Water parks and swimming pools for kids in Oslo

Middelthuns gate 28, 0368 Oslo

Oslo's classic outdoor pool with a 50-metre pool, diving tower and its own children's pool with a slide. Note: closed for renovation until 2027 - check status before visiting.

Helgesens gate 90, 0563 Oslo

New pool facility in Tøyen with its own children's pool (32 degrees), a warm jacuzzi and an outdoor pool open year-round. The children's area has fountains and is designed for calm play and bathing for the youngest.

Plogveien 22, 0681 Oslo

Pool facility in Manglerud with a 25-metre pool, a training/therapy pool, jacuzzi, sauna, a dedicated children's pool and a 51-metre-long slide (swimming ability required). Diving boards at 1, 3 and 5 metres.

Eidsvegen 90, 2166 Rånåsfoss

An idyllic outdoor pool by the Glomma river, a five-minute walk from Rånåsfoss station. A large main pool and a separate children's pool for the youngest, with a kiosk, showers, toilets and a lifeguard on duty. Children under 7 swim free. Note: about 45 minutes from Oslo (Nes municipality), and only open in summer (typically late June to mid-August, noon-7pm).

Romsås Senter 1, 0970 Oslo

Municipal swimming pool at Romsås shopping centre, and the city pool best set up for the youngest: the splash pool is 4 x 3 metres, half a metre deep and kept at 33 degrees, with a small slide, an umbrella fountain and a side shower. The main pool is 25 metres and 32 degrees. Sauna and changing rooms with lockers - bring your own padlock. The accessible changing rooms have baby changing tables. Children must be over 12 and able to swim to bathe on their own, and one swimming-capable adult in the water may look after up to two children. Check the opening hours before you go, the hall closes for a few weeks in summer.

Trygve Lies plass 1, 1051 Oslo

Municipal swimming pool at Furuset shopping centre, right by the metro. The children's pool is large by Oslo standards: 10 metres long, 4 metres wide and 90 centimetres deep, deep enough for older children to practise in but shallow enough to stand up in. The main pool is 25 metres and 0.80 to 1.85 metres deep. Both are kept at 28 degrees. Sauna on weekdays 2.30-7pm and at weekends 10am-4pm. Lockers need your own padlock. Children must be over 12 and able to swim to bathe on their own, and one swimming-capable adult in the water may look after up to two children.

Langbølgen 24, 1155 Oslo

Swimming pool at Lambertseter run by Lambertseter Swimming Club, with public swimming and a swim school. Hosts pool birthday parties on Saturdays: one hour in the pool with a dedicated activity leader running games and relays, and one hour for changing and food in a private room. Recommended from age 7, and the children must be confident in the water - otherwise one adult per five children must join them in the pool. Bring your own food; the pool lends out a hot-dog cooker and sets the table.

Holmlia senter vei 34, 1255 Oslo

Municipal swimming pool at Holmlia with a 25-metre pool from 0.9 to 1.8 metres deep and a small splash pool of 2.15 x 2.15 metres and 30 centimetres deep. Both are kept at 28 degrees. Sauna, and changing rooms with lockers. Pram parking is set aside outside the ticket office, and the hall has two accessible changing rooms and a pool hoist operated by staff. Children must be over 12 and able to swim to bathe on their own, and one swimming-capable adult in the water may look after up to two children.

Bølerlia 3D, 0691 Oslo

Municipal swimming pool right by Bøler shopping centre, with a single 25-metre pool from 0.9 to 1.8 metres deep. The water is kept at 32 degrees, warmer than most of the other municipal halls, which makes up for there being no separate children's pool, slide or diving board here. Sauna on weekdays from 12.30pm, and the pool closes half an hour after the ticket office. Children must be over 12 and able to swim to bathe on their own; younger children and non-swimmers must be under the continuous supervision of a swimming-capable adult over 18. The hall closes for a few weeks each summer, in 2026 up to and including 16 August, so check the municipality's opening hours before you go.

Aastatunet 12 A og B, 0988 Oslo

New municipal pool complex at Stovner, the most extensive one in Groruddalen. Six pools: a 25-metre competition pool (2 metres deep, 28 degrees), a diving pool with 1 and 3 metre boards (3.6 metres deep, 28 degrees), a teaching pool with an adjustable floor (32 degrees), a family pool (1.6 metres deep, 32 degrees) and a children's pool from 30 to 60 centimetres deep (32 degrees). There is also a water slide, a jacuzzi, a hot tub and a cold plunge. The slide is open Monday to Friday 11am-7pm and Saturday and Sunday 10am-5pm, and the minimum age for it is 7. Children must be over 10 and able to swim to bathe on their own, and entry is free for children under 3. The pool is now in operation, with a café on site and opening hours published week by week, so check the city's page before you go.