Stedsvalg data for Greater Oslo
What is it like to live in Løren?
District/municipality: Grünerløkka · 2 analysis cells · 13,561 residents in the cells
In short
Løren suits you best if you prioritize food and cafés within walking distance and proximity to everyday amenities. It suits you less if you’re looking for proximity to the fjord or proximity to forest and large nature areas. 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 103,084/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
- 40.9 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.
- 82/100 · Very good
- Travel time to Oslo S
- 30 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 7
- Number within a 500 m walk of a typical home. Bars and pubs are not counted.
- 88/100 · Very good
- Everyday amenities
- 289 m
- On average from a typical home to the nearest grocery, pharmacy, gym and kindergarten.
- 84/100 · Very good
Examples nearby
- Grocery: Spar Hasle · 49 m away
- Pharmacy: Apotek 1 Løren · 193 m away
- Fitness: Klatreverket Løren · 159 m away
- Kindergarten: Espira Gartnerløkka barnehage · 99 m away
- Restaurant/café: 8 Fish Sushi · 58 m away
Nature, quiet and safety
What is it like to be outside here?
- Forest and large nature areas
- 3.4 km
- From a typical home to the nearest forest or large natural area (50 hectares or more).
- 28/100 · Weak
- The fjord
- 3.8 km
- From a typical home to the fjord.
- 19/100 · 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.
- 82/100 · Very good
- Perceived safety
- 8.1 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.
- 81/100 · Very good
Buildings
What does the area look like?
- Older buildings
- about 5
- Registered buildings from before 1900 (SEFRAK) within 750 m of a typical home.
- Very few
- Newer homes
- 61.2%
- Share of homes completed since 2010.
- Many
How Løren came to be
The name comes from Løren farm and is made up of words for clay and meadow.1 According to Lokalhistoriewiki, Fellesslakteriet was established in 1911, and Løren school opened in 1891.2
According to the Store Norske Leksikon, Norma Projektilfabrik was set up here in 1912, and the Army Supply Command moved out after a Storting decision in 1996. The last military activity left the site in 2001.3 Development of the new Lørenbyen district began in 2004, and Løren station opened in 2016.4
Sources and method
Sources for the local history
- Confirmed by several sources: Store norske leksikon: Løren, lokalhistoriewiki.no: Løren (strøk). ↑
- One source: lokalhistoriewiki.no: Løren (strøk). ↑
- One source: Store norske leksikon: Løren. ↑
- Confirmed by several sources: Store norske leksikon: Løren, lokalhistoriewiki.no: Løren (strøk). ↑
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
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- Folkehelseundersøkelsen i Oslo 2024 - delbydelstabeller: 2026-09-12 · sub-district
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