St. Hanshaugen Park, Oslo, Norway

Standing: Must see · Heritage site
Rank: Rank 48 of 3,842

Reviewed by Elena Voss · Roavina Travel Editor

About St. Hanshaugen Park

St. Hanshaugen Park is a large, classic urban park just north of Oslo city centre and gives its name to the surrounding borough of St. Hanshaugen. The site was originally a bare rocky hill where, from the 1840s, Oslo's inhabitants lit their Midsummer Eve bonfires: St. Hans is the Norwegian name for Midsummer Eve and haugen means the hill. The banker Fritz Heinrich Frølich initiated the park around 1850, and in the mid-1860s more than a thousand trees were planted, creating the first major park outside the city centre.

Checked 2026-11-05 · Source

What's inside

The park mixes intimate, romantic corners with rolling hills that give views over central Oslo. A reflecting pool covers a reservoir, and over the years a number of statues have been placed in the park. There is also a groundskeeper's house, an artificial stream, a pavilion on the square Festplassen and a stage used for popular outdoor concerts, and the park hosts Kongene på Haugen, an annual local music festival. It lies between Geitmyrsveien, Colletts gate, Ullevålsveien and Knud Knudsens plass, close to Bislett Stadium and Alexander Kiellands plass.

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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: St. Hanshaugen Park Wikipedia · Checked 2026-09-09