Two rivers that runs from north to the south of the city of Oslo are called Akerselva and Alna river (Alnaelva).
A RIVER RUNS THROUGH IT
OLD TOWN
Just a couple of hundred meters from new residential block at Sørenga, at the slopes of Ekeberg hill you can find traces of medieval Oslo (Gamlebyen). In a small park called Middelalderparken lies the ruins of St Mary’s Church. The park was built in 2000 and the small lake surrounding the territory represents the Oslofjord as it was once had been.
THE HISTORY OF THE CITY
MEDIEVAL OSLO
The history of the city dates way back to year 1000AD when the medieval town of Oslo was located below the Ekeberg hills, on the east side of the Bjørvika bay in the area today called Gamlebyen (Old Town).