Birkelunden, Oslo, Norway

Standing: Must see · Heritage site
Rank: Rank 56 of 3,842

Reviewed by Elena Voss · Roavina Travel Editor

About Birkelunden

Birkelunden (literally 'The Birch Grove') is a park in the centre of the Grünerløkka borough of Oslo, laid out as a rectangle roughly the size of a city block. It was made into a park in the 1860s on the orders of Thorvald Meyer, who developed the Grünerløkka neighbourhood and gave the park to the municipality in 1882. It was substantially renovated in 1916–1920 and again in 1984–1986. In 2006 the park, together with the neighbouring school, the church and fifteen surrounding blocks, was placed under strict regulations that prohibit any visible changes to the urban environment.

Checked 2026-11-05 · Source

What's inside

A music pavilion was added to the park in 1926 and a small pool in 1927–1928. The park has several monuments, among them a monument to the Norwegian volunteers who fought in the Spanish Civil War. Four streets enclose it, lined with three- and four-storey housing built mostly in the 1870s and 1880s. Grünerløkka School, in use since 1895, stands next to the park, and Paulus Church from 1892 stands on the opposite side.

Checked 2026-11-05 · Source

Place details and sources

Type of place: Park OpenStreetMap · Checked 2026-09-09
Heritage designation: cultural heritage preservation in Norway Wikidata · Checked 2026-09-09
Wikipedia article: Birkelunden Wikipedia · Checked 2026-09-09