Tattoo shops in Oslo

Thinking about ink in Oslo, Oslo? Start with the studios: 23 are mapped here. All 23 are mapped as tattoo studios proper, and each one is worth a portfolio browse before you commit — style varies more between shops than towns. A consultation costs nothing and tells you everything about how a shop runs.

This guide covers every tattoo shop we could verify in and around Oslo (within about 40 km), built from OpenStreetMap's community-maintained data. Names you'll run into include Memento Tattoo and Oslo Bodyart, plus Sabelink Tattoo. If a studio's missing from Oslo's list, it probably just hasn't been mapped yet — the scene is bigger than any single dataset.

The Oslo tattoo lineup

23 mapped within about 40 km:

What the map tells us about tattoo shops in Oslo

5 of the 23 list their opening hours on the map, which is genuinely useful — tattoo studios often work by appointment, so posted hours can be more of a guideline than a promise.

6 have websites listed. Studios with websites usually show portfolios there — the fastest way to tell if a shop's style matches yours.

The Oslo tattoo shop tour

Making a day of it in Oslo? Work this order: Memento Tattoo, Oslo Bodyart, Sabelink Tattoo, Sunny's Ink Angles, High Fever Workshop, Public ink, Odins Merke, and Black Rose Tattoo. That's the tattoo shop tour in one sensible loop, no backtracking. 15 more are listed below.

Tattoo tips for Oslo

First tattoo or fiftieth — the rules don't change in Oslo:

• Book a consultation first at Memento Tattoo. Most good shops offer free consults. You get to meet the artist, talk placement and price, and see how clean the place is.
• Aftercare is half the tattoo at Oslo Bodyart. Follow the artist's instructions, not your friend's. Keep it clean, keep it moisturised, keep it out of the sun.
• Wear the right clothes. Easy access to the spot being tattooed, and nothing you love — ink stains don't wash out.
• A second opinion is fine. Consult two studios if you're unsure. Good artists respect it; only the insecure ones mind.

Good to know

We searched about 40 km around Oslo — that covers the town itself plus the surrounding communities you'd reasonably drive to. Listings come from OpenStreetMap, mapped by local volunteers, so a brand-new tattoo shop in Oslo can take a while to appear. If you spot one of the 23 that's closed, or a great tattoo shop we missed, the fix is to update the map itself — that's where this guide reads from.

We don't rate studios or artists, and we never list prices — those are between you and the shop. What we list is the where and the how-to-find, from places real mappers have verified.

If you run one of the 23 listed here and something's wrong — a closure, a move, new hours — the fix is the same: update the shop on OpenStreetMap and the correction flows through to this page on the next daily refresh.