Stortorvets Gjæstgiveri is a traditional Norwegian restaurant house in
Oslo
Oslo ( , , or ; sma, Oslove) is the capital and most populous city of Norway. It constitutes both a county and a municipality. The municipality of Oslo had a population of in 2022, while the city's greater urban area had a population of ...
, Norway. It is located in a building from the early 18th century that is cultural heritage site. The restaurant was opened after an extensive restoration of the building in 1903. One corner is facing
Stortorvet
Stortorvet ('The Grand Plaza') is a square in Oslo, Norway, located west of Oslo Cathedral.
Background
It was officially inaugurated during the autarchic times, in 1736. A town market was held here until 1889. Marketing still exists, but has lar ...
square in central Oslo. The building is two-storey,
timber frame
Timber framing (german: Holzfachwerk) and "post-and-beam" construction are traditional methods of building with heavy timbers, creating structures using squared-off and carefully fitted and joined timbers with joints secured by large wooden ...
d and
gable roof
A gable roof is a roof consisting of two sections whose upper horizontal edges meet to form its ridge. The most common roof shape in cold or temperate climates, it is constructed of rafters, roof trusses or purlins. The pitch of a gable roof ca ...
, covered with
roof tiles
Roof tiles are designed mainly to keep out rain, and are traditionally made from locally available materials such as terracotta or slate. Modern materials such as concrete, metal and plastic are also used and some clay tiles have a waterproof g ...
. The walls are not in a fully horizontal position. The building was finished at about the same time as
Oslo Cathedral
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on the opposite side of the square.
There has been restaurants in the building since the 19th century.
The building is listed and protected by law by the
Norwegian Directorate for Cultural Heritage
The Directorate for Cultural Heritage ( no, Riksantikvaren or ''Direktoratet for kulturminneforvaltning'') is a government agency responsible for the management of cultural heritage in Norway. Subordinate to the Norwegian Ministry of the Environm ...
.
The building houses both the restaurant (titled guest house), the party room in the first floor, the Gamle Christiania (nicknamed "Gamla") venue (live music) in the ground floor, as well as the Blaze Go-Go Bar
strip club
A strip club is a venue where strippers provide adult entertainment, predominantly in the form of striptease or other Erotic dancing, erotic or exotic dances. Strip clubs typically adopt a nightclub or Bar (establishment), bar style, and can also ...
in the basement. No accommodation is offered.
The dining restaurant Stortorvets Gjæstgiveri serves dishes, inspired by the traditional
Norwegian cuisine
Norwegian cuisine in its traditional form is based largely on the raw materials readily available in Norway and its mountains, wilderness, and coast. It differs in many respects from continental cuisine through the stronger focus on game and fis ...
, at affordable prices according to Norwegian conditions.
Stortorvets Gjæstgiveri menues
References
External links
Official website, Stortorvets Gjæstgiveri restaurant
Gamle Christiania
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History of Oslo
Buildings and structures in Oslo
Restaurants in Oslo