Why You Should Visit Tyen Gamle Oslos Hidden Gem

Tøyen is a lot like Oslo’s ever evolving architecture scene: a couple of years ago, there wasn’t much there. But this modest neighborhood just west off the more famous Grünerløkka started getting attention in 2016, when a couple of bars and restaurants opened around its square—and has since become a destination for the hip Osloites. Here’s how to best spend your time there.

All the things to explore

Tøyen is home to an impressive pair of green lungs—Tøyenparken and the Oslo Botanical Garden are just a street apart from one another, and make for a great way to start exploring the area. The Botanical Garden is home to more than 1,800 different plants, greenhouses that feature exotic plants, woven sculptures, and even a Manor House from 1640! As for Tøyenparken, depending on what time of the year it is, it can be a venue for very cool festivals like the Oya Festival (one of the greenest festivals in the world that, in the past, has featured bands like the Pixies).

All the things to learn

But apart from the Munch Museum, Tøyen is also home to the Natural History Museum (which reopens after Christmas), a public library that’s also a cool place to hang out if you need to work or study, and Biblo Tøyen, a cool new library that caters exclusively to the needs of youngsters (from 10-15 years old) and hosts anything from educational seminars to cooking workshops.

All the things to eat and drink

But if you think that Tøyen has only cool daytime activities to offer, you’ll be (pleasantly) surprised: there’s actually a plethora of restaurants and bars that are worth your time here. For starters, Nord og Natt, Nord’s latest incarnation, is a café/restaurant hybrid that serves great brews in the morning and great Nordic dishes the rest of the day. For drinks, there’s Postkontoret, where you can grab a beer and enjoy a nice vibe, and Human Mote for ingenious cocktails, but you never know when the next cool place is going to open. Tøyen is unpredictable like that.

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