Military Camp O (NO)

Pictures from a trip I had earlier this year to this abandoned military camp somewhere in Norway. Originally the grounds was a farm but the officers took over the place in 1663. During the second world war German soldiers used the place a convalescent home. At least one of the buildings on the grounds today are built in 1887 but most of the buildings looks newer.

Between 1952 and 1998 the camp was used as a military camp. The camp has been used as a base for Norwegian UN operations and quarters for a nearby Nike battery. The military activity here ended in 1998 and from then to 2004 the place was a refugee camp operated by the Red Cross with 300 refugees from 27 nations.

Today the buildings are abandoned and the decay is prominent. The camp is registered as heritage properties and thereby listed and can not be demolished.

The gate

Buildings close to the entrance.

Reception

Nice building built in 1887

Inside the canteen building.

Looking towards the kitchen area.

The closed doors to the canteen building.

Main hall

Stage

A cool organ in front of the stage.

The large kitchen with lots of stuff left.

Kitchen equipment still hanging.

Washing machines

Shop in the basement with lots of fire extinguisher powder on the floor.

Small kitchen in the basement.

Garages in the other end of the camp.

Military Camp (NO)

North of Oslo is 200 acres of land with empty buildings. It is a former military camp behind the enclosure. A mix of residential buildings, offices and warehouses are abandoned.

The story about this place started around 1860 when a private gunpowder plant was acquired by the military. The production of gunpowder ceased in 1894. Between 1910 and 1940 the area was used for winter and summer training for military schools in the Oslo area. After that it was used as a rehearsal space for the car division. During the war, several large buildings were erected by the Germans for repairs and maintenance of anti-aircraft guns. In recent years there has been no military activity here.

The camp was purchased in 2007 by Oslo Municipality (Oslo Kommune). Nobody knows what the area will be used for, but the ideas are endless. Museums, forest center, cafe, education center, camp, etc.

Some want to convert it into a giant nursery for up to 600 children. The challenges are numerous. A new and better sewer system that doesn’t tamper with the a nearby water which supplies 80% of Oslo with fresh drinking water has to be built. A smart way to transport all the children to and from kindergarten each day has to be planned. Gas powered buses is proposed. Several of the buildings are listed and extensive work remains to renovate them.

Despite many initiatives, it is not likely there will be no future activity here. The future will show. Then the buildings stood empty and the increasing decay decreases the chances that the houses can ever be used again.

The main gate

Derelict parking lot with the location in the back

Workshop probably for maintenance and repair of anti-aircraft guns

Between the garage and the office building

Repair shop facade

Wide angle windows

Warehouse with large empty rooms with the light still on

Inside a warehouse

Stairs in the middle of the warehouse

The office building

Between some buildings

Fuses in a cabinet

Yellow house with two apartments

The garden needs a little work

Another yellow house

Bathroom with hot water tank

Bathroom with niiice interior

Hallway

A kitchen

Dusty stairs to second floor

Light switches

A pair of Norwegian skis placed in the kitchen

White creepy building