Bike tracks and pump tracks for kids in Oslo

Asphalt rolls most easily. Bjørndal is the city's first asphalt pump track, and the city itself states that it suits children from around age four upwards. The asphalt also makes it usable for scooters and skateboards, which often decides whether older siblings come along.

Woodchip and gravel are slower and demand a little more balance, but in return they give the feeling of riding in the woods. Trolldalen comes in two parts, with a flat, easy loop and a newer extension with sharper turns and steep mounds, so the same outing can suit both a five-year-old and a ten-year-old.

Concrete is hard and fast, and shared with skaters and scooters. Bøler concrete park has a long ramp for BMX and scooters, but also calmer edges where the youngest can practise. If you want to avoid the traffic of older kids on boards, a dedicated pump track is the quieter choice.

Manglerud bike park is something other than the rest. It is built as a practice course with loops of varying difficulty, and is in practice Oslo's traffic training ground: here children practise cycling skills themselves rather than speed. It suits everyone from balance-bike age upwards, and in winter a ski track is groomed on the wide main loop, so the facility is in use year round.

At Voldsløkka in Bydel Sagene, an asphalt pump track of around 1,500 square metres has been announced, with banked turns and jumps, for bikes, scooters, skateboards and roller skates. We do not know for certain whether it has opened. The facility is a collaboration between Sagene IF, track builders and local volunteers.

By Årvoll school in Bydel Bjerke, an asphalt track of around 1,000 square metres is coming, with turns, rollers, amphitheatre benches, bike parking and lighting, built by the city's environment agency as a free low-threshold meeting place. Both are announced for 2026, but construction can slip, so check before you head over.

If you don't have a bike in the right size, BUA lends out bikes and helmets free of charge, with no means testing. BUA has several lending points in Oslo. Worth knowing not least because children outgrow a bike about as fast as they get good on it.

The tracks above are free and open to everyone, and for most that is enough. If your child wants to learn technique alongside others, there are two organised options in Oslo: the cycling club IF Frøy welcomes children from six, and Oslo Skatehall at Voldsløkka runs its own sessions for children.

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