Stedsvalg data for Greater Oslo
What is it like to live in Holmenkollen?
District/municipality: Vestre Aker · 9 analysis cells · 7,780 residents in the cells
Includes parts of: Voksen skog, Voksenlia
In short
Holmenkollen suits you best if you prioritize low mapped road and rail noise 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 94,420/m²
- Average price of homes sold in the area (level: sub-district).
- Rent, 2 rooms
- NOK 15,607/month
- Typical market rent for 2 rooms. The figure covers the rent zone Ytre by vest, not just this place.
Getting around
How easy is it to get around?
- Public transport
- 9.6 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
- 42 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.
- 22/100 · Weak
- Everyday amenities
- 1,869 m
- On average from a typical home to the nearest grocery, pharmacy, gym and kindergarten.
- 14/100 · Very weak
Examples nearby
- Grocery: Coop Prix Besserud · 425 m away
- Pharmacy: Vitusapotek Gressbanen · 1,323 m away
- Fitness: Voksenhallen · 700 m away
- Kindergarten: Montesorribarnehagen Solsikken Gladheim · 40 m away
- Restaurant/café: Holmenkollen Restaurant · 284 m away
Nature, quiet and safety
What is it like to be outside here?
- Forest and large nature areas
- 990 m
- From a typical home to the nearest forest or large natural area (50 hectares or more).
- 80/100 · Good
- The fjord
- 6.7 km
- From a typical home to the fjord.
- 5/100 · 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.
- 90/100 · Very good
- Perceived safety
- 9 out of 10
- How safe residents say they feel in their neighborhood (Oslo health survey 2024 and Akershus health survey 2025, sub-district figure). In Akershus it's one municipality number, not a neighborhood measure.
- 90/100 · Very good
Buildings
What does the area look like?
- Older buildings
- about 3
- Registered buildings from before 1900 (SEFRAK) within 750 m of a typical home.
- Very few
- Newer homes
- 10.9%
- Share of homes completed since 2010.
- Few
How Holmenkollen came to be
According to the Store Norske Leksikon, Holmenkollen is a hill 371 meters above sea level, with villas on its southern and southeastern slopes and the ski museum at the jump.1 According to Lokalhistoriewiki, the Holmenkollen ski jump opened in 1892.2
The Holmenkoll line opened from Majorstuen to Besserud in 1898 and was extended to Holmenkollen station in 1915. About 200 building plots were laid out along the line in 1895.3 Holmenkollen chapel was put into use in 1903, burned down in 1992 and was rebuilt by 1996.4
Sources and method
Sources for the local history
- One source: Store norske leksikon: Holmenkollen. ↑
- One source: lokalhistoriewiki.no: Holmenkollen. ↑
- One source: lokalhistoriewiki.no: Holmenkollen. ↑
- Confirmed by several sources: Store norske leksikon: Holmenkollen, lokalhistoriewiki.no: Holmenkollen. ↑
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
- BOL018: Gjennomsnittlig kvadratmeterpris for omsatte boliger: 2025 · sub-district
- BOL014: Markedsleie for leieboliger per byområde: 2024 · regional
- Journey Planner v3 – estimatedCalls: 2026-09-14 · analysis cell
- Friluftslivsområder – kartlagte: 2026-09-11 · analysis cell
- Folkehelseundersøkelsen i Oslo 2024 - delbydelstabeller: 2026-09-12 · sub-district
- SEFRAK-bygninger, BOL001 og BOL008: 2026-10-01 · analysis cell / sub-district
- OpenStreetMap place names: 2026-10-04 · name point