About Lillestrøm
Kjeller Campus is located close to the city of Lillestrøm.
Situated north-east of Oslo, the municipality of Skedsmo, with approximately 50,000 inhabitants, is one of 22 municipalities of the County of Akershus. The administrative centre of Skedsmo is the city of Lillestrøm. Other places in Skedsmo is Kjeller, Skjetten, Strømmen and Skedsmokorset.
Lillestrøm is located halfway between Oslo Airport Gardermoen and the city of Oslo. In Lillestrøm you will find post offices, banks, churches of several denominations, coffee shops, restaurants, a cinema, a culture center, hotels, a shopping centre, the bus terminal and the train station.
The outdoor swimming pool complex “Nebbursvollen” is open during the summer months. The outskirts of Lillestrøm have lots of hiking trails in the summer and trails for cross country skiing in the winter. If you want to use downhill skis, there are possibilities on the slopes on the outskirts of Oslo and also in Lillehammer, venue for the Winter Olympics 1994, only two hours by train. During the winter months, there is also an ice rink on the square by the shopping centre in Lillestrøm where you can go ice skating.
Norway Trade Fairs is also situated in Lillestrøm. The trade fair hosts major exhibitions throughout the year. Norway Trade Fairs is situated on the south side of Lillestrøm Train Station.