Dance clubs, live music, rooftop bars, speakeasies, LGBTQ+ venues, listening bars and late-night dives in Oslo.
Dance clubs, live music, rooftop bars, speakeasies, LGBTQ+ nightlife, listening bars and late-night dives across Oslo, with where to go and what is worth the late night.
Jæger on Grensen 9 is the central-Oslo basement dance club open 12:00-03:30, with DJs from local ensembles up to international names every night.
The Villa underneath Møllergata 23-25 is the underground electronic-music dance club open Friday and Saturday 23:00-03:00, named in DJ Mag's Top 100 clubs in 2009.
Blå on Brenneriveien by the Akerselva is the Grunerlokka jazz and indie venue opened February 1998, with an outdoor terrace on the river and a DJ programme that turns the room into a club after the live set.
Kafé Hærverk on Hausmanns gate 34 opened June 2017 as a bar, concert venue and record shop on Akerselva, with experimental and independent music and a courtyard with hi-fi sound on summer nights.
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The Thief Roof on Tjuvholmen in Oslo is the rooftop terrace bar of The Thief hotel, with summer-only fjord views and a tight cocktail list above the harbour.
Himkok on Storgata is the Norwegian distillery-and-cocktail room with a tucked-back bar feel, on the World's 50 Best Bars every year since 2016 and at No.
Elsker on Kristian IV's gate is the multi-level LGBTQ+ club open Thursday through Saturday, with regular drag programmes, DJs and a welcoming late-night room near Karl Johans gate.
Kafé Hærverk on Hausmanns gate 34 doubles as a vinyl-led listening bar and record shop, with the bar's evening shifts often dropping into deep-listening sets on a tuned room sound system.
Schouskjelleren in the vaulted cellar of the old Schous brewery doubles as a German-beer-hall late-night dive on Friday and Saturday, with taps poured to 02:00 by the open fireplace.
