Coding, gaming and makerspaces for kids in Oslo
15 options are listed under coding, gaming and makerspaces for children in Oslo, across 8 districts, for ages 6 to 18. Below is the full overview with age, district and a link to sign-up.
Districts with an offering: Bjerke, Gamle Oslo, Grorud, Nordre Aker, Nordstrand, Sentrum, SĂžndre Nordstrand, ĂstensjĂž.
Coding clubs are among the most overlooked free offerings in Oslo. Many are run by volunteers at libraries or schools, and children work with Scratch, microcontrollers and simple programming at their own pace, without grades and without prior knowledge.
Makerspaces are the physical version: 3D printers, laser cutters, soldering and building. E-sport is the newest addition, and differs from gaming at home by being team-based, with a coach and fixed training times, and the social framework that brings.
Worth knowing about coding and gaming
Organised e-sport is not the same as screen time at home. Teams have attendance, a coach and teammates waiting, and for a teenager who already plays a lot it can move the gaming out of the bedroom and into a community.
Coding clubs rarely require your own machine, but check before the first session. Some have equipment for everyone, others ask participants to bring a laptop, and finding out at the door is a poor start.
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15 activities
3D-printing pÄ Biblo Holmlia
Biblo Holmlia, SĂžndre Nordstrand
Technology-minded children aged 10 to 13 (grades 5-8) can come to Biblo Holmlia for 3D printing in the afternoon. Participants get access to a 3D printer, a computer with the slicing software Cura and PLA filament in different colours. Free, like everything at the library - and a rare chance to learn 3D modelling without owning the equipment.
ages 10-13
Read moreBrettspillklubb pÄ Deichman
Deichman-filialer i hele Oslo, Sentrum
Board game clubs at the Deichman libraries, where children and young people can borrow and play board games together - free and with no registration. The libraries have their own board game collections for use on site, and run regular game evenings and open play days. A social, low-threshold offering that does not require owning the games yourself.
ages 7-18
Read moreFIRST LEGO League
Skoler og fritidsklubber i Oslo, Sentrum
An international robotics competition for children and youth, with two levels: Explore for ages 6-9 and Challenge for ages 10-16. Teams build and program a LEGO robot and solve missions tied to an annual theme, and school classes, school teams and leisure-time teams can all sign up. This is the most common way into robotics for Norwegian children.
ages 6-16
Read moreKlemetsrud IL E-sport
Klubbhuset, Klemetsrud idrettspark, SĂžndre Nordstrand
Organised e-sports (FIFA) in the clubhouse at Klemetsrud IL - gaming in a club setting, with a coach present, fixed training times and a team feeling, instead of alone in a bedroom. For young people who already play a lot, this is a way to make it social and structured, in a club that otherwise covers everything from football to disc golf.
ages 10-18
Read moreKodegenet: kodeklubb og makerspace
Munkerud gÄrd, Munkerudtunet 29, Nordstrand
A free coding club and makerspace for children and young people aged 10 to 16 at Munkerud farm in the south of the city, affiliated with LĂŠr Kidsa Koding. Kodegenet develops its own course programmes and also publishes free Norwegian-language course material that other clubs use. The combination of coding club and makerspace is unusual - there is both programming and physical building in the same space. The club holds an open evening at the start of the autumn term in September, where you can come and look around without signing up first.
ages 10-16
Read moreKodeklubben Deichman Nordtvet
Nordtvet bibliotek, Nordtvetveien 28, Grorud
A free coding club at Nordtvet library for pupils in years 4 to 6, on Wednesdays 5-7pm. Here micro:bit boards are programmed into robots that do things, and no prior experience is needed. The club is run by volunteers from LĂŠr Kidsa Koding. Bring your own laptop or iPad if you have one, and parents are welcome to join in and help. Grorud has few regular technology offerings for children, so this is one of the most important in the district.
