.
174/km 2 (450/sq mi) GDP. • Metro. €132.716 billion (2021) [2] Greater Oslo Region ("Stor-Oslo-regionen" in Norwegian) is a statistical metropolitan region [3] surrounding the Norwegian capital of Oslo, with a total number of inhabitants of 1,546,706 as of 1 January 2023. [4]
A geopolitical map of Norway, exhibiting its 19 first-order subnational divisions (fylker or "counties") with Svalbard and Jan Mayen. Each of the country's regions is uniquely coloured. Norway is commonly divided into five major geographical regions (landsdeler). These regions are purely geographical and cultural, and have no administrative ...
Website. oslo.kommune.no. Sentrum, meaning city-centre, is located on the southeast side of Oslo near the inner Oslofjord. The district is dominated by high rises like Postgirobygget and The Plaza. Oslo's Central Station is located on the eastern side of the borough. Sentrum consists of Bjørvika which has a history as Oslo 's main harbour.
Oslo's old town was established with the urban structure around the year 1000 and was the capital of Norway's dominion in 1314. The main Old Town area (i.e. the southern and central parts of Old Town) has several ruins of stone and brick lying above ground, and large amounts of protected culture underground. The core area also has listed 1700s ...
History of Oslo's name. The Norwegian city of Oslo was founded in the year 1040 under the name Ánslo. After being destroyed by a fire in 1624, during the reign of King Christian IV, a new city was built closer to Akershus Fortress and named Christiania in the king's honour. From 1877, the city's name was spelled Kristiania in government usage ...