Oslo/South

South Oslo is east of the Oslo Fjord and southeast of downtown. Here are many of Oslo's beaches, suburbs and urban centers.

Get in

 * Coming in by car from the southeast or along E18 from Sweden, this is where in Oslo you'll arrive. A car is more useful for getting in and around than in more central parts of the city but by no means indispensable.
 * Places along the coast are accessible by different bus lines, tram lines 18 or 19 as far as Ljabru or local trains heading south.
 * Further inland, subway lines 1 and 4 bring you as far as Bergkrystallen, and line 3 still further inland as far as Mortensrud.
 * Local train line L2 between Stabekk, Oslo S and Ski serves the stations of Nordstrand, Ljan, Hauketo and Holmlia, while the local train line L2x stops at Hauketo and Holmlia only.
 * Many bus lines serve Oslo's southern (or rather southeastern) suburbs.
 * All major islands in the Oslo fjord are connected by ferry from downtown.

Do

 * Oslo-fjord (boat 91-92-93-94 from Vippetangen, bus 60 runs to the quay). There is also a bathing bus (number 87) running from mid-June to mid-August from Jernbanetorvet to the brilliant ; Katten, Hvervenbukta, Bestemorstranda and Ingierstrand, Map - English translation not available). Additionally, for Hvervenbukta you may take the train to Hauketo, then bus 76. Outdoor swimming pools can be found at Frognerparken and Tøyenbadet. Ingierstrand is a 1930s bathing resort with very special functionalist architecture (along with Ekebergrestauranten and Hvalstrand Bad). The buildings are protected by the Directorate for Cultural Heritage (Riksantikvaren), and after a 50 million kroner refurbishing the restaurant reopened in summer 2013. Buy a day return travel pass.

Buy
 Shopping malls 

Connect
As for the whole of Oslo

Go next

 * Within central Oslo: see the Oslo/Sentrum, Oslo/Inner East, Oslo/Inner North or the Oslo/West article
 * Other suburbs within Oslo: see the Oslo/North article
 * Drøbak, a historic and picturesque small town a few miles south of Oslo
 * Østfold