Akershus Fortress
Akershus Fortress has been used in Norwegian film as both a historical setting and a dramatic Oslo landmark. It appears in About Tilla and in Max Manus.
Autopluggen
In Jo Nesbø’s Detective Hole (2026), Autopluggen is used in the scene where Harry Hole stops under a bridge beside the run-down building and bribes a couple.
Behrens’ gate 5
In Jo Nesbø’s Detective Hole (2026), Behrens’ gate 5 is used for the scenes at Camilla Loen’s apartment, where she is found murdered.
Blå
Blå, a famous nightclub and venue in Oslo, has appeared in Elling (2001), Oslo, August 31st (2011) and Jo Nesbø’s Detective Hole (2026).
Bogstad Manor
In Jo Nesbø’s Detective Hole (2026), Bogstad Manor is used for the large garden party where many people from the police are gathered.
Botanical Garden Oslo
Botanical Garden is in the Norwegian movie About Tilla from 1963. Botanical Garden is used as one of the film’s central early locations.
Botsen
Botsen is best known from the "Olsenbanden" film series, where it appears as the prison Egon Olsen is released from at the start of many of the films.
Cemetery of Our Saviour
Cemetery of Our Saviour appears in Sentimental Value, where it is used as a recognisable Oslo location.
Damstredet
Damstredet appears in Lasse & Geir (1976), The Snowman (2017), and The Worst Person in the World (2021).
Eidsvolls plass
Eidsvolls plass, the public square directly in front of the Norwegian Parliament building, has appeared in Max Manus (2008) and En nasjon i sjakk (2026).
Emanuel Vigeland Museum
In Jo Nesbø’s Detective Hole (2026), Emanuel Vigeland Museum is used as a meeting place for powerful figures, including police, wearing cloaks and masks.
Enerhaugen Cafe
In Jo Nesbø’s Detective Hole (2026), Enerhaugen Cafe serves as the real-life location for Boxer Bar, the pub where police officers go for a beer after work.
Equinor Building
The Equinor Building has appeared in the television series Occupied (2015–2019) and the reality series Jaget (2023–).
Exit Villa
Exit Villa is in Olsenbanden Junior, Taxi, Hjelp, vi er i filmbransjen, Tina & Bettina: The Movie, Mammon, Doctor Proctor’s Fart Powder, Hvite gutter and Exit.
Farine
Farine has appeared in Olsenbanden, Olsenbanden og Dynamitt-Harry, Olsenbanden tar gull, Hemmelighetene i B-by, Lyckliga gatan and Hos Martin.
Ferner Jacobsen
In Grand Hotel, Ferner Jacobsen appears in a scene where Axel Farstad’s attempt to present himself with some dignity despite his chaotic personal situation.
Fossheim Borettslag
Fossheim Borettslag at Thorvald Meyers gate 5 appears in Jo Nesbø’s Detective Hole (2026), where the building is used as Harry Hole’s apartment block.
Frognerbadet
Frognerbadet is in Olsenbanden møter Kongen & Knekten, Frida: Straight from the Heart, Stuperen, Oslo, August 31st, Beatles, Hvite gutter and Detective Hole.
Gamle Bryggevei 19
Gamle Bryggevei 19 appears in Jo Nesbø’s Detective Hole (2026), where it is used as the home of Rakel Fauske and her son Oleg.
Gamlebyen gravlund
In Jo Nesbø’s Detective Hole (2026), Gamlebyen gravkapell in Gamlebyen gravlund is used for Ellen Gjelten’s funeral.
Grand Hotel Oslo
Grand Hotel is most directly connected to the Norwegian film Grand Hotel (2016), directed by Arild Fröhlich and starring Atle Antonsen, and Håkon Gomez Bøhmer.
Havens Kolonial
In Max Manus, Havens Kolonial is used for the Plasskafeen. Gregers Gram and Edvard Tallaksen are seen coming from Hertzbergs gate before entering the café.
