Looking across the sloping grassy area of Verdenspark, a 52-acre city park completed in 2016. The name, meaning "World Park", is both a recognition of the cultural diversity of the area and a tribute to Trygve Lie (1896 – 1968), the United Nations' first general secretary, who grew up nearby. The park enriches an open sloping landscape, populated with pine and birch trees established in the 1980s, contemporary with a wave of residential developments in the area.

Verdenspark has several covered meeting places, barbecue grills, fire pits, and herb, fruit, and berry gardens. It is the site of Norway's first parkour facility, with low concrete walls, staircases, and rails, opened in 2013. There are also outdoor bouldering walls for climbing and other landscapes designed for play.

Alna

The district of Alna derives its name from the eponymous river running through the district. Once primarily an agricultural expanse, the area underwent a transformative shift in the 1960s, evolving into an important hub for business and industrial activities. Today, industrial facilities, warehouses, and commercial operations continue to define much of the district's character. 

 Alna has a low population density due to the concentration of commercial activities. However, in the 1950s, a significant number of blocks of flats were developed, and subsequently, from the middle of the 1960s  to the late 1970s, suburban and single-family houses were built.

 A notable highlight of recent enhancements and expansion of green space in Alna is the 52-acre Verdensparken, a park that revitalises previously underutilised green spaces. This park development resulted from a collaboration between the Norwegian State Housing Bank Norway and the Norwegian Environment Agency. The Alna district remains a site of ongoing innovative development due to targeted municipal investments in sustainable urban development and renewal and maintenance of outdoor spaces, including reopening streams and upgrading public spaces with better lighting, new playgrounds and public art.

 Each year, the Oslo municipality recognises exceptional architectural contributions to the city and its development. Several projects within Alna have garnered acclaim for enhancing and enlivening the quality of urban spaces in the city, including a suspension footbridge that traverses a deep creek bed, radically changing how pedestrians and cyclists can more easily move in the district and enjoy its natural areas.