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Uteservering · Oslo

Outdoor cafés in Oslo

Uteservering from spring to autumn: park cafés, backyards, riverside porches and island tables.

Photo: Boris K., Pexels License

Uteservering, outdoor seating, is the surest sign of spring in Oslo. VisitOSLO puts it simply: in a city with a long, cold winter, people are rarely happier than when warmer winds and more sun let them eat and drink in the open air.1 The light helps, too: around midsummer there are more than 18 hours of daylight, and it never gets fully dark at night.2

The average last spring frost at Blindern falls on 23 April and the first autumn frost on 17 October, a frost-free season of 176 days.2 Many terraces follow roughly that calendar; Farine in Kampen, for one, opens its terrace from April to October.3

Local tip: Choose your terrace by the hour: in the center outdoor tables may stay out until midnight, but in residential neighborhoods outside it they must close by 22:00.

Where these cafés are: Sentrum (12), Frogner & Majorstuen (9), Grünerløkka (6), Grønland & Tøyen (6), Gamlebyen, Kampen & Vålerenga (5), St. Hanshaugen & Bislett (4), Sagene & Torshov (4), Aker Brygge, Tjuvholmen & Bjørvika (2), Helsfyr, Ensjø & Løren (1).

At a glance

49Cafés listed
34With opening hours
07:00Earliest opening
01:00Latest 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: Fuglen, until 01:00 (Mon–Tue 07:30–20:00 · Wed–Thu 07:30–00:00 · Fri 07:30–01:00 · Sat 09:00–01:00 · Sun 09:00–20:00).
  • Most common features: indoor seating (49%), vegetarian options (22%), wi-fi (22%).
Gamlebyen, Kampen & Vålerenga

Kampen Kaffe & Bar

  • Bøgata 10A
  • Mon–Wed 08:00–18:00 · Thu–Fri 08:00–20:00 · Sat 10:00–20:00 · Sun 10:00–18:00
  • +4798638904
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Gamlebyen, Kampen & Vålerenga

Boulangerie M

  • Sigurd Hoels vei 45
  • Mon 07:00–17:00 · Tue 07:00–18:00 · Wed–Thu 07:00–19:00 · Fri–Sun 07:00–20:00
  • +47 905 43 253
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How late terraces can stay open

Oslo sets separate hours for indoor and outdoor seating at licensed places. In the center, terraces may open from 06:00 to 24:00, and in the inner center until 03:30; a backyard terrace overlooked by at least one home must close at 24:00 in the center and at 20:00 outside it.4 In residential areas outside the center, outdoor seating closes at 22:00.4

Where homes are close by, music from outdoor speakers, or through open doors and windows, is banned after 23:00.5 In autumn 2026, cafés on several St. Hanshaugen streets may also set tables up to one meter out from their walls without a permit, a trial the city plans to extend from 2027.5

Park, garden and island cafés

Kafe Vigeland sits right inside the main entrance to Frogner Park, with a terrace beside the park; in June, July and August it opens 09:00–18:00, and from October to March 10:00–16:00.6 Handwerk Botaniske, in the Botanical Garden at Tøyen, stays open all year and sets out a large terrace in spring, summer and autumn, and its pastries can be taken out to the garden’s picnic spots.7

Hovedøya is eight minutes by ferry from Aker Brygge on route B1, which runs all year, with departures roughly every 30 minutes between May and early September.8 The islands are in fare zone 1, and a single ticket cost 42 kr in 2023; the summer-only B2 continues to Langøyene, the island where camping is allowed.8 Hovedøya’s café, Klosterkroa, opens Tuesday to Sunday, 11:00–18:00. Hønse-Lovisas hus on Sandakerveien serves outdoors daily 11:00–18:00.

Where the terraces are

Sentrum has the most outdoor tables, from Tekehtopa on St. Olavs plass and Pascal on Torggata to Tullin’s on Tullins gate and Northland on Stortorvet. Frogner and Majorstuen follow, with seating outside at Braud on Middelthuns gate, Eckers Cafe on Eckersbergs gate and Kaffebønnen in Skøyen.

In Grünerløkka, Supreme Roastworks and Sunt og Godt share Thorvald Meyers gate 18, and Cocoa looks onto Birkelunden. Grønland and Tøyen add KUMI on Schweigaards gate, Papegøye on Urtegata and Em oi! on Brugata, while in Kampen, Kampen Kaffe & Bar has tables on Bøgata and Kiosk sets some out on St. Halvards gate at Galgeberg.

Sources

  1. Outdoor dining, VisitOSLO, accessed October 2026
  2. Oslo, Wikipedia, accessed October 2026
  3. Farine, VisitOSLO, accessed October 2026
  4. Åpnings- og skjenketider for serveringssteder, Oslo kommune, accessed October 2026
  5. Oslometer pilot 2026, Oslo kommune, accessed October 2026
  6. Kafe Vigeland: ved hovedinngangen til Frognerparken, Kafe Vigeland, accessed October 2026
  7. Velkommen til Handwerk Botaniske, Handwerk Botaniske, accessed October 2026
  8. What you need to know about taking the ferry to Oslo’s islands (20 July 2023), The Local Norway, accessed October 2026
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FAQ

Outdoor seating in Oslo: questions

When is outdoor seating season in Oslo?

Most café terraces in Oslo run from spring to autumn. The average last frost at Blindern is on 23 April and the first on 17 October, and some cafés, such as Farine in Kampen, open their terraces from April to October. Handwerk Botaniske in the Botanical Garden sets out a large terrace in spring, summer and autumn.

How late can café terraces stay open in Oslo?

In central Oslo, terraces at licensed places may open from 06:00 to 24:00, and in the inner center until 03:30. In residential areas outside the center they must close by 22:00, and backyard terraces overlooked by homes close at 20:00 outside the center. Music from outdoor speakers is banned after 23:00 near homes.

Which park and island cafés in Oslo have outdoor seating?

Kafe Vigeland is just inside the main entrance to Frogner Park and has a terrace beside the park. Handwerk Botaniske is in the Botanical Garden at Tøyen, and Klosterkroa is on Hovedøya, eight minutes by ferry from Aker Brygge on route B1. Hønse-Lovisas hus on Sandakerveien also serves outdoors.

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