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Historic site

Police Custody Camp Grini

Local name: Grini

Located in Bærum, Akershus Coordinates: 59°57′27″ N 10°28′43″ E

Police Custody Camp Grini
Royal Norwegian Information Service, Washington, D.C. · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
Nearest town
Skui
3.8 km SW
Local time
UTC+01:00
Europe/Oslo · UTC+01:00
Elevation
162 m
above sea level
When to go
June–August
See the climate
Airports
OSL Oslo-Gardermoen International Airport44 km
TRF Sandefjord Airport, Torp87 km

About Police Custody Camp Grini

Police Custody Camp Grini is a historic site. Location: Bærum, Akershus.

From Wikipedia

Grini prison camp (Norwegian: Grini fangeleir, German: Polizeihäftlingslager Grini) was a Nazi concentration camp in Bærum, Norway, which operated between 1941 and May 1945. Ila Detention and Security Prison is now located here.

Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0

At a glance

Built
1941

Source: Wikidata

Climate of Police Custody Camp Grini

Best months for sightseeing

Best months for sightseeing: June–August.

This month · November

A cold month

Day 3° · Night -2° · Rain 87 mm

Hottest month
July (day 21°)
Coldest month
February (night -7°)
Wettest month
October (96 mm)
Driest month
February (38 mm)

Bars: average monthly low and high temperature. Below: precipitation. Monthly averages for 1970–2000 at about 18 km resolution, adjusted for elevation. Highlighted months are mild and relatively dry. Source: WorldClim 2.1 (CC BY 4.0).

Show values as a table
Climate of Police Custody Camp Grini
Month JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Average high (°C)-1°-1°3°8°15°19°21°19°14°8°3°0°
Average low (°C)-6°-7°-3°0°6°10°12°11°7°3°-2°-5°
Precipitation (mm)553856445373858288968757

Other places to visit in this season: June July August

How to get to Police Custody Camp Grini

The nearest airport is Oslo-Gardermoen International Airport (OSL), 44 km to the northeast as the crow flies. The nearest large city is Oslo, 16 km to the east.

Airports

  • Oslo-Gardermoen International Airport (OSL) Oslo (Gardermoen) 44 kmnortheast
  • Sandefjord Airport, Torp (TRF) Sandefjord(Torp) 87 kmsouth
  • Torsby Airport (TYF) Torsby 142 kmeast

Nearby large cities

  • Oslo Population: 1.1M 16 kmeast
  • Drammen Population: 106K 28 kmsouthwest
  • Kristiansand Population: 117.2K 247 kmsouthwest
  • Gothenburg Population: 608.5K 265 kmsouth
  • Örebro Population: 156K 277 kmeast

Straight-line distances; road distances are longer. Airport data: OurAirports.

Nearby attractions & nature

Everything nearby

Nearest towns and villages

  • Skui Village, Bærum
    3.8 km SW
  • Smestad Village, Bærum
    3.7 km SW
  • Stabekk Village, Bærum
    8.8 km SE
  • Lysaker Village, Bærum
    10 km SE

Sources & licences

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