Children's activities in Bjerke

Fotball · Løren idrettspark

The football section of the neighbourhood club at Løren, with children's teams in the age classes from eight to twelve for both girls and boys. It is one of the bigger clubs in the inner east of the city, with around seventy children's teams registered with the football association, so there are usually several teams in each year group. Matches and training take place on the artificial turf at Løren idrettspark in Spireaveien, and the club also uses Linderud kunstgress. Hasle-Løren additionally runs ice hockey, handball, floorball, skiing and cycling from the same grounds, so trying a different sport is an easy step.

Håndball · Løren skole og Lørenhallen

Handball in one of the Løren clubs, with its own handball school as the way in for the youngest. The handball school is handball-inspired play with a ball for school years 1 and 2, and the club takes new players on a rolling basis throughout the season, so arriving later is no problem.

Ishockey · Lørenvangen

Ice hockey for children and youth at the neighbourhood club Hasle-Løren at Løren, with a skating and hockey school for the youngest. Children get to try skates, stick and puck with no experience needed, and the club has teams up through the age groups.

Håndball · Linderudhallen

The handball section of Linderud IL, known as Linje 5, with teams for children and teenagers in the club's own halls at Linderud. The club runs its own tournament, the Linjecup, and has a dedicated page for families who find the training fee hard to manage. Linderud IL also runs adapted handball as a separate offering. Approved for the Oslo leisure card.

Cricket · Sletteløkka

A sports club with cricket as its main sport, running a year-round programme for children, teenagers and girls aged 6 to 19 alongside two adult teams. They play outdoors in summer and move inside when it gets cold. Approved for the Oslo leisure card.

Fotball · Veitvet

A sports club at Veitvet with teams for children and teenagers in football as its main sport, but also tennis, dance, pilates and a running group. The club describes itself as a platform for integration as much as for sport. Approved for the Oslo leisure card.

Fotball · Årvoll

Children's football at Årvoll IL, founded on 16 October 1932. The club runs football alongside cross-country skiing, ski jumping, orienteering, volleyball and handball, with the jump hill and the ski tracks of Lillomarka right behind the ground. Children's football has equal playing time and no league tables up to age twelve.

Håndball · Årvoll

The handball group at Årvoll IL has teams in several age groups for children and youth in the Bjerke district.

Volleyball · Årvoll

The volleyball group at Årvoll IL has a programme for children and youth in Årvoll and the Bjerke district.

Kor · Tonsen kirke

The children's choir in Tonsen parish, part of the parish's work with children and youth in the north-east of the city. The choir takes part in services and parish events through the year. Contact the parish for rehearsal times and admission.

Kor · Kolstadgata 1

A choir for children and young people from four to sixteen, founded in Oslo in 2023 by conductor and music teacher Larysa Smaga. The choir is open to everyone, both children with Ukrainian backgrounds and children of other nationalities who want to sing together, and they sing Ukrainian, Norwegian and international songs.

Korps · Løren skole

School band for Løren and Refstad, with four ensembles by years played: beginners in year one, aspirants in year two, juniors in years three and four, then the main band. No prior experience is needed.

Kor · Tonsen kirke

Ten Sing for teenagers aged 13 to 19 in Tonsen church, Thursdays from 18:30 to 21:00. Singing, band, dance, drama and stage tech, so you can be on stage or run sound and lights. The fee is 200 kroner.

Kor · Tonsen kirke

Choir for school years 5 to 7 in Tonsen church, Wednesdays from 18:30 to 20:00. Mostly singing, but also dance, games, band, drama, painting and baking, and every session ends with a shared evening meal. The choir is part of the YWCA-YMCA, and the fee is 650 kroner per term.

Korps · Tonsenhagen skole

A school band with a full wind band line-up, recruiting players from both Tonsenhagen and Vollebekk schools from Year 2 upwards. Approved for the Oslo leisure card.

Dans · Linderud

A cultural and dance organisation teaching children and young people Indian dance and performing arts, particularly kathak and Bollywood. Kathak is one of the classical Indian dance forms, built on footwork and storytelling. Approved for the Oslo leisure card.

Cheerleading · Veitvethallen

Cheerleading for children and youth in the Bjerke district, with three squads: Nova-Stars (mini) ages 6-9, Stars (Peewee) ages 9-12 and Sparkels (youth +) from age 12. The two youngest squads train on Thursday evenings at Veitvethallen, while the oldest also trains on Mondays there and on Thursdays at the club's own LF hall on Østre Aker vei 90. The season follows the school year and starts in week 34 with open training sessions. The sport combines acrobatics, dance and gymnastics elements, and the squads compete.

Dans · Løren

Norsk Ballettinstitutt's branch at Løren, with its own dance studio in the basement of Løren school. The focus here is courses for children and juniors: dance play from age three, children's ballet, classical ballet, jazz and hip hop.

Cheerleading · Persveien

A cheerleading club with training for children and teenagers at every level, from complete beginners to experienced athletes. Approved for the Oslo leisure card.

Fritidsklubb · Veitvetveien 8

A municipal sound studio for young people at Veitvet, with recording equipment, microphones and software in place. Here you can record your own music, learn mixing and production, or just try it out without owning any of the gear. Free, but you have to be a member to use the studio, and membership costs nothing.

