Skur 13

Skur 13 lies at the inner end of the harbour basin between Tjuvholmen and Filipstad. In the model it is a long, low building with a grey concrete base and roller doors, and with large pictures on the walls. In front of the shed are the running track and the outdoor gym in Trettenparken.

The pictures on the walls in the model are not copies of the art on the real shed. They are original images made with AI in a similar style: a painting in four parts facing the quay and framed drawings facing Tjuvholmen. So the model shows a free interpretation.

Skur 13 was built by the Oslo Port Authority and completed in 1963. Paper from the Follum mills at Hønefoss was stored here before export, and a railway track ran right up to the shed. The shed was extended in 1969–70 and again in 1983–84.

Paper exports moved away from here in 2005, and the western part of the shed was demolished in 2006. Oslo Havn then used the shed to try out temporary ideas while Filipstad awaits development. In 2016 the skate hall opened, run by the skateboarding club Oslo Skateboardforening.

The X Games Street event was held in Skur 13 in both 2016 and 2018. In 2019 the hall had more than 50,000 visitors a year.

Since 2012 the façade has been used to show art, and the works have been changed every few years:

• 2012: Peter Blake, the frieze “Icons for Norway”, with seven Norwegian icons taken from old postcards and pictures
• Bjarne Melgaard, a work on canvas
• 2014: Pushwagner, four motifs, 120 metres long and 10 metres high in total
• 2019: Damien Hirst, butterflies that were lit up in the evening
• 2020: photographs by David Yarrow
• 2025: the artist duo Guttestreker

Skur 13 is at Filipstadveien 3, just west of Tjuvholmen, and the harbour promenade runs alongside the shed. The hall is open to the public; opening hours and hire details are on the City of Oslo's page about the facility.