Stedsvalg data for Greater Oslo
What is it like to live in Kværnerbyen?
District/municipality: Gamle Oslo · 1 analysis cell · 5,669 residents in the cells
Includes parts of: Gamlebyen
In short
Kværnerbyen 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 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 104,731/m²
- Average price of homes sold in the area (level: sub-district).
- Rent, 2 rooms
- NOK 17,397/month
- Typical market rent for 2 rooms. The figure covers the rent zone Indre by øst, not just this place.
Getting around
How easy is it to get around?
- Public transport
- 89 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.
- 68/100 · Good
- Travel time to Oslo S
- 18 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
- about 2
- Number within a 500 m walk of a typical home. Bars and pubs are not counted.
- 78/100 · Good
- Everyday amenities
- 721 m
- On average from a typical home to the nearest grocery, pharmacy, gym and kindergarten.
- 53/100 · Mixed
Examples nearby
- Grocery: UNIK · 259 m away
- Pharmacy: Apotek 1 Bjørvika · 762 m away
- Fitness: Barry's · 674 m away
- Kindergarten: Baglerbyen FUS barnehage · 278 m away
- Restaurant/café: Fuglen Gamlebyen · 133 m away
Nature, quiet and safety
What is it like to be outside here?
- Forest and large nature areas
- 630 m
- From a typical home to the nearest forest or large natural area (50 hectares or more).
- 82/100 · Very good
- The fjord
- 800 m
- From a typical home to the fjord.
- 67/100 · Good
- Road and rail noise
- Fairly quiet
- Mapped road and rail noise (levels from 55 dB). 100 means no mapped noise, 0 is very noisy.
- 62/100 · Good
- Perceived safety
- 8.2 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.
- 82/100 · Very good
Buildings
What does the area look like?
- Older buildings
- about 205
- Registered buildings from before 1900 (SEFRAK) within 750 m of a typical home.
- Many
- Newer homes
- 0.1%
- Share of homes completed since 2010.
- Almost none
How Kværnerbyen came to be
Kværnerbyen was built on the site of Kværner Brug, which shut down in 1999.1 The area has about 1,800 apartments in roughly 40 blocks, and the first residents moved in in 2007.2
According to Lokalhistoriewiki, Kværnerhallen, two administration buildings and a welfare house were kept, while the production halls were demolished.3 According to the Store Norske Leksikon, the area was completed in 2020, with more than 3,000 residents.4
Sources and method
Sources for the local history
- Confirmed by several sources: Store norske leksikon: Kværnerbyen, lokalhistoriewiki.no: Kværnerbyen. ↑
- Confirmed by several sources: Store norske leksikon: Kværnerbyen, lokalhistoriewiki.no: Kværnerbyen. ↑
- One source: lokalhistoriewiki.no: Kværnerbyen. ↑
- One source: Store norske leksikon: Kværnerbyen. ↑
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