Sledding hills in Oslo: where to go with children
There is no official list of sledding hills in Oslo. The city has exactly one page about sledding, and it is about Korketrekkeren. The rest are park slopes and fields people have used for generations, without anyone writing them down anywhere. That is why this page exists.
That has a practical consequence too: nobody clears them, nobody grits at the bottom, and nobody fences them off from the road. Korketrekkeren is the only one that is looked after. Everything else is at your own risk, and it is worth walking up the hill once before your child sleds down it.
Korketrekkeren: the only one the city looks after
- Length
- About 2,700 metres, with a 255-metre vertical drop
- Where
- From Frognerseteren down to Midtstuen
- How long
- 8–10 minutes down without stopping
- Getting back up
- The metro from Midtstuen to Frognerseteren. Buy a day ticket before you go, you will take it several times
- Price
- Free with your own sled
- Rental
- Sleds and toboggans from Akeforeningen and Skimore
- Toilets
- In Akeforeningen's clubhouse at the top, between Frognerseteren restaurant and Skistua
- Open
- Only when there is enough snow on the hill
The city recommends a helmet, and that is not a formality: a 255-metre drop means real speed, and the run is full of people. Ten minutes downhill is also a long time for a small child to sit still in the cold. For the youngest, a short slope in the nearest park is better — they will sled the same hill twenty times anyway.
The hills in the parks
These are local hills: a short trip, a short slope, and possible to climb back up many times over. The district is given where we could confirm the place in our own register of playgrounds and parks.
Tøyenparken
GrünerløkkaA big, wide slope, the most used one on the east side. Room for many to sled at once without colliding.
Ola Narr
GrünerløkkaThe mound at the north end of Tøyenparken. Shorter than the main park slope, and the only hill in the city apart from Korketrekkeren named by both our sources.
Torshovdalen
SageneSeveral slopes of different steepness in the same park, so siblings four years apart can each have their own hill and still be together.
Iladalen
SageneRight by Alexander Kiellands plass. Fairly steep and not very long — it suits children who have sledded a bit before.
Grünerhagen
GrünerløkkaAbove Nedre Foss park. A short slope with plenty of room, and one of the few you reach without planning the trip.
Ekebergsletta
NordstrandA wide slope at the forest edge up towards the water tower. Plenty of space, so it rarely gets crowded.
Jordal
Gamle OsloA small slope by the ice hall. Short enough that a three-year-old can walk back up alone, which is the whole difference between an hour and ten minutes.
Tveitaparken
AlnaThe park slope by Tveita centre, with shops and somewhere warm within walking distance when enough is enough.
Nordre Skøyen hovedgård
ØstensjøA good length and a good gradient, running down from the manor. One of the more versatile on the east side.
Rustadfeltet
ØstensjøThe slope at Bogerud. The local hill for the Bøler and Bogerud area.
Damefallene
Nordre AkerBetween Nordberg and Sogn, on the stretch from Sognsvann towards Ullevålsletta. The city used to have its own page for it; that is gone now, but the hill is not.
Sinsenjordet
Several levels in the same slope, and the lowest is gentle enough for the very youngest. Our sources single it out precisely as a toddler hill.
Haugenstua
StovnerThe slope inside the housing cooperative, much used by those who live there. Be considerate — this is someone's yard.
Liabakken
StovnerBy the Lia ski centre. Note that there is also a Liabakken in Vestre Aker, and it is not this one — check the map before you drive.
Longer runs in Marka
For older children who can face the climb back up. None of these has an address — they have a place you set off from.
Grefsenkollen
A long run down from the restaurant, around two kilometres. It doubles as a walking path the rest of the day, so expect people on foot in the track.
Linderudkollen
The ski jump itself, when it is not set up for jumping. Check on site before you start.
Svartputt
The slope down towards the pond at Linderudkollen. That there is water at the bottom is worth noting in early and late winter.
Lilloseter
From the sports lodge and all the way down. A long walk in, so this is a full day out rather than an afternoon.
No sled?
Then borrow one for free. BUA lends out sleds, toboggans and other winter gear for a week at a time, from sixteen locations in Oslo, and it costs nothing. Worth knowing before buying a sled your child outgrows in a single season.
Before you go
Look at where the hill ends
Walk down the hill first. It is the run-out that decides whether a hill is safe, not the gradient: a gentle slope ending at a road is more dangerous than a steep one ending in a field.
Helmet
A bike helmet is fine, and it is already in the hallway. The city recommends one in Korketrekkeren; on an icy park slope with trees the argument is the same.
Walk up at the side
Most collisions happen between someone sledding down and someone walking up in the middle of the track. One agreed side for walking up solves it.
Snow, not the calendar
None of these hills has a season. They work when there is snow, and in a mild winter that can mean a few weeks. Go the same week the snow arrives.
Not enough snow? Then skating is the other thing that works in winter, and the city lays more than thirty natural ice rinks around the city.
Ice rinks in Oslo →Playgrounds in Oslo, district by district →
Sources
Korketrekkeren was checked against the City of Oslo on 30 August 2026. The other hills are named by the sources above and located against our own register; the city keeps no official list of sledding hills, so this is not a complete overview. None of the hills apart from Korketrekkeren is maintained or supervised.