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Damstredet & Telthusbakken

Two crooked lanes of 1700s wooden houses

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Damstredet & Telthusbakken
Photo: Geir Hval (www.MacWhale.eu) · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via Wikimedia Commons

About

Two short cobbled lanes of wooden houses from the late 1700s, hiding in plain sight between the centre and St. Hanshaugen. People live here, which is the charm — this is not a museum street, just an unusually surviving one. Walk Damstredet, cut across to Telthusbakken with its view up to Gamle Aker church, and you're done in half an hour.

🕒 How long
20–30 minutes for both lanes
👤 Suits
A ten-minute detour that photographs like a film set
🗓️ Season
Year-round.

This is personal opinion, not a sponsored listing.

Practical

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Damstredet
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Not listed — check the official website before you go.
🗺️ Directions

Coordinates verified via OpenStreetMap/Nominatim (way/3236571, 2026-07-25). It's a public residential street — keep voices down and gates closed.

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