Attention! Since the fall of 2008, the springboard has been closed for reconstruction (now there is a new, more modern springboard there). According to eyewitnesses, a ski museum operates nearby. The new ski jump is scheduled to open in March.
Ski Museum at the foot of the Holmenkollen jump www.skiforeningen.no
In the evening, during which you are actively using the Oslo Pass, you can go and admire Oslo from the heights of the famous Holmenkollen jump, and at the same time explore interesting museum skis at its foot (you can only climb the jump from the museum!) I can’t resist quoting the Afisha guide to Oslo: “This is not just one of the most famous jumps in the world, but national symbol the country where skiing was invented,” so it would be unacceptable not to visit it.
I recommend leaving your visit to the diving board for the evening, because... it works late (until 20.30 in the summer), when all other museums are already closed, there will be few people there at that time, and the views of the Oslofjord will be romantic and languid. You can get here on the regular Norwegian metro, which is also included in your Oslo Pass (we laughed at the Around the World guidebook, which says about a certain “special train” to the ski jump). If for some reason you didn’t want to purchase an Oslo Pass, then metro travel will cost you 22 crowns one way (if you buy a ticket in advance), and entrance to the museum will cost you another 70 crowns.
To find your way around the metro, you need to know the number of the metro line and the final station in the desired direction (in relation to the Moscow metro it would look like this: line 1 (Sokolnicheskaya), the desired end “Ulitsa Pobelskogo” if you are going to Sokolniki, and the desired end “Yugo" -Zapadnaya” if you are going to Vorobyovy Gory). In Holmenkollen this is line number 1, the desired end is Frognersteren, your station is Holmenkollen. Stops are sometimes announced and sometimes not, so keep an eye on the station names. For everyone central stations There are electronic boards showing how much time is left until the next train arrives and its route. At open stations on the outskirts, instead of boards there are boards with schedules.
The current Oslo metro map is available at http://www.trafikanten.no/grafikk/Linjekart/skinnegang_oslo.htm, but this map is easier to read, because on it the metro lines are marked in different colors (we are more familiar with it:) The final station of line 1, as well as the name of the station, remained unchanged.
Knowledgeable people from among local residents It is advised to take a walk to Holmenkollen from the final station of the line, along a special pedestrian descent, citing beautiful views. We'll come again and check it out. We got to the Holmenkollen station and, together with the crowd, moved up the signs. True, this crowd dispersed somewhere along the way... Signs “guide” you along the way, and when you reach a red carved wooden palace (a hotel of the Scandinavian Rica chain),
then you need to go further along the right road, and not the left (it will lead you straight to the hotel garage - checked). True, you can still approach the hotel - there is a good observation deck in front of it, from where those same languid views of the fjord open up.
Ski Museum
Having presented our Oslo pass at the entrance, we plunged into the exhibition of skis and skis: skis, which are 4 thousand years old, long and short, blackened with age, and more like snowshoes, skis are already more modern (yup, quite modern - about the same age only a thousand years), an entire ski evolution, closely watched by a huge stuffed moose. Oh, what a healthy beast! Stand out - the longest skis in the world, about 4 meters (I wonder which hero moved on them), and the largest in the world ski pole, belonging to a certain society and deposited in a museum for storage.
Here is all the equipment of the Amundsen and Nansen expeditions: skis, sleds, tents, utensils, photographs, even a stuffed faithful husky dog - who knows, maybe it was she who brought Amundsen to South Pole?
A crystal tower hangs over the first floor - maybe the Norwegians also have a fairy tale about the Snow Queen? Or about Morozko?
And on the screens on the second floor they show how Norwegian children learn to ski - is it any wonder that biathlon skiers are entirely Norwegian? And here are the models depicting how the appearance of the legendary springboard has changed since its construction in 1892. They are going to rebuild it in the near future, and a big question mark hangs over the place of the last model. Opposite is the interior of a ski workshop, with a natural smell of wood. But the main decoration of the second floor, undoubtedly, is the collection of a wide variety of famous Norwegian skis, dating back to the 19th century. From the narrow skis of biathletes to the wide and long skis of flying skiers.
