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The Sofienberg Church was built in 1877 and designed by J.W. Nordan. The church was originally called the Church of Paul (1877-1892), then the Church of Petrus (1892-1962) until it was given the name Sofienberg. Known for its good acoustics, the church is an attractive concert venue in eastern Oslo.

The construction of the present cathedral of Soissons, the third in history, began in 1176 and continued for three centuries. The celebration of the dedication by Bishop Jean Milet took place on 25 April 1479.

Construction began in 1176. In 1212 the choir, part of the transept (later modified) and part of the last bay of the nave were completed. The nave and facade thus date mainly from the 13th century. Construction and modifications continued in the following years, interrupted by the Hundred Years' War. In 1479, Bishop Jean Milet dedicated the church. The chapels of Saint-Paul, Saint-Augustin and Sacré-Coeur were added in the 18th century.

Sokndal Church is an 1803 church, built in wood with exterior timber cladding. In 1899, the church got its present tower with a tall, slender capital. The church underwent some changes, but much was restored during the 1928 restoration. The interior is richly designed in the Louis-XVI style.

Soknedal church is a long church from 1933. This wooden church was designed by architect John Egil Tverdahl when the old church burned down.

Sokolce Jewish Cemetery has remains of 16 tombstones dating from 1858 to 1925.

The Sokolski Monastery is an Orthodox monastery built in 1833. Its style corresponds to that of the Bulgarian National Revival that spread throughout the country after the fall of the Ottoman Empire. The support of the local population of the nearby village of Gabrovo was key to giving the monastery a renewed and radiant appearance.

The Sola church is a stone church dating from 1955. The architect behind the church was Gustav Helland. In the church is a 17th-century altarpiece with the coat of arms of the couple Jørgen Kaas and Mette Banner. The cemetery around the church has a room for British soldiers who fell in World War II.

The beit midrash on the plot belonging to Moshe Levin near Plungė (today Respublikos) Street, was designed in 1866. The design shows a Neo-Classicist building with a broad eastern prayer hall. The two-storey western façade had a central entrance doorway flanked by two narrow windows. However, the actual building differed from the design: the prayer hall became larger, its eastern wall was pierced by six (rather than four as originally planned) windows. It is hard to establish whether the gable pierced by a central oculus was ever built, or the "beit midrash" was covered with a hipped roof, like the one it has today.

The Solheim church is a wooden church dating from 1882. The architect of the building is Ole Syslak from Lindås. The church is the first in the town, as the municipality of Masfjorden did not become its own parish until 1882.