Which cafés in Oslo are open after midnight?

Kafé Oslo at Litteraturhuset stays open until 03:30 on Friday and Saturday and until 00:30 Monday to Thursday. Café Laundromat at Bislett and Klosterenga Café in Grønland are open until 01:00 every day, and Fuglen on Pilestredet until 01:00 on Friday and Saturday.

How late can cafés serve alcohol in Oslo?

Alcohol service in Oslo must end half an hour before a place closes and never later than 03:00. Licensed places in the center may stay open until 03:30, but in residential areas outside the center the limit is 01:00. Beer and wine may be served from 08:00 and spirits from 13:00, and places without a license may open around the clock.

Is Fuglen in Oslo a café or a cocktail bar?

Both. Fuglen sells coffee and tea by day, and in the evening its bartenders mix traditional and new cocktails. The Pilestredet branch in central Oslo opens at 07:30 on weekdays and stays open until 01:00 on Friday and Saturday, and Fuglen Gamlebyen until midnight from Thursday to Saturday.

Cafés Open Late in Oslo: Coffee After Dark and Cocktails

Åpent sent means open late. About half of Oslo’s cafés close by 18:00, and many of the later ones double as bars, Fuglen and Café Laundromat among them. The city sets the limits: a place without an alcohol license may stay open around the clock, but alcohol service must end half an hour before closing and never after 03:00.¹

Licensed places in the center and inner center may stay open indoors from 06:00 to 03:30, against 01:00 in residential areas outside the center.¹ Beer and wine may be served from 08:00, spirits only from 13:00.¹ On the October night when the clocks go back, alcohol service ends the first time the clock reaches 03:00, with no extra hour.¹

Local tip: Kafé Oslo’s kitchen closes long before the bar, so eat before 21:00 if you plan a late night at Litteraturhuset.

Where these cafés are: Sentrum (7), Aker Brygge, Tjuvholmen & Bjørvika (3), Gamlebyen, Kampen & Vålerenga (2), St. Hanshaugen & Bislett (2), Grønland & Tøyen (2), Frogner & Majorstuen (1), Grünerløkka (1), Sagene & Torshov (1).

At a glance

19Cafés listed

19With opening hours

07:00Earliest opening

03:30Latest closing

Opens earliest: Fuglen Gamlebyen, from 07:00 (Mon–Wed 07:00–18:00 · Thu–Fri 07:00–00:00 · Sat 09:00–00:00 · Sun 09:00–18:00).

Closes latest: Kafe Oslo, until 03:30 (Mon–Thu 10:00–00:30 · Fri–Sat 10:00–03:30 · Sun 12:00–19:30).

Most common features: outdoor seating (37%), wi-fi (32%), indoor seating (26%).

Cafés that turn into bars

Fuglen still sells coffee and tea by day; in the evening its bartenders mix traditional and new cocktails with fresh ingredients, alongside Norwegian bottled beer and a seasonal wine list.² The Pilestredet branch opens at 07:30 on weekdays and closes at 01:00 on Friday and Saturday, and Fuglen Gamlebyen stays open until midnight Thursday to Saturday.

Papegøye on Urtegata closes at 23:00 from Wednesday to Saturday, Kuro Oslo on Rathkes gate at midnight on Friday and Saturday, and Bare Jazz in Sentrum at midnight from Wednesday to Saturday.

A literature house and a laundromat

Kafé Oslo is the café of Litteraturhuset, the literature house at Wergelandsveien 29. It stays open until 00:30 Monday to Thursday and until 03:30 on Friday and Saturday, but the kitchen closes hours before the bar.³

Café Laundromat at Bislett, founded in 2010, combines a café, a bar serving craft beer and cocktails, and laundry machines, and is open daily 07:00–01:00.⁴ Klosterenga Café, on Schweigaards gate in Grønland, also stays open until 01:00 seven days a week, and opens again at 07:15 on weekdays.

Late evening coffee across the city

Sentrum has the most late cafés. Orient Kaffehus on Storgata and Theatercaféen on Stortingsgata serve until 23:00, Cafe Europa on St. Olavs gate until 23:00 at weekends, and Tekehtopa on St. Olavs plass until 22:30 on Friday and Saturday. Kaffoteket, in the Deichman library, closes at 22:00 on weekdays.

Elsewhere, Nazar café-bar in Sagene is open daily until 23:00, Lille Betong on Operagata until 23:00 on Friday and midnight on Saturday, and Dileks Cafe & Catering in Gamle Oslo until 22:00 on weekdays. Babbo Collective on Parkveien stays open until just before midnight from Wednesday to Saturday, and Café Condio on Bogstadveien keeps afternoon and evening hours only, 15:00–22:00 on weekdays, and Boba Cha on Skippergata serves bubble tea until 22:00.

Getting home

The metro is the easy way back until about 01:00, when the last trains of the night leave; service starts again at about 05:00 on weekdays and 06:00 at weekends.⁵ All five lines run through the Common Tunnel under the center, so any central station puts you on your line.⁵

Cafés open late in Oslo

At a glance

Babbo Collective

Boba Cha Bubble Tea

Café Condio

Fuglen

Fuglen Gamlebyen

Kafe Oslo

Klosterenga Café

Kuro Oslo

Laundromat

Lille Betong

Nazar café-bar

Papegøye

Tekehtopa

Theatercaféen

Cafe Europa

Dileks Cafe & Catering

Kaffoteket

Orient Kaffehus

Bare Jazz

Cafés that turn into bars

A literature house and a laundromat

Late evening coffee across the city

Getting home

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Specialty coffee

Outdoor seating

Bakeries & konditorier

Vegan options

Wi-Fi

Open late in Oslo: questions

Which cafés in Oslo are open after midnight?

How late can cafés serve alcohol in Oslo?

Is Fuglen in Oslo a café or a cocktail bar?

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