Fritidsklubb · Årvoll skole

The district's alcohol- and drug-free youth club, at Årvoll school, for children and young people in years 5 to 10, open every Wednesday from 2pm to 6pm. Free, with no registration and no commitment.

Fritidsklubb · Veitvetveien 8

A municipal contemporary-circus programme for young people at Veitvet, with acrobatics, juggling and aerial work on rope and silks. Contemporary circus is circus technique without animals, closer to dance and gymnastics than to the ring. It is free and drop-in.

Fritidsklubb · Veitvetveien 8

A drug-free activity centre in Veitvetveien, for children and young people aged ten to seventeen, with a junior club for years 4 to 7 and a youth club for years 8 to 10 on separate days. It shares an address with both the Red Cross family centre and the contemporary-circus programme at Veitvet. Free.

Kampsport · Løren skole og Refstad skole

Taekwondo with two children's groups, A and B, training on Mondays at Løren school and Thursdays at Refstad school. The club offers trial sessions for children, so you can see whether it suits before joining.

Fekting · Kuben Yrkesarena

A fencing club at Økern welcoming new fencers from age seven, both beginners and experienced. Since August 2026 training has been spread across three venues: the club's new room at Dancify in Eikenga, the multi-purpose hall at Kuben Yrkesarena and the gym at Bi Kuben. Children learn technique and tactics.

Kampsport · Løren skole og Båstad dojo

Karate at Løren school on Tuesdays and Thursdays, plus a dedicated children's session at Båstad dojo on Saturday mornings. The club holds its own gradings twice a year for children under twelve. The club also runs a free karate summer school at Løren during the school holidays.

Makerspace · Spireaveien, Hasle

Free family workshop on the last Saturday of each month, where parents and children build and create together, play board games, try retro gaming and share time without screen stress. Run by DUGER, a volunteer organisation for digital youth, in Spireaveien at Hasle. Free entry.

Koding · Linderud

A coding club at Linderud, running since spring 2023, with micro:bit courses for children between eight and eleven. The micro:bit is a small circuit board programmed in Makecode, a block-based language made for children and easy to get started with, and the result is something physical that blinks, beeps and reacts. The club is run by volunteers from Lær Kidsa Koding.

Makerspace · Østre Aker vei 90

Free makerspace and workshops in music and technology for girls, trans and non-binary youth aged 12 to 24, every Wednesday near Økern. The drop-in workshop is open from 15:00 to 20:00 with instruments, electronics and equipment to borrow for your own projects, and between 17:00 and 19:00 a workshop runs in one room while you can work on your own in the other. Guidance from the WoNoMute team throughout.

Friluft · Sletteløkka

Free outdoor group for children at Sletteløkka, every Thursday from 17:00 to 19:00. Barnas Røde Kors (BARK) is the Red Cross' activity programme for primary school children, with outdoor play in the neighbourhood together with adult volunteers. No membership fee. You get the local meeting point when you sign up via the link.

Speider · Nordtvet

A scout group meeting at Nordtvet, part of Oslospeiderne. The group takes children from the Kalbakken area in Bjerke. You need neither experience nor your own equipment to begin.

Speider · Bjerke

7. Oslo Kanaljene, which describes itself as the city's largest scout group, with around 150 members, part of Oslospeiderne. The pack is for years 3 and 4 and the two troops for years 5 to 10. Meetings are every Tuesday in the basement of Tonsen church and at Isdammen, and the group has its own cabin in Nordmarka.

Padel · Økern

A padel club founded in autumn 2024, based at Økern, with activities for children and young people. It was set up because padel in Oslo has largely been a matter of friends renting a court, leaving those who wanted regular club training with nowhere to go. The club does not have its own website. Approved for the Oslo leisure card.

Padel · POP Økern

Padel for children and young people at POP Økern, with junior groups by ability. Training blocks run nine to eighteen weeks, and the club adds shorter sessions during school holidays. Padel is played two against two in a glassed-in court, and it is easy to get a rally going.

Diskgolf og golf · Muselunden, Sinsen

The disc golf club running the 12-hole course in Muselunden by Sinsen, and which also runs an 18-hole course outside the city. Disc golf is free to try, the course is open to all year round, and a single disc costs little.

Søm · Kulturhuset Veitvet

A voluntary organisation running free courses in sewing, repair and redesign of used textiles for children and young people, at several venues in Oslo. In autumn 2026 «From Trash to Treasure» runs at Kulturhuset Veitvet on Tuesdays for eight to twelve year olds, with jewellery making, sewing and art. 27 artists and designers lead the sessions.

Paraidrett · Linderudhallen

Adapted handball with SUPERLINJA, a team for children and young people who need a programme suited to their needs. Training is on Tuesdays from 5.30pm to 6.30pm, and the team welcomes both beginners and those who have played before.

Sjakk · Årvoll gård

A youth chess club with game evenings on Thursdays in the main house at Årvoll farm, affiliated with the Norwegian Youth Chess Federation and Oslo chess district youth section. Years 1 to 3 play from 6pm to 7pm and years 4 to 10 from 7pm to 8.30pm. The club provides the venue, boards and pieces, and parents must confirm a first visit by email.

Svømming · Økern bad

Swimming courses for children aged four to eight at Økern bad, run by Sportsklubben Speed. The club follows the Norwegian Swimming School system, so the levels are the same as in its other pools and you can move between them.