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Øya, Trondheim — Area Guide & Where to Stay
Where to stay in Øya
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Øya is hospital and campus ground. Beds for visitors are scarce among the institutions, so most stay across the Elgeseter Bridge in central Trondheim and walk over the Nidelva. If you want a quiet base on the peninsula near St. Olavs University Hospital, a short way from Nidarosdomen in central Norway (Trøndelag), this district suits you.
Things to do in Øya
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Museums & Galleries
6- Trondheim kunstmuseum
- Rustkammeret "The Armoury", Norwegian Army Museum
- Justismuseet public museum in Kongens gate
- Det jødiske museum i Trondheim Jewish museum
- Norsk Døvemuseum Deaf museum
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- PoMo Norwegian art museum
Churches & Religious Sites
5- Nidarosdomen Heritage cathedral
- Vår Frue kirke Heritage Parish church
- Ilen kirke Heritage
- Hospitalskirken Heritage
- Lo kirke Heritage
Stadiums & Sports
1- Sentralbadet
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About Øya
What are the main landmarks in Øya?
Øya is institutional ground. St. Olavs University Hospital fills much of the peninsula, joined by parts of the Norwegian University of Science and Technology along the Nidelva. The Elgeseter Bridge carries the district into central Trondheim, where the medieval Nidarosdomen rises a short way north and the Vitensenteret i Trondheim draws families.
The quarter reads as a working part of the city in central Norway rather than a sight in itself.
What is the history of Øya?
Øya took its shape from the river. The Nidelva loops around the peninsula and gave the quarter its name and its ground within Trondheim. Housing came first.
Later the land filled with institutions, and St. Olavs University Hospital together with parts of the Norwegian University of Science and Technology came to occupy much of the district within the Midtbyen borough of central Norway (Trøndelag).
Where is Øya?
Øya sits in south-western Trondheim. The district is a peninsula shaped by the river Nidelva in central Norway (Trøndelag), set within the Midtbyen borough just east of Elgeseter and tied to the centre by the Elgeseter Bridge.
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Updated July 2026