Best-of list · Sports Bars
10 ranked Oslo bars for game day, from six screen football pubs to American sports bars, with the screens, sound, and leagues each one shows.
The short answer
10 ranked rooms follow. How we picked is at the end of this guide.
Oslo loves its football, and the city packs a lot of dedicated sports pubs into a small centre. On a Premier League Saturday or a Champions League night the rooms fill from Gamlebyen to Majorstuen. The question is which one has the screens, the sound, and the league coverage for the match you came for.
This list ranks the 10 rooms our editors send people to when the fixture matters, scored on our game-day method: screens and sightlines, sound, crowd, the sports each place actually shows, game-day operations, drinks and food, and access. For the wider scene, see the Oslo sports bars guide and the global sports bars hub.
Most of the best rooms sit in the central Sentrum, an easy walk or a short T-bane ride apart, with a couple out in Gamlebyen and Majorstuen. Norwegian sports bars lean heavily on football, so check ahead for the NFL or the NBA. Prices run high, as everywhere in Oslo, so a pint with the match is the norm rather than a long session. Book a table for the big European nights.
How we picked
We started with the venues Oslo locals rate, then checked each against current independent coverage, including Yelp's Oslo sports bar rankings, Tripadvisor, and Resthon's big screen guide, plus each bar's own listings for screens, hours, and the leagues it carries. We confirmed the screen setups and the league coverage before ranking, and we did not pad the list.
We left off rooms that show sport only as background, and we did not pad the list. Every venue here commits to the broadcast for a real match and draws a game-day crowd. For more on watching specific competitions, see our Premier League and Champions League guides, or find a room near you at the sports bars near me hub.
Last reviewed June 9, 2026 by the barsforKings editorial desk.
Europe correspondent for barsforKings. Covers Oslo, Stockholm, and the Nordic bar scene.
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