Autumn break camps for kids in Oslo

📍 Vulkan 5, 0178 Oslo

Geitmyra food culture centre for children runs a free cooking school for teenagers aged 14 to 19 in the school holidays, at their kitchen in Mathallen at Vulkan. Participants learn knife skills, kitchen hygiene and cooking methods from frying to fermenting, make sustainable food and end each day with a shared meal. At the farm itself in Sagene they also offer a free after-school programme for ages 10 to 13 on Tuesdays and Thursdays.

📍 Sandakerveien 24C, 0473 Oslo

Klatreverket at Torshov runs holiday camps from 5th grade upwards in three of the school holidays. The summer school is five full days of outdoor climbing, rappelling, a zip line over the water, swimming and barbecuing, plus one night at Hauktjern. The autumn holiday brings rope climbing, bouldering and rappelling with drop-off at 9 and pick-up at 3, and you can book the whole week or single days. The winter holiday is a full week of climbing for all levels. Climbing gear and transport to the crags are included; food and a daypack are not.

📍 Haslehallen, Hasle

Oslo Turnforening fills several school holidays with gymnastics school for grades 1-4 and 'Salto week' for grades 5-8 at Haslehallen, Monday to Friday 9am-3pm. Days include trampette, tumbling, trampoline and apparatus like beam, vault and rings, plus obstacle courses, gymnastics treasure hunts and water play, and the programme is open to everyone, though those attending four or five days must also pay a membership fee.

📍 Olaf Helsets vei 5, 0694 Oslo

Oslo Klatresenter at Skullerud runs climbing camps for children and teens in both the autumn and winter breaks, with instruction in belaying, climbing and technique alongside play. The autumn camp is for ages 10 to 16. In summer they run a summer school for ages 10 to 18, climbing both at the centre and outdoors.

📍 Hele Oslo

The Red Cross holiday programme for families, with accommodation, food and activities covered, run in several of the school holidays. The scheme is intended for families who have had a weak financial situation over time. How a family gets a place, by applying directly or by referral from NAV, the school health service or child welfare services, is explained on the Red Cross website. Check there well before the holiday.

📍 Flere steder i Oslo og omegn

The Norwegian Trekking Association's holiday programmes for children and youth in the school breaks, with the widest range in summer: outdoor schools and holiday camps for children, and the Basecamp summer camp for teens aged 13-19 with climbing, sea kayaking, summit hikes and tent life. Programmes run at several locations in and around Oslo, including DNT's own Sæteren farm in Bærumsmarka with an activity tower, zip line and archery. No gear or experience is required.

📍 Alna

Day camps for children in the school holidays at Alna Ridesenter, including at Easter. Days are spent riding and grooming the horses, and the centre also runs courses for the youngest from around age three alongside regular riding school courses. There are sibling discounts and week packages.

📍 Grorud

SF Grei in Groruddalen runs OBOS-Camp in the autumn break for children aged 8 to 13, Monday to Thursday. OBOS-Camp is a national football school concept from Norsk Toppfotball, for all levels.

📍 Oslo Skatehall, Voldsløkka

The Oslo Skateboard Association runs week-long camps at Oslo Skatehall at Voldsløkka in the summer and autumn holidays, where participants have the hall to themselves, with qualified instructors, prizes for everyone and snacks and drinks through the week. For beginners and improvers alike. Register in advance, as places are limited.

📍 Engebråtveien 11, 0493 Oslo

Kjelsås Fotball runs football schools in both the summer and autumn holidays, for girls and boys alike. In summer there is TINE Feriefotball in the first week of the holiday and TINE Fotballskolen in the last, plus a separate girls' camp.

📍 Skullerudstua i Østmarka og badedammen ved Steinbruvannet på Grorud

Skiforeningen's free outdoor days in the autumn holiday, at two locations: by Skullerudstua in Østmarka and by the bathing pond at Grorud. Note that this is not a drop-off programme. Children aged 6 to 10 must bring an adult who stays with them throughout, and younger siblings can join if a parent takes responsibility for them.

📍 Veitvetveien 8

A circus camp at Kulturhuset Veitvet with aerial acrobatics, juggling, dance and music production, running both as a shorter mini-camp and a full week in summer, with its own programme in the autumn break. It is free but reserved for children in Bydel Bjerke, and registration goes through a form or the district's own app. The camp suits children who would rather climb a rope than kick a ball.

📍 Brenneriveien 9, 0182 Oslo

AKKS Oslo's band camps in the school holidays, in their rooms by the Akerselva river: a summer camp plus autumn and winter break camps for children and youth aged 9-15 (the autumn LOUD also has a programme for ages 7-12). Participants form bands, learn instruments and play real songs together through the week. No experience is needed.

📍 Gamle Oslo (og Husbergøya i Oslofjorden)

FRIGO, the outdoor activity centre in Gamle Oslo, is the district's own free holiday programme for children and youth: a summer club with day trips, swimming, canoeing and football in several summer weeks, stays with overnighting at FRIGO's own colony site on the island of Husbergøya in the Oslofjord, and activities in both the autumn and winter breaks.

📍 Bøler flerbrukshall

A free open hall for teenagers every Friday from 8pm to 10pm through the school year, from January to late April and from September to mid December. The hall is also open during the day in the winter break, in week 33 and in the autumn break. No registration, no membership, no cost, just turn up.

📍 Olav M. Troviks vei 13, 0864 Oslo

Lyn runs football camps at Kringsjå in all four school holidays, not only in the summer. As of August 2026 their events page listed a winter camp in February, an Easter camp in late March, OBOS Lyn summer football in weeks 26, 32 and 33, a separate pro camp in weeks 26 and 33, and an OBOS autumn camp.

📍 Kulturstasjoner flere steder i Oslo

Oslo's municipal school of culture runs dedicated holiday courses for children and youth at culture stations around the city, with week-long daytime courses in dance, theatre, drawing, music and more, taught by the school's own teachers. You do not commit to a full school year.

📍 Bydel Grorud

Bydel Grorud's own holiday club for children and young people from year 5 to age 18, with trips to water parks, an amusement park, a climbing park and paintball, plus a music workshop and overnight stays at the district's own holiday house Kinsbakken near Stavern.

📍 Sørbyhaugen 33, 0379 Oslo

Kirkenær Ballettskole at Smestad runs its DanseCamp in several school holidays, both in summer and in the autumn break. The camps are split by level: one is open to everyone from year 1 to year 7, the others are for the more experienced from year 7 up to upper secondary.

📍 Melnes gård, ca. 45 min øst for Oslo

Oslo Dog School's camp at Melnes farm, forty-five minutes east of Oslo, where children and teens spend a full week living with dogs, with a children's camp for ages 8-12 and a youth camp for ages 13-18. Participants learn agility, fun tricks, dog body language and care, and you can bring your own dog or borrow one of the farm's.