Stedsvalg data for Greater Oslo
What is it like to live in Bærums verk?
District/municipality: Bærum · 10 analysis cells · 7,035 residents in the cells
Includes parts of: Grorudhaugen, Gullhaug, Helset, Lesterud, Sleiverud, Toppenhaug
In short
Bærums verk suits you best if you prioritize proximity to forest and large nature areas and perceived safety. It suits you less if you’re looking for proximity to the fjord or proximity to everyday amenities. The figures are area averages, so always check the exact address.
The bar is the Stedsvalg model score from 0 to 100. Higher is always better.
Cost
What does it cost to live here?
- Purchase price
- NOK 72,890/m²
- Modeled local price (SSB), scaled to the municipality’s sales. Not an average of sales in the area.
- Rent, 2 rooms
- NOK 15,260/month
- Typical market rent for 2 rooms. The figure covers the rent zone Oslo og Bærum, not just this place.
Getting around
How easy is it to get around?
- Public transport
- 14.9 departures/hour
- In the morning peak, from stops within a short walk, where nearer stops count more. Counted across all routes and directions, so it isn't the frequency of any single line.
- 62/100 · Good
- Travel time to Oslo S
- 50 min
- By public transport to Oslo S, arriving 08:30 (Entur).
Daily life on foot
What can you reach without a car or bus?
- Restaurants and cafés
- Almost none
- Number within a 500 m walk of a typical home. Bars and pubs are not counted.
- 45/100 · Mixed
- Everyday amenities
- 829 m
- On average from a typical home to the nearest grocery, pharmacy, gym and kindergarten.
- 45/100 · Mixed
Examples nearby
- Grocery: Rema 1000 Bærums verk · 195 m away
- Pharmacy: Vitusapotek Bærums verk · 314 m away
- Fitness: Anna Krefting idrettshall · 20 m away
- Kindergarten: Helset barnehage avd. Helset · 71 m away
- Restaurant/café: Kokeliko · 186 m away
Nature, quiet and safety
What is it like to be outside here?
- Forest and large nature areas
- 400 m
- From a typical home to the nearest forest or large natural area (50 hectares or more).
- 96/100 · Very good
- The fjord
- 7.3 km
- From a typical home to the fjord.
- 4/100 · Very weak
- Road and rail noise
- Quiet
- Mapped road and rail noise (levels from 55 dB). 100 means no mapped noise, 0 is very noisy.
- 83/100 · Very good
- Perceived safety
- 8.7 out of 10
- How safe residents say they feel in their neighborhood (Oslo health survey 2024 and Akershus health survey 2025, municipality figure). In Akershus it's one municipality number, not a neighborhood measure.
- 87/100 · Very good
Buildings
What does the area look like?
- Older buildings
- about 15
- Registered buildings from before 1900 (SEFRAK) within 750 m of a typical home.
- Few
- Newer homes
- 6.9%
- Share of homes completed since 2010.
- Few
How Bærums verk came to be
According to Lokalhistoriewiki, the works was established in 1610 under King Christian IV and is regarded as Norway’s best-preserved ironworks environment.1 The main building at Bærums Verk dates from 1764, and from 1624, the ironworks was run by private owners.2
According to the Store Norske Leksikon, Peder Anker owned the works from 1791 to 1824, and the last production stopped in 1977.3 Baron Harald Wedel Jarlsberg had the manor house known as “Slottet” built in the 1840s.4
The works’ largest single delivery was the 34-meter tower of Færder lighthouse, lit in 1857.5
Sources and method
Sources for the local history
- One source: lokalhistoriewiki.no: Bærums Verk. ↑
- Confirmed by several sources: Store norske leksikon: Bærums verk (industribedrift), lokalhistoriewiki.no: Bærums Verk. ↑
- One source: Store norske leksikon: Bærums verk (industribedrift). ↑
- Confirmed by several sources: Store norske leksikon: Bærums verk (industribedrift), lokalhistoriewiki.no: Bærums Verk. ↑
- One source: lokalhistoriewiki.no: Bærums Verk. ↑
Updated October 10, 2026 · Written with AI assistance and reviewed by Stedsvalg.
How this page is calculated
This page groups Stedsvalg cells that share the same officially derived place name. Figures are population-weighted typical values, not observations at every home. The cell grouping is an analysis basis, not a claim about an official neighborhood boundary.
Sources and freshness
- 14310 (kommunens observerte pris) + 14737 (modellert lokal pris): kvadratmeterpris for boliger: 2026 · sub-district
- 09895: Gjennomsnittlig leie per kvm, etter prissone, antall rom, statistikkvariabel og år: 2026-10-04 · regional
- Journey Planner v3 – estimatedCalls: 2026-09-18 · analysis cell
- Friluftslivsområder – kartlagte: 2026-09-18 · analysis cell
- Folkehelseundersøkelsen i Akershus 2025: Fremgangsmåte og utvalgte resultater: 2026-10-04 · municipality
- SEFRAK-bygninger (Riksantikvaren); SSB-tabell 05940 og 06265; SSB boligstatistikk på rutenett 250 m; SSB boligstatistikk på rutenett 250 m; SSB boligstatistikk på rutenett 250 m: 2026-09-18 · analysis cell / analysis cell
- OpenStreetMap place names: 2026-10-04 · name point