Trosterud is a neighborhood in Alna

Alna

Alna is a borough of the city of Oslo, Norway.The name is after the river Alna.The borough consists of the following neighborhoods:* Alnabru* Ellingsrud* Furuset* Haugerud* Hellerud* Lindeberg* Trosterud* Tveita-Demographics:...

 borough in Oslo

Oslo

Oslo is a municipality, as well as the capital and most populous city in Norway. As a municipality , it was established on 1 January 1838. Founded around 1048 by King Harald III of Norway, the city was largely destroyed by fire in 1624. The city was moved under the reign of Denmark–Norway's King...

, Norway

Norway

Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...

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The neighborhood is known for its tall yellow housing blocks and the fresh water lake Lutvann

Lutvann

Lutvann is a lake in the recreational area Østmarka in Oslo, Norway. It covers an area of 0.39 km², at 205 m elevation.Located just outiside the capital city, it is a popular site for recreation, including swimming and fishing during summer, with brook trout in the lake. In the winter there are ski...

 is located there. The population of Trosterud today is a mixture of different nationalities and ethnicities. Trosterud is bordered by the neighborhoods of Haugerud

Haugerud

Haugerud is a Norwegian surname, derived from the Old Norse word haugr meaning hill, knoll, or mound. Related derivatives include the common Norwegian surnames Haugan, Hauge and Haugen. Haugerud can refer to:-People:...

 and Lindeberg

Lindeberg, Oslo

Lindeberg is an area in the borough Alna in Oslo, Norway.The area, located south of Furuset, is named after two farms, and was mostly built from 1973. The European route E6 runs through the district, and it is served by Lindeberg station of the Oslo T-bane network.-References:...

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Trosterud is served by Oslo T-bane

Oslo T-bane

The Oslo Metro is the rapid transit system of Oslo, Norway, operated by Oslo T-banedrift on contract from the transit authority Ruter. The network consists of six lines that all run through the city centre, with a total length of . It has a daily ridership of 268,000 with 105 stations of which 16...

's Trosterud station

Trosterud (station)

Trosterud is a station on Furusetbanen in the Alna borough between Haugerud and Lindeberg, 8.4 km from Stortinget. The station is located overground, but is inside the Trosterud shopping centre, and not an open air station...

with four departures every hour. The ride to downtown Oslo takes about 20 minutes. There are two bus services to Trosterud.