Elsker ★ 4.3
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.
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. 14 on the 2025 list, with a house-distilled aquavit, gin and vodka programme.
Address: Storgata 27, 0184 Oslo
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.
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.
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.
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.