St. Hanshaugen

St. Hanshaugen is a borough of the city of Oslo, Norway. It has a triangular shape, with its northern border just north of the buildings of Norsk Rikskringkasting (Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation) and Ullevål University Hospital, and south of the Universitetet i Oslo campus at Blindern. In the east, the boundary runs just west of the river Akerselva, then down Storgata before it turns north, up Grensen, Pilestredet and Suhms gate. The borough has its name from the park by the same name that lies centrally within it, where the citizens used to celebrate summer solstice (St. Hans in Norwegian). The park was planted by the city in the years 1876-86; it has a pavilion, and a reflecting pool covering a reservoir.

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Oslo - Norway - Norsk Rikskringkasting - Ullevål University Hospital - Universitetet i Oslo - Blindern - Akerselva - Summer solstice - Norwegian - 1876 - 86 - Reflecting pool - Reservoir

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To the west of the park is Oslo?s oldest building ? Aker kirke, built around 1100, but restored from ruins around 1860, and then again in the 1950s in a more authentic style. Next to the church is the cemetery Vår Frelsers Gravlund, created in 1808 as a result of the great famine and cholera epidemic of the Napoleonic Wars. The nearby area around Damstredet and Telthusbakken is interesting since it retains the small town character of Oslo in the first part of the 19th century.

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Aker kirke - 1100 - 1860 - 1950s - Vår Frelsers Gravlund - 1808 - Cholera - Napoleonic Wars - Damstredet - Telthusbakken - 19th century

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To the southwest of the park is Bislett stadion, founded in 1907. Finished in 1940, this was the main venue of the 1952 Winter Olympics in Oslo. The stadium was demolished in 2004, and construction of a new building is currently taking place.

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Bislett stadion - 1907 - 1940 - 1952 - Winter Olympics - 2004 - Currently

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The borough also contains the Norwegian veterinary academy ? Veterinærhøyskolen, the cemeteries Nordre Gravlund and Vestre Aker, and Youngstorget ? home of the Norwegian labour movement.

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Veterinary academy - Youngstorget - Labour movement

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