Øvrevoll Galoppbane

Øvrevoll Galoppbane is the only gallop racecourse in Norway It is located at Øvrevoll between Østerås (west), Jar (south) and Eiksmarka (north) in Bærum.

It was officially opened in 1932 by King Haakon VII and Queen Maud.

In the late 1980s, there were plans to build a hotel and a shopping mall near the circuit, to generate more traffic at the racecourse.

There were talks about moving the entire racecourse to rural Lier in protest, but this did not happen, partly because Norsk Rikstoto did not have finances to back it up.

In 1990, the owners announced plans to stay at Øvrevoll, but expand by building a golf course.