Residents can now return to the apartment block at Sukkertoppen 1–5 following the landslide near Carl Berner in Oslo. Officials confirmed this during a Tuesday information meeting.
But students living in the Hasleveien 9–11 dormitories cannot move home yet. They will have limited time to retrieve belongings starting from 4 PM Tuesday.
Andreas Eskelund, managing director of student welfare organization SiO, stated that retrieving essential items has been deemed safe for affected students. One evacuated student, Owidia Hedda Marie-Louise Antoinette Delmas Reistad Wesenberg, is preparing to collect her possessions.
She said, "I need to turn off my salt lamp. It has been on for three days. I will grab my grandmother's pearls, shoes, clothes, iPad, camera, socks, underwear, and sunglasses. There is so much."
Students express uncertainty about retrieval logistics. Wesenberg noted, "I don't know if I need to run up the stairs or can use the elevator."
SiO plans to build a protective wall using sand-filled containers to shield against falling debris from the landslide area. Officials informed students that returning home could take days or weeks.
When asked about the extended timeline, Eskelund responded, "We are working to reduce how long people cannot live there. We will work as quickly as possible to remove necessary materials."
He clarified that students will remain housed at Radisson Blu Alna hotel for the coming days, emphasizing the timeline is "more about days than weeks and months."
Geologists have examined the landslide site following the evacuation of 300-400 people. Two large boulders stopped just before hitting the student housing building, prompting safety evacuations. About 220 evacuated individuals are students.
Philip Aleksander Ludvigsen, another evacuated student, reported waiting up to three hours for official communication after evacuation. Eskelund defended SiO's response time, stating, "We were quick with this and released information."
The delayed information rollout highlights communication challenges during emergency responses, even with proper safety protocols in place.