Fjellhamar – Culture, Swimming and Cycling

Fjellhamar brings together traces of industrial history with culture, swimming and cycling. The Maskinhallen on the Bruket Fjellhamar industrial site has been transformed into a cultural venue; the swimming pool at Fjellhamar arena offers pools of different sizes and water temperatures. A cycling route also passes through Fjellhamardammen miljøpark. This gives you various ways to explore the area during your trip—from culture and local history to exercise in the water or on a bike.

Industrial history and culture at the Maskinhallen

The 128-year-old Maskinhallen is a 1,000-square-metre concert hall on the Bruket Fjellhamar industrial site. Its conversion into a unique cultural venue has given the building a new cultural role. Since autumn 2023, concerts and major cultural events featuring well-known artists have been held there. These past events describe its use to date, not a future events calendar.

The Maskinhallen is located at Fjellhamarveien 52, 1472 Fjellhamar. It is clearly signposted from the site's main entrance. Fjellhamar bruk itself is also a technical-industrial cultural heritage site, recognised as being of local and regional conservation significance. If you are interested in the industrial past, you can look out for these features as you explore Fjellhamar.

The local history also includes the municipality of Lørenskog's first residential blocks: they stand in Fjellhamar and were built by Lørenskog boligbyggelag in the mid-1950s. Together with the heritage site and the repurposed Maskinhallen, they show different aspects of the area's architectural and industrial history.

Swimming and shared activities

The swimming pool at Fjellhamar arena has a 25 × 21-metre competition pool with a water temperature of 27°C. There is also a 12 × 8.5-metre teaching pool, where the water is 29°C. The facility is intended for swimmers and recreational athletes who want to train or swim in the pool. The different pool sizes and temperatures can help you consider this as a distinct activity alongside culture or cycling.

Fjellhamar kirke is also a place for community activities: children, young people and adults meet there every day of the week for various activities and community events. For families who would like to include these kinds of activities in their trip planning alongside excursions, this meeting place complements the area's cultural and sporting attractions.

By train or along the cycling route

Fjellhamar station is a stop on the Hovedbanen. Trains from there run towards Oslo, Lillestrøm and Asker. If you would like to include these destinations in your trip plans, the train connection is one practical consideration when choosing a holiday apartment in Fjellhamar. The directions listed offer guidance without specifying a particular journey time or service frequency.

If you enjoy cycling, you can follow the Lørenskog–Fjellhamar–Strømmen–Sagdalen route. After passing beneath the railway line at Fjellhamar station, it continues along Fjellhamarveien, where you can use a shared pedestrian and cycle path. After crossing the Fjellhamarelva, the cycle route follows a gravel road through Fjellhamardammen miljøpark. These sections give the route its distinctive character: it links the railway underpass and the path along Fjellhamarveien with the river crossing and the gravel section through the park.

When choosing your holiday apartment, you can decide which aspects of Fjellhamar matter most for your trip: its industrial and cultural history, swimming, community activities, train connections or a cycling trip. If you would like to discover more places, you can also visit Lørenskog.

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