Berg, Oslo

Berg is a neighbourhood in the North End of Oslo.[1] It is located in the bourough Nordre Aker, and is surrounded by the neighbourhoods Nordberg in the north, Tåsen in the east and Ullevål Hageby in the southwest. Berg is named after an abandoded farm with the same name.[2] Berg is mainly a residential area, and is served by the station Berg on the Sognsvann Line.

Berg farms main building, 1939

References

  1. ↑ "Forstadsbaner og boligplaner i Oslo gjennom 150 år" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo kommune - Plan- og bygningsetaten. 7 March 2001. Retrieved 1 November 2010.
  2. ↑ Bøe, Eirik T., ed. (2007). "Berg – gård i Oslo". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 2 November 2010.

Coordinates: 59°57′05″N 10°44′45″E / 59.95139°N 10.74583°E / 59.95139; 10.74583


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