How walkable is Holmenkollen?
By Oscar Higson-SpenceUpdated
Holmenkollen has a walkability score of 39 out of 100 across the 1 km around its centre, which makes it car-dependent: most errands require a car. It is the 4th most walkable of 4 neighbourhoods ranked in Oslo, which scores 75 as a whole.
What's within walking distance
73 shops, restaurants, parks and other everyday places are mapped within a 30 minute walk of the centre of Holmenkollen. The nearest grocery is Matkroken Besserud, about 11 minutes away on foot. It earns full or nearly full points for parks and culture & entertainment. It is weakest for coffee, banks and books & libraries.
- Coop Prix11 min
- Joker13 min
- De Fem Stuer6 min
- Ekebergrestauranten11 min
- Wessel Skibs10 min
- Bull Superski13 min
- Hovseterdalen22 min
- Åsly park24 min
- Jeppes familiebarnehage (Holmenkollveien)18 min
- Voksen school19 min
Measured from the mapped centre of Holmenkollen at 59.9603, 10.6650. Walking times assume 80 m per minute along an estimated street route.
Street layout
Within 800 m of the centre there are about 47 street intersections per km², and blocks average 104 m long. Sparser streets or longer blocks reduce the score by 2%, since they make walks longer than the straight-line distance suggests.
Walkability across Holmenkollen
- 90+
- 70–89
- 50–69
- 25–49
- 0–24
Each hexagon is the score at a point across the 1 km around the centre of Holmenkollen. Rings mark 500 m and 1 km from the centre. Gaps are water or land without streets.
Nearby neighbourhoods in Oslo
| Neighbourhood | Distance | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Aker Brygge | 6.5 km | 98 |
| Sentrum | 7.1 km | 98 |
| Bjørvika | 7.6 km | 95 |
See every neighbourhood ranked on the Oslo page.
Questions about walking in Holmenkollen
Is Holmenkollen walkable?
Not very. Holmenkollen in Oslo has a walkability score of 39 out of 100 across the 1 km around its centre, which makes it car-dependent: most errands require a car.
Is Holmenkollen more walkable than the rest of Oslo?
Holmenkollen is less walkable than Oslo as a whole: it scores 39, against 75 for the 5 km around Oslo's centre. It ranks 4th of the 4 Oslo neighbourhoods on How Walkable.
What are the most walkable neighbourhoods in Oslo?
Of the 4 Oslo neighbourhoods on How Walkable, the most walkable are Sentrum (98), Aker Brygge (98) and Bjørvika (95).
How is the walkability score of Holmenkollen calculated?
The score counts groceries, restaurants, shops, cafés, banks, parks, schools, libraries and cultural venues within a 30 minute walk, gives nearer places more weight, and deducts up to 20% where streets are sparse or blocks are long. For Holmenkollen it is the average of 51 points spread evenly across the 1 km around its mapped centre, leaving out water and land without streets, using open map data from Overture Maps and OpenStreetMap.
Scores follow a published walkability method, explained in the methodology. Neighbourhood position from Overture Maps, name from Wikidata.