Hjemmets Kolonihager
Hjemmets Kolonihager is an allotment garden on Bjølsen in the Sagene borough of Oslo, Norway, situated between Bjølsenparken, Stavangergata, Kongsvingergata and Sarpsborggata. The garden was established…
Idioten
Idioten appears in Oslo, August 31st (2011). The park is used for one of the film’s most important conversations, in which Anders meets his old friend Thomas.
Lars Lillo-Stenberg House
Lars Lillo-Stenberg House is a private villa in Frogner, Oslo, known for its dragestil architecture. The house appears in Sentimental Value (2025).
Lorry
Restaurant Lorry appears in Sentimental Value (2025). The restaurant is used as one of the film’s Oslo locations and forms part of its city setting.
Louises gate
Louises gate appears in The Worst Person in the World (2021), where it is used in one of the film scenes. It is also the location used for the poster image
Majorstuen Station
Majorstuen Station appears in Jo Nesbø’s Detective Hole (2026), the Netflix adaptation of Nesbø’s Harry Hole universe, which was filmed extensively in Oslo.
Ministry of Defence
The Royal Norwegian Ministry of Defence in Oslo is the government ministry responsible for developing and implementing Norwegian security and defense policy.
Oscarshall
Oscarshall, the royal summer palace on the Bygdøy peninsula in Oslo, has appeared in Doctor Proctor’s Fart Powder (2014).
Oslo City Hall
Oslo City Hall (Rådhuset) is the administrative headquarters of the city council and municipal government in Oslo, Norway, inaugurated in 1950.
Oslo Opera House
As a screen location, the Oslo Opera House has been used in Pax (2011), 22 July, The Snowman (2017), The Worst Person in the World (2021) and Tenet (2020).
Østensjøveien
Østensjøveien in Oslo appears in the opening section of "Lasse & Geir", the 1976 Norwegian drama and cult film directed by Svend Wam.
Radisson Blu Plaza Hotel
Radisson Blu Plaza Hotel has appeared in Skam (2015–2017), Stories from Norway (2018) and The Quake (2018).
Restaurant Schrøder
Restaurant Schrøder appears in Jo Nesbø’s Detective Hole (2026) and The Snowman (2017). In both productions, the restaurant is used in by Harry Hole.
Skomakertjern
Skomakertjern appears in De dødes tjern (1958). The original film used three different lakes to represent the cursed lake from André Bjerke’s story.
St. Hanshaugen Park
St. Hanshaugen Park is a frequent filming location for Norwegian and international productions due to its elevated views and classic landscape.
Strandveitunnelen
Strandveitunnelen appears in Insomnia (1997). The film is set in Troms in Northern Norway, but the tunnel scene uses a location from the Oslo region instead.
Theatercaféen
Theatercaféen appears in "Jo Nesbø’s Detective Hole" (2026), and is connected to a lunch that becomes very relevant to Harry Hole’s investigation.
Tjuvholmen
The 2020 Christopher Nolan film Tenet filmed key action scenes at Tjuvholmen, specifically around Olav Selvaags Plass and near the Thief Hotel.
Valkyrien Restaurant
Valkyrien Restaurant has appeared in Elling (2001) and O’ Horten (2007). In both films, its old-fashioned interior is used as a familiar Oslo restaurant.
Vigeland Sculpture Park
Vigeland Sculpture Park appears in Jo Nesbø’s Detective Hole, The Snowman, Himmel og helvete, Oslo, 31. august, Elling, and many more.
Villa Lilleborg
Villa Lilleborg is used In "Max Manus" (2008) near the beginning of the film, when the resistance group gathers at the house.
Vippetangen
Vippetangen is used in the Norwegian movies Pastor Jarman kommer hjem (1958), and in the war movie Max Manus (2008).
Wilhelms gate Steps
Wilhelms gate Steps appears in The Worst Person in the World (2021). The stairway is used in one of the film’s Oslo street sequences.