Oslo, Norway

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Today's location

The Oslo graticule is at latitude 59, longitude 10. High probability of geohash coordinates being in water or the middle of nowhere far away from any road.

Land usage, as reported by kartverk databases, and the Land usage script:

Category   SK      Land Usage  Category
Forest     51.36%  47.36%      Forest
Swamp       0.05% 
Sea        25.93%  37.62%      Water
Lakes       1.97%
Rivers      0.11%
Open       12.50%  9.91%       Fields/Wilderness
Urban       8.09%  2.42%       Settlements
                   1.19%       Near Roads
                   1.19%       Near Highways
                   0.24%       Natural reserves/Parks
                   0.08%       Industrial/Restricted

Since it covers a significant amount of the population in Norway, you'd think we might get something more going.

Local Geohashers

Blóðøx

Bønna‎

eiggen, lives close to the Oslo sentralstasjon

Enno, who is living in Oslo and does not have a car but likes to walk and play football. On TV. Every Wednesday.

hbrx, living and working in Oslo, caching and hashing all over.

Isdronningen‎

relet, lives in Hønefoss, not far from the northern graticule border.

Snoken, lives in Oslo.

W, lives near Fornebu.

wiesener, lives near Ullernåsen

Jonmarb, lives near Skøyen

Planned Geohashes

Past Geohashes

  1. Arrow4.png 2008-06-21 59 10Chimera — Located in the middle of a field near a lake outside of Oslo. — Thwarted — No public access
  2. Arrow2.png 2008-06-25 59 10FluffyB, Enno, Chimera, hbrx — Located in the middle of Oslo, behind the Oslo Cathedral (Oslo Domkirke), a... — Succeeded
  3. Arrow2.png 2008-06-26 59 10hbrx, Chimera — Just on the edge of the highly popular lake Sognsvann just north of Oslo. O... — Succeeded
  4. Arrow2.png 2008-07-07 59 10ChimeraChimera The geohash coordinates were in a dirt parking lot by a barn and a ... — Succeeded
  5. Arrow2.png 2008-07-15 59 10Enno, Chimera — The coordinates for this geohash were in the city proper, next to one of th... — Succeeded
  6. Arrow2.png 2008-08-01 59 10hbrx — Situated just off the road in the residential area Grefsen/Lofthus. Close t... — Succeeded
  7. Arrow2.png 2008-08-22 59 10hbrx, lyx, Chimera — Located on a cemetery called Vestre Aker Gravlund, close to Oslo city centr... — Succeeded
  8. Arrow2.png 2008-09-04 59 10lyx, hbrx — Placed close to Advokat Dehlis plass in Bjølsen, Oslo. The hash was conven... — Succeeded
  9. Arrow4.png 2008-09-13 59 10Chimera — The hash was located in the forest (probably Lørenskog), just outside Oslo ... — Thwarted — Unknown
  10. Arrow2.png 2008-10-02 59 10lyx — The hash was located at Østre Lindeberg Borettslag, conveniently close to L... — Succeeded
  11. Arrow2.png 2008-10-13 59 10lyx, hbrx — The hash was located in Oslo Nordstrand, in the yard of a house in Parelius... — Succeeded
  12. Arrow4.png 2008-11-26 59 10hbrx — This hash is located just south of the small lighthouse 'Kavringen' in inne... — Thwarted — Mother Nature
  13. Arrow2.png 2009-08-24 59 10hbrx — A small grass field next to the road Lierstranda, in Lier, just outside Dra... — Succeeded
  14. Arrow2.png 2010-04-25 59 10relet — Vikersund, Norway. Then up the hills. — Succeeded
  15. Arrow2.png 2010-08-07 59 10eiggen, relet, W, Flexable777 — On a small island in the Oslofjord, known for its beaches and its camping g... — Succeeded
  16. Arrow2.png 2010-08-24 59 10Blóðøx, eiggen, Snoken — at a walkable distance from the Bakk bus stop. Satellite imagery show it t... — Succeeded
  17. Arrow2.png 2010-11-04 59 10Blóðøx, eiggen, Bønna, Isdronningen, anon — Forest, close to Nesodden, Norway. — Succeeded
  18. Arrow4.png 2010-11-28 59 10 — — Nordengveien, Slependen, Oslo. In a bit of forest in a residential district... — Thwarted — Did not attempt
  19. Arrow2.png 2011-03-27 59 10relet, Anders, Mona — A snowy field near Avløs station. — Succeeded
  20. Arrow2.png 2011-04-29 59 10W, Flexable777, eiggen — Hovedøya, an island close to mainland Oslo, 5 minutes by public ferry. — Succeeded
  21. Arrow2.png 2011-06-26 59 10eiggen, ha — In the Lillomarka forest, close to Grorud, Oslo, Norway. — Succeeded
  22. Arrow2.png 2011-07-10 59 10Spro, wiesener — The place consisted of trees, a lot of mosquitoes and some beehives. — Succeeded
  23. Arrow2.png 2011-09-02 59 10Blóðøx, Bønna‎, eiggen, Lastorset, Snoken, Some random guy, Some random girl — Rosenhoff, close to downtown Oslo. — Succeeded
  24. Arrow2.png 2011-09-10 59 10Blóðøx, ‎Snoken — Prinsdal, a south-eastern suburb of Oslo. — Succeeded
  25. Arrow2.png 2012-04-03 59 10relet, Jonmarb — Drammen, in the forest above the highway. 59.738203°, 10.152387° 15 minut... — Succeeded
  26. Arrow2.png 2012-06-15 59 10Blóðøx, eiggen — On our way there! eiggen and blódøx - - Sent from my phone :-) — Succeeded
  27. Arrow2.png 2012-07-14 59 10Jonmarb — Next to a bus stop sign close to Maridalsvann — Succeeded
  28. Arrow2.png 2014-04-07 59 10Løventier, relet — 2.3 km from Løventier's home, at Steinskogen gravlund. Too close not to go.... — Succeeded
  29. Arrow2.png 2014-07-07 59 10relet, Løventier — Close to a hut on Tulsebråten, Nordmarka — Succeeded
  30. Arrow4.png 2018-05-21 59 10 — — Somewhere — Thwarted — Did not attempt
  31. Arrow2.png 2021-02-28 59 10Haakooto — located in a forest near Tårnåsen. — Succeeded
  32. Arrow4.png 2023-09-07 59 10π π π — in a private garden on Snarøya peninsula, Bærum, near Oslo — Thwarted — No public access

Achievements

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hbrx earned the Like a Virgin Geohash Achievement
by reactivating the inactive Oslo graticule at (59, 10) geohash on 2009-08-24.