London Pub

London Pub opened in 1979 and has been the social heart of Oslo's gay community ever since — the oldest and most continuously important gay venue in Norway. The bar occupies a first-floor space on C.J. Hambros plass, a small square in the Sentrum a few minutes from the National Theatre and Karl Johans gate. Climbing the stairs to London Pub is a recognisable Oslo gay experience: the bar at the top is warm, busy, and filled with the specific atmosphere of a place that has served three generations of the city's gay community without losing its identity or its welcome. London Pub runs two floors of bar space, a dancefloor area on the upper level, and regular DJ nights and themed evenings that have made it a destination for nightlife as well as a neighbourhood social institution. The crowd is genuinely mixed across age and type in a way that reflects the bar's position as the community anchor: long-standing regulars from the 1980s and 1990s Oslo scene alongside university-age first-timers who have heard about it from their parents. For visitors to Oslo, London Pub is the essential first stop — not just for its longevity, but because it remains the most consistently lively and welcoming gay venue in the city.