ages 9-12
Read moreKodeklubben Landbrukskvartalet
Nabolagshuset i Landbrukskvartalet, Gamle Oslo
A free coding club at the Neighbourhood House in Landbrukskvartalet at TĂžyen, on Wednesdays. The club takes children from years 1 to 7 and is run by volunteers from LĂŠr Kidsa Koding, using Scratch, micro:bit and the children's own game projects. Landbrukskvartalet is a neighbourhood project with workshops and shared spaces, so the coding club sits inside a bigger community of activities in the building.
ages 6-13
Read moreKodeklubben Linderud
Linderud, Bjerke
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 - the result is something physical that blinks, beeps and reacts, not just code on a screen. The club is run by volunteers from LĂŠr Kidsa Koding. Bjerke has few regular technology offerings for children.
ages 8-11
Read moreKodeklubben Oslo (Blindern)
Ole-Johan Dahls hus, Gaustadalléen 23B, Nordre Aker
A free coding club for children and young people in Ole-Johan Dahls hus at the University of Oslo, Blindern. Courses run in the evenings in both autumn and spring, led by volunteers from LĂŠr Kidsa Koding, and the children program in Scratch and similar tools. Being based in the computer science building adds something: the children code where the students do. Note that the 8-12 age range is an estimate based on what such coding clubs usually target - the club does not state it, so check with them before signing up.
ages 8-12
Read moreKodeklubben Petersborg
Petersborg, EnsjĂž, Gamle Oslo
A local coding club at EnsjĂž for all school-age children in the neighbourhood, run by volunteers from LĂŠr Kidsa Koding. The club takes children from years 1 to 7 - broader than most coding clubs, which start in year 4 - and they make games and animations and program small computers. No prior experience needed.
ages 6-13
Read moreKodeklubben pÄ Deichman Oppsal
Deichman Oppsal, ĂstensjĂž
A regular, free coding club at Deichman Oppsal for children in grades 4 to 7, on Mondays and Thursdays. Children learn programming with Scratch, micro:bit and 3D printing, and no prior experience is needed. The most established of Deichman's coding clubs, run by volunteers from LĂŠr Kidsa Koding.
ages 9-13
Read moreKreativt verksted pÄ Biblo TÞyen
Hagegata 22, TĂžyen, Gamle Oslo
The workshop at Biblo TĂžyen, the library exclusively for children and young people aged 10 to 15. In the afternoons you can create, draw, cut, glue and test out ideas in workshop format - good for children who like to use their hands. Everything is free, and Biblo is a space where young people do not have to compete with adults for room.
ages 10-15
Read moreLÊr Kidsa Koding: kodeklubber pÄ Deichman
Deichman-filialer i hele Oslo, Sentrum
Free coding clubs at the Deichman libraries, run by volunteers in the nationwide LĂŠr Kidsa Koding movement. Children code in Scratch, program micro:bit boards and try 3D printing, with instructors on hand. Some clubs take children from six, others from fourth grade, and they run at several branches around the city - among them Oppsal, Nordtvet and Lambertseter. Check the library's event listing for where and when.
ages 6-18
Read moreSpillklubb og gaming pÄ Deichman
Deichman-filialer i hele Oslo, Sentrum
Deichman has gaming rooms and stations with consoles and tablets at several branches, and runs dedicated gaming clubs for children and young people - completely free and with no entry requirements. The equipment ranges from Xbox, PlayStation and Switch to VR headsets, and tournaments are held during school holidays. The selection varies between libraries, so check your local branch.
ages 9-18
Read moreTeknoteket makerspace
Norsk Teknisk Museum, KjelsÄsveien 143, Nordre Aker
An open maker workshop for children and youth at the Oslo Science Centre in the Norwegian Museum of Science and Technology. Here you can build, program, 3D-print and experiment with technology in a workshop where the equipment is available and there are adults to ask. The maker workshop is a rare place where children get to use real tools and machines under guidance.
ages 8-18
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