Tailors in Oslo: 12 workshops for alterations, repairs and bunad

This page lists tailors in Oslo who alter, repair and fit clothes: workshops in the city centre, on the west side and from Grønland to Torshov. It helps you choose by where you live or work and by what the garment needs, whether trousers to be taken up, a bunad or a wedding dress: each card has an address, a phone number and a short description.

Tailors in Oslo on the map: four areas

The map shows only the tailors on this page: tap a point to open the card with the address and description.

Which group suits you

This page is useful if you need trousers taken up or a jacket taken in, want help with a bunad or a wedding dress before a set date, or would like to hand in dry cleaning and alterations at the same place.

Four areas: how the groups are divided

• City centre: Nedre Slottsgate, Kirkegata and Pilestredet.
• West side: Ole Vigs gate and Sørkedalsveien at Majorstuen, and Bygdøy allé.
• Just outside the centre: Ullevålsveien, Tøyengata at Grønland and the lower end of Trondheimsveien.
• North and north-east: Vogts gate at Torshov, Chr. Michelsens gate by Carl Berner and further up Trondheimsveien.

Most people choose a tailor by the address. The garment has to be handed in, often tried on, and collected again, so count on at least two trips. That is why the groups are divided by area and not by what the workshops can do: ordinary alterations are done in all four.

If you work in the centre, you can reach the workshops in Nedre Slottsgate, Kirkegata and Pilestredet in a break. On the west side there are two workshops at Majorstuen, in Ole Vigs gate and Sørkedalsveien, and one in Bygdøy allé. The group just outside the centre covers Ullevålsveien to the north, and Grønland and the lower part of Trondheimsveien to the east, and the last group lies further out: at Torshov, by Carl Berner and up Trondheimsveien. The workshop at Grønland is inside a bazaar with several shops, on the ground floor according to the bazaar website.

This page is a selection, not a complete list. In the directory the tailors are listed under Sewing factories & ateliers, together with sewing rooms and textile firms: there are around a hundred cards there. More about the city is on the Oslo page, and more practical guides are collected under Services & practical.

Alterations, bunad, wedding dresses and dry cleaning: what the workshops take in

• Ordinary alterations are done everywhere: taking up, taking in, replacing zips and linings.
• Bunad: a workshop in Pilestredet specialises in it, and one at Torshov mentions bunad in its description.
• Wedding dresses and made-to-measure appear in the descriptions of workshops on the west side and at Torshov.
• Dry cleaning: look for the word rens or renseri in the name on the card.

Alterations and repairs are the everyday work in all four groups. On their own websites (read on 5 and 6 October 2026) the workshops mention, among other things, fitting garments, replacing zips and linings, and repairing seams. According to its card, one workshop in the centre also takes in curtains.

The bunad, the Norwegian national costume, is a craft of its own. In Pilestredet there is a workshop that specialises in it: according to its website it makes new bunads to measure, alters and repairs old ones, cleans them and sells accessories, and the card says that a deposit and payment after the fitting can be agreed. A workshop at Torshov also lists bunad among its services. If the bunad is to be worn on 17 May or at a confirmation, hand it in well ahead.

Wedding dresses and other garments for a set date usually need more than one fitting. Workshops on the west side and at Torshov mention wedding dresses in their descriptions, and made-to-measure, that is new garments sewn to your measurements, is offered both at Majorstuen and at Torshov. Mention the date as soon as you hand the garment in.

Several of the tailors also take in clothes for dry cleaning, which saves you a second address. The workshop at Grønland also has a shoe repairer and cuts keys, and a workshop in Bygdøy allé stores furs.

Opening hours, price and delivery: what you agree when you hand the garment in

• Weekdays: most open at 10.00 and close between 16.00 and 18.30.
• On Saturdays all are open, but for a shorter day. On Sundays they are closed.
• The cards do not give prices: agree the price before the work starts.
• If it is urgent, ask about rush work and what it costs extra.

According to the cards in the directory (October 2026), most of the tailors open at 10.00 on weekdays and close between 16.00 and 18.30. The workshop at Grønland stays open longest, until 20.00 on weekdays and 18.00 on Saturdays, and by Carl Berner the doors are open until 19.00. On Saturdays all are open, most until 15.00 or 16.00, and on Sundays they are closed.

Ordinary alterations do not usually need an appointment: you drop in during opening hours, try the garment on, the tailor pins it, and you are told which day it will be ready. Bring the shoes you will wear with the trousers or the dress. For a bunad, a wedding dress or made-to-measure it pays to phone first and agree a time.

The price depends on the garment, the fabric and how much has to be done. A workshop at Majorstuen says itself that the price list on its website is indicative, so ask for a price when you hand the garment in. Two workshops on the west side state that they do rush work for a surcharge, and the workshop at Grønland writes that some things can perhaps be done the same day.

Small workshops can close for holidays for several weeks. A workshop in Bygdøy allé announces on its website (read on 6 October 2026) that it is closed from 22 October up to and including 29 November, so phone before you go there this autumn. A workshop in the centre states that you can hand in at the shop or order collection from your home.

Help us keep this page up to date

Has a tailor closed down, moved or changed its opening hours? Leave a comment at the bottom of the page, and we will correct it and set a new date.

How we make this page

The tailors on this page are chosen by the NorgeGuide editorial team. Payment affects neither the selection nor the order. The order within the groups is free and says nothing about quality.

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