Tøyen & Grønland
Bazaars, the city's best-value food, and the Botanical Garden
Neighbourhood to wander
About
The most international part of inner Oslo: greengrocers and bazaars, halal butchers, and shelves from half the world's kitchens. This is where locals go when they want to eat well cheaply, and the contrast with the polished harbour front ten minutes away is half the experience. It's an unpolished, lived-in neighbourhood, and that's exactly why we rate it. Nobody dressed it up for visitors, which makes it one of the most interesting food areas in the city.
- 🕒 How long
- 2–3 hours with a meal
- 👤 Suits
- Eating well without Oslo prices, market browsing, seeing everyday Oslo
This is personal opinion, not a sponsored listing.
A walk that works
Start at Grønlands torg and drift along the main street with its shops and eateries. Pick somewhere for lunch by instinct; it's hard to spend too much here. Then head up through Tøyen's streets to Tøyen torg for a coffee among the locals, and finish green: the Botanical Garden's gates are just beyond, and it's free.
Practical
- 📍
- Start around Grønlands torg
- 🚶
- A 10–15 minute walk east of the central station, or a short metro hop to Grønland.
Guide places in & around
- Vaaghals~0.5 km
- Maaemo~0.6 km
- MUNCH~0.6 km
- Deichman Bjørvika~0.7 km
- Delicatessen~0.7 km
- Fiskeriet Youngstorget~0.7 km
- The Little Pickle~0.7 km
- Arakataka~0.8 km
- Oslo Opera House~0.8 km
- Botanical Garden~0.8 km
- Oslo Cathedral (Oslo domkirke)~0.8 km
Distances are straight-line from Grønlands torg — walking routes are a bit longer.
🛏️ Stay in this area
- Radisson Blu Plaza~0.3 km
- Thon Hotel Opera~0.6 km
- Clarion Hotel The Hub~0.7 km
- Comfort Hotel Grand Central~0.7 km
- Amerikalinjen~0.7 km
- Citybox Oslo~0.9 km