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Botanisk hage

Botanisk hage from directly overhead

Botanisk hage is a museum, at a modelled elevation of 33 m. Vettakolltoppen stands 419 m to the north-northwest, 4.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Gamlehagen, a garden less than a tenth of a mile away.

Norway's oldest botanical garden, established in 1814. About 35 000 plants, distributed in about 7,500 different species or varieties. (website)

The story

University Botanical Garden in Oslo

Dates from 1814.

Wikidata Q3116396, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What to expect

Operated by
University of Oslo's Natural History Museum
Fee
donation

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates59.91768, 10.77011

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
  • Tøyen Hovedgård: 0.0 mi
  • Tøyen Kolera Kirkegård: 0.2 mi
  • Rudolf Nilsens: 0.2 mi
  • Ole Gjølstad Gudmundsen: 0.3 mi
  • SOFIENBERG KIRKE 1877 ARKITEKT JAKOB WILHELM NORDAN: 0.3 mi
Artworks
Parks
Attractions
Waterfalls
Peaks
  • St. Hanshaugen: 1.2 mi
  • Ryen varde: 1.9 mi
  • Brannfjell: 2.2 mi
  • Tallberget: 2.5 mi
  • Skøyenhaugen: 2.6 mi
Beaches
  • Sørenga Sjøbad: 1.3 mi
  • Bekkelagsbadet: 2.6 mi
  • Sydstranda: 3.5 mi
  • Sundveien badeplass: 3.6 mi
  • Huk: 3.6 mi
Gardens: 39
Cliffs: 23
  • Cowboyveggen: 3.1 mi
  • Barnehageveggen: 3.1 mi
  • Årvoll gruve: 4.0 mi
  • Skådalsstupene: 4.4 mi
  • Guddefjellet: 5.6 mi
Picnic sites: 16
  • Piknikplen: 0.1 mi
  • Sofienbergparken: 0.5 mi
  • Bord: 1.1 mi
  • Grillområde: 5.1 mi
  • Masjørgengruva: 7.7 mi
Springs: 12
  • Kilden: 7.8 mi
  • Pipekvila: 9.7 mi
  • Majorskilden: 10.2 mi
  • Simensølla: 12.2 mi
  • Olavskilden: 15.0 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 5.1 miles of Botanisk hage. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
VettakolltoppenNNW 327°419.2 m4.5 mi
VettakollenNNW 329°419 m4.8 mi
LinderudseterhøgdeneNNE 29°381.5 m4.3 mi
GrefsenkollenNNE 22°380 m3.1 mi
Grefsenkollen østNNE 25°374 m3.1 mi
HolmenåsenNW 311°373 m4.9 mi
LachmannsfjellNNE 19°364 m3.6 mi
StorhaugNNE 29°363 m3.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:2017:3518:30
June solstice03:5421:2522:44
September equinox07:0118:2519:20
December solstice09:1913:0615:13

Local time (Europe/Oslo).

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/4045303

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