Stedsvalg data for Greater Oslo
What is it like to live in Sentrum?
District/municipality: Sentrum · 2 analysis cells · 3,144 residents in the cells
Includes parts of: Kvadraturen
In short
Sentrum suits you best if you prioritize food and cafés within walking distance and nearby public transport service. It suits you less if you’re looking for proximity to forest and large nature areas or low mapped road and rail noise. 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 127,313/m²
- Average price of homes sold in the area (level: sub-district).
- Rent, 2 rooms
- NOK 17,715/month
- Typical market rent for 2 rooms. The figure covers the rent zone Indre by vest, not just this place.
Getting around
How easy is it to get around?
- Public transport
- 189 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.
- 91/100 · Very good
- Travel time to Oslo S
- 15 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 34
- Number within a 500 m walk of a typical home. Bars and pubs are not counted.
- 91/100 · Very good
- Everyday amenities
- 372 m
- On average from a typical home to the nearest grocery, pharmacy, gym and kindergarten.
- 86/100 · Very good
Examples nearby
- Grocery: Joker Kvadraturen · 42 m away
- Pharmacy: Vitusapotek Arkaden · 214 m away
- Fitness: Athletica Centrum · 166 m away
- Kindergarten: Bygården barnehage · 298 m away
- Restaurant/café: Posthallen · 22 m away
Nature, quiet and safety
What is it like to be outside here?
- Forest and large nature areas
- 2.7 km
- From a typical home to the nearest forest or large natural area (50 hectares or more).
- 33/100 · Weak
- The fjord
- 830 m
- From a typical home to the fjord.
- 67/100 · Good
- Road and rail noise
- Moderate noise
- Mapped road and rail noise (levels from 55 dB). 100 means no mapped noise, 0 is very noisy.
- 56/100 · Mixed
- Perceived safety
- 7.1 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.
- 71/100 · Good
Buildings
What does the area look like?
- Older buildings
- about 157
- Registered buildings from before 1900 (SEFRAK) within 750 m of a typical home.
- Many
- Newer homes
- 0%
- Share of homes completed since 2010.
- Almost none
How Sentrum came to be
After the great fire of 1624 Christian IV had the city moved to the other side of Bjørvika, by Akershus fortress, and named it Christiania.1 The streets of Kvadraturen were made unusually wide, 24 alen or 15 meters, to stop fires spreading, and the grid gave rise to the word kvartal (block) and the name Kvadraturen.2
According to Wikipedia, Kvadraturen has in recent years functioned mainly as an office and administration district.3
Sources and method
Sources for the local history
- Confirmed by several sources: lokalhistoriewiki.no: Kvadraturen (Oslo), Wikipedia: Kvadraturen (Oslo). ↑
- Confirmed by several sources: lokalhistoriewiki.no: Kvadraturen (Oslo), Wikipedia: Kvadraturen (Oslo). ↑
- One source: Wikipedia: Kvadraturen (Oslo). ↑
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