Winter break camps for kids in Oslo

Intility Arena, Valle

Vålerenga runs holiday programmes around Intility Arena in several school breaks: development weeks (football school) for football-mad kids, Monday to Friday 10am-2pm, and Vålerenga Samfunn's holiday weeks with activities, day trips and even a mid-week hotel night. Fair play, community and good holiday memories are at the centre, and the programmes suit both keen players and children who simply want an active week. The birth years accepted are listed on the club's own page.

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.

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 needed. A rare chance to stand in a rehearsal room with your own band before the week is out.

Hele Oslo

The Red Cross holiday programme for the whole family, with accommodation, food and activities covered, run in several of the school holidays. This is not something you sign up for yourself: the family must be referred by NAV, the school health service or child welfare services, and the scheme is intended for families who have had a weak financial situation over time. If that is your situation, it is worth asking the school nurse or class teacher about a referral well before the holiday.

Tryvannsveien 64, 0791 Oslo

The ski school at Oslo Vinterpark on Tryvann - with roots going back to Tomm Murstad's legendary ski school, the world's oldest for children - runs dedicated camps in the winter break. Three-day courses of play, learning and mastery on the slopes, for children who want to get confident on skis or a board while it's actually winter. Courses are split into age groups from 4 upwards, on both skis and snowboard, with full-day camps for the oldest. Just a metro ride from the city centre, with lift passes and organised days.

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.

Ekebergveien 99, 1181 Oslo

EKT riding school and petting farm on Ekebergsletta runs day courses for children in several of the school holidays, alongside extra riding sessions. Full days among horses, cows, goats and rabbits, ten minutes from the city centre, where children both ride and learn to care for and handle the animals.

Tokeruddalen 105

A city-wide music house with free holiday programmes in the winter break, Easter and summer, and worth noting that it is open to the whole city, not only the district. All activities are free and require no prior experience; the summer opening is pure drop-in, while some courses have their own registration. Studio time is booked by text message or email.

Alna

Day camps for children in the school holidays at Alna Ridesenter - including at Easter, one of the few holiday offerings in the city that week. Days are filled with riding, grooming and hands-on learning with the horses, and the centre also runs courses for the youngest from around age three alongside regular riding school courses. Sibling discounts and week packages make it easier to fill a whole holiday week.

Midtoddveien 12

The culture house at Kjelsås stays open for much of the summer for young people from year 8, with outings and activities in the building, all free and with no registration. Younger children get their own weeks of theatre courses, gaming and music production with ordinary sign-up, and the house also runs a winter camp in February and opens over Easter. This is one of the few places in the city where the holiday programme doesn't stop when summer does.

Olav M. Troviks vei 13, 0864 Oslo

Lyn runs football camps at Kringsjå in all four school holidays, making it one of the few clubs that covers more than 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. The club also runs the Barcelona Academy Camp with coaches from La Masia; the birth years for that one are listed on the club's own page. Age limits and prices for the other camps are not given on the overview page, so check the sign-up link for each camp.

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. Days run from 08:30 to 15:30 with classical ballet, jazz, creative dance, theatre and drawing, a shared lunch and free outdoor play in between. The summer camps last a week and end with a performance for family and friends, while the autumn camp has been offered as single days booked separately. The programme varies from holiday to holiday, so check the ballet school's pages for this year's dates and levels.

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. Everything is free, and the centre also lends out skis, skates, bikes and canoes all year round. The programme is primarily for children living in Gamle Oslo.

Hovseterveien 74

Bydel Vestre Aker's youth house stays open through the school holidays for everyone from year 4 to the final year of upper secondary, and the outings are as free as the house itself: an amusement park, a trampoline park and a climbing park with nothing to pay along the way. Open house needs no registration, while the trips fill up and have their own deadlines. Sign-up goes through Spond or email, and the house is a few minutes from Hovseter metro station.

Bøler flerbrukshall

A free open hall for teenagers, and what makes it unusual is that it doesn't only run in summer: the hall is open during the day in the school holidays, including the winter and autumn breaks, when almost everything else free is closed. No registration, no membership, no cost, just turn up. For families looking for something to fill an autumn break week, this is one of the few confirmed options.

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 offer 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. An energetic holiday choice for children who love to jump, roll and cartwheel.

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 and fun. 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. Mastery at height in three of the school holidays.