“...And, of course, a whole floor of snowmobile legends. From the equipment of royalty, who themselves were not averse to jumping from a springboard, to the latest golden Olympic skis. By the way, last year in Japan someone beat Berger and Andresen to Olympic pairs. Probably the museum workers got tired of begging and decided to commit blasphemy. And here, in the most honorable place, they stood - the golden Rossignoli of Ole Einer Björndalen! Yes, even with boots, and with a rifle, and everything is in autographs! There are no threatening signs anywhere nearby: “Do not touch with your hands!” was not observed, so the ministers of the cult... in the sense of the museum, were lucky that I came to the ship. and not some of my less reserved colleagues. Otherwise, Björndalen would have had to steal a new pair in exchange for the one whistled by Russian fans.” (c) (c) Zingerli from the site http://www.kuking.net
A little to the side is a nice exhibition about the royal family of Norway: briefly - how each of the living members of the ruling family takes up skiing, how old they were, and what competitions they took part in. In the windows are a pair of ski suits a la Dr. Watson, made of good tweed. I admired the photo of one of the queens: how she skied in a corset, poor thing. Or is it such a thin waist? And here is another showcase where not only a suit is displayed, but also a red chair that looks like it was brought here from the subway. That’s right, this is a touching Norwegian tale about how King Olaf, who loved skiing, went to the ski jump by metro during the crisis in the country. The conductor, who recognized the king, offered him not to pay the fare, to which the king proudly refused and paid the money. This is, in fact, the very chair where the king sat.
Springboard
“The 115-meter Holmenkollen ski jump, which soars into the sky, has become an integral part of the capital’s landscape. This is not just one of the most famous jumps in the world, but a national symbol of the country in which skiing was invented. At one time, the path to the top of Holmenkollen Hill was literally trodden by the head of the road department, Hans Krag, who planned to build a ski jump and a resort for the townspeople here. In the summer of 1884, he invited the capital's mayor, Ewald Rüg, for a walk in Nurmarka. If you believe the legend, at the end of the path Krag blindfolded the mayor, and when he took off the blindfold at the very top, he saw extraordinary beauty landscape - all of Christiania, Oslofjord and mountain ranges around. The impressed mayor immediately allocated 5,000 crowns for the construction of a ski jump, and already on January 31, 1892, in front of twenty thousand spectators, skier Arne Ustvedt set the first record by jumping 21.5 meters.” (c) Poster
In 1952, winter sports were held here Olympic Games, and Holmenkollen still regularly hosts the world championships in skiing and biathlon. In addition, in March half of Norway gathers here for the Holmenkollen Ski Games, one of the main national competitions in winter sports. It is even considered to be the second most important Norwegian holiday after Constitution Day.
So, to get to the diving board, you must follow the sign to a special elevator that will take you to the next floor. And then with your feet on the metal steps. Reading the stories of travelers before the trip, I was ready that 114 steps were serious, but not that much! And, most likely, I will not be original when I exclaim in bewilderment: how can they get there with skis!! True, 114 steps are not continuous, but with breaks for small niches where you can catch your breath even with skis in your hands, but still! I assume that when the springboard was still low, the elevator brought the athletes directly to the right place, and due to reconstruction and add-ons, the height of the springboard increased significantly, but they either didn’t bother to install the elevator, or there was no money, or the design was without an elevator fragile (when you stand at the very top, you will feel how the top is shaking from the wind).
But the view from the very top somehow didn’t impress me - that is, seeing Oslo from a height is, of course, interesting, but the not very clean and, moreover, glare glass with metal frames spoils the charm of the views. I looked for the inscription promised by the guidebook in several languages, saying, “in case of fire, break the glass and jump down,” but it said something decent, like call the fire department. They deceived us But everything is compensated by the glance cast down in the direction of the jump - beauty! By the way, from above it seems as if the springboard is much shorter and steeper than it actually is - from below you see that the very bottom of the descent is very flat and slows down the final slide, and from above it seems that skiers must fly over both the path and the pond, in which the “tongue” of the springboard descends, and the concrete “pancake” behind the pond, and lands somewhere in the forest, where along the flight path a huge stone troll is waiting for them, holding in its paws a smaller troll, probably female
Jumping simulator
Located just below the entrance to the ski museum. We ourselves did not have the opportunity to experience the sensations of flying skiers, but here is a description of my good friend - an avid traveler: “...an exciting attraction that invites tourists to experience the sensations of a ski jumper. The pleasure costs 50 CZK (with the Oslo Pass 40 CZK). For your money you get a decent load on the vestibular apparatus. You sit down in the booth, grab the handrail with your hands, the movie starts broadcasting, and at the same time the booth twitches in time with what is happening on the screen (there is a similar attraction at Disneyland " star Wars"). If you sit in the first row, your eyes will widen, and in the second row, I think, the heads of those sitting in front will get in the way, there won't be such vivid sensations. So, there is a film filmed, as if from the point of view of a skier. There is an insane abyss ahead, the tips are visible skis, then the cabin begins to shake, then wow - the flight and the landing. We reach the opposite edge of the spectator's bowl, we snort and receive congratulations. a film about downhill starts. If the springboard is half a minute of waiting, ten seconds of flight and that’s it, then the new discipline is something like “Ride” for about five minutes, the action unfolds at breakneck speed, plus the difference in altitude from the start to the finish is probably two kilometers. it shakes and shakes, and you feel like a real slalom skier, you could make nails out of these people - I didn’t even have time to detect the flags that should have been supposed to go around, so we were rushing along, but in the end I felt like... it doesn't feel right. With what joy I discovered that the finish line was approaching. Ugh! Finally, we can get out into the wild!” (c) Vaclav, http://www.vazlav.narod.ru/
Surroundings of the ski jump
Coming down from the jump, we waved to the troll guarding the entrance to the ski museum, nodded in a friendly manner to the Nansen monument to the right of the entrance and walked around, along the path that, as we saw from above, leads around the biathlon field to the Holmenkollen chapel and the stone troll , holed up in the bushes. Halfway, rounding the nondescript-looking biathlon stadium (and how it’s getting prettier for the World Cup!), we saw a statue of King Olaf on skis (the one who paid for the fare) accompanied by a poodle named Troll. They say that the king was a big fan of skiing and took part in various competitions 72 times.
But the chapel didn’t impress me - well, it’s a remake, it’s a remake (1992), quite gloomy, it would be interesting to see the old church that was destroyed by fire.
Jumping over the stones towards the troll, we involuntarily remembered Escorial (
– successfully combined historical heritage and modern realities of progress. The winter country has a huge weakness for most types of sports and does not stop funding the development of the corresponding infrastructure. And Holmenkollen is proof of this.
More about Holmenkollen
This is one of the most famous sports areas in the country. On the map of Norway you will find Holmenkollen within the boundaries of its capital -. It is part of the Vestre Aker district, as well as the high point Oslo, because it is located on a noticeable hill.
At the end of the 19th century, Holmenkollen was already considered an important center of culture. It is here on the biathlon track that one of the important stages of the women's and men's Biathlon World Cup competitions is held annually. On the sports grounds there is also a ski jump and the very first one in the world.
The climate in Holmenkollen is maritime, winter is always snowy and very mild. This is an important difference from northern Norway. Summer temperatures at the sports resort rise to +18...+20°C, and winter temperatures are stable and below zero. Severe frosts are extremely rare here.
Entertainment
Holmenkollen is an all-season resort that is included in the 50 list. Skiers and biathletes come here during the calendar winter from November to April. The rest of the time, tourist establishments continue to operate at the resort: souvenir shops, guest houses and restaurants. More than 700 thousand tourists come to Holmenkollen every year during the snowy season.
Within Holmenkollen, biathlon, ski jumping and winter combined competitions of various levels are constantly held. You can try your hand at a ski simulator and experience the sensations and capabilities of an experienced skier. Everyone is welcome at. During this period, you can take exclusive photos of the city of Oslo and its region - Holmenkollen.
Sights of Holmenkollen
Of course, the main ones here are sports facilities, but not only:
Hotels and restaurants
The sports infrastructure is always surrounded by recreational and Catering. Directly within the boundaries of Holmenkollen itself there are mini-hotels and guest houses, where primarily teams of athletes live during competitions: Scandic Holmenkollen Park and De fem stuer. Most tourists stay in.
Norwegian cuisine is replete with seafood: salmon, herring, cod, shrimp, etc. In Holmenkollen, even oatmeal will seem like an exquisite sporting delicacy. IN local cafes and in restaurants it is prepared with raspberries and cream; here the porridge of “strongmen” is considered the mainstay of the table. In the territory ski resort There are many nice cafes and restaurants where you can warm up after a walk and have a tasty snack. The central establishment is rightfully considered Holmenkollen Restaurant - an expensive and chic place overlooking the capital. One of the more modest establishments that offers a lot of pastries and snacks is Kafé Seterstua.
How to get there?
If you don’t know what country Holmenkollen is in, don’t worry: any tour operator or sports analyst will tell you this information. It is very easy to get to. Arriving in international Airport capital of Norway, take metro line 1. Your first stop is Holmenkollen.
The second option is attractive for those who travel independently by land. Focus on the coordinates in your navigator: 59.977147, 10.659877. Take a taxi or exit the Oslo ring road at Smectad and follow the signs towards Holmenkollen Skijumping Hill. In about 20 minutes you will be there.
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Holmenkollen is located in the southeastern part and is a suburb of Oslo, as well as a popular center for recreation and tourism in the capital region of the country. Every year, major international competitions are held here, including the Biathlon World Cup, and winter sports enthusiasts come here to relax, ski and have fun.
Features and riding. Unlike most famous Norwegian ski resorts, Holmenkollen is not one of the largest ski resorts, although it has well-groomed snow trails of the highest quality. Its symbol is a modern ski jump, towering over the biathlon stadium, with observation deck which offers an amazing view of the capital of Norway and the picturesque hills surrounding it. You can use the springboard for its intended purpose only if you have experience and a special license, and for those who do not have one, a special simulator is offered, although it does not fully convey all the sensations experienced by a skier during a jump, but it gives the opportunity to get a holistic idea of the specifics of this sport . Tourists arriving in Holmenkollen for a few days are provided with cozy cottages, equally suitable for a quiet relaxing holiday within the family circle, and for youth companies who come to have fun and relax in the fresh air. As elsewhere, there are rental points for equipment and necessary ski equipment. While at the resort, you should definitely take a tour of Oslo, since the Norwegian capital has plenty of attractions.
general information
Since the resort is considered more of a biathlon center, it has mostly flat tracks and slopes with minor elevation changes, ideal for beginners. Local time lags behind Moscow by 2 hours in winter and 1 in summer. Time zone UTC+1 in winter and UTC+2 in summer.
A brief excursion into history
The modern history of Holmenkollen is somehow connected with biathlon. Back in 1767, the first competitions were held here among Norwegian border troops, who competed in shooting and speed of movement on snowy tracks on skis. The 1952 Olympic Games made Holmenkollen the center of world sports for a while, and then its popularity never dropped below a certain level. Since 2001, stages of the World Biathlon Cup have been held here, attended by thousands of fans of this sport.
Climate
Since the capital region of Norway is geographically located close to the maritime climate zone, the weather conditions here differ significantly from the northern part of the country. Winter in Holmenkollen is mild and snowy, with temperatures consistently below freezing. However, severe frosts rarely occur and the weather in general is quite comfortable. In summer, the thermometer usually fluctuates between +18 - +20 degrees, periodically rising or falling several notches. The ski season begins here in November and ends in April, although people come here to relax throughout the year.
How to get there
One of the most important advantages of the resort is its transport accessibility. It is easy to get here directly by metro from the center of the Norwegian capital, as well as by ground transport. There are signs pointing towards Holmenkollen from the ring road, allowing you to freely choose the right direction.
Attractions and entertainment
Among the most interesting tourist sites of the resort, a special place is occupied by the Ski Museum, whose opening took place in 1923. Its halls display unique examples, from the oldest ski models to modern ones used by professional athletes. In addition, curious tourists have the opportunity to learn here a lot of interesting things about expeditions to the North Pole and other important events related to skiing. Connoisseurs of natural beauty should definitely go on an excursion to the Voringfossen waterfall, more than 180 meters high. For children, the main attraction of Holmenkollen is the huge stone troll Kollen, well known to connoisseurs of Norwegian children's fairy tales. According to legend, many years ago he came out of a dense forest and saw a high hill in the vicinity of Oslo, and decided to stay here forever, protecting these places from evil spirits. Tired of skiing, guests tourist center have the opportunity to take a fascinating tour of Oslo, getting acquainted with its historical and cultural heritage.
Kitchen
In accordance with established culinary traditions, the menu of local restaurants, cafes and snack bars consists of almost 80% seafood. Salmon, cod, herring and other varieties of fish are invariably offered as main dishes to hungry visitors. In addition to fish, the local sausage, supplemented with contents in the form of rice porridge and raisins, as well as the amazing apple pie, distinguished by its extraordinary taste, deserve special attention. Prices in local establishments cannot be called low, which, however, is easily understandable, given the status of Oslo as one of the most expensive cities Europe and a high reputation as a tourist center.
Shopping
Among the most common souvenirs purchased by guests in shops and retail stalls, figurines of the troll Collen, as well as various items depicting a ski jump and a biathlon stadium, are especially popular.
Holmenkollen is considered an extremely popular holiday destination in Norway, and the Norwegians themselves love to spend time here, regularly coming here on weekends. The pleasant atmosphere, well-groomed slopes, abundance of entertainment and festive surroundings that accompany this resort are its main advantages, annually attracting hundreds of thousands of winter sports enthusiasts.
“Parallel reality” - this is the only way to call my trip to Norway)
If I had gone on my own, I would have visited all possible museums and attractions, but my boyfriend was better savvy than me and spent the entire flight dreaming of going to Holmenkollen. I had never heard of it, but it turned out to be the oldest ski jump here. To be honest, a springboard is just like a springboard, although imagining yourself at the top makes your veins begin to shake)
By car
I can’t tell you exactly how to get to Holmenkollen, and there’s no need to, anyway, you won’t find it without a navigator. The entire trip will take place within the city, the route passes through the winding streets of a quiet area. Holmenkollen is the highest point, so the road will always go under the year, and the famous jump will serve as a landmark.
Car rental will cost from $85, which is on average twice as expensive as in others European countries, the situation is the same with the cost of bus and metro tickets. However, cars are accepted, rentals are in demand and it’s worth taking care of in advance by ordering through.
Metro
Holmenkollen has long been a part of Oslo, the metro (T-banen) is built here and therefore, it seems to me, it will be most convenient to get there. You don’t need to know the schedule, although it is scheduled minute by minute, the metro opens at 5:30 and closes at 0:30. During rush hour, trains run every 3 minutes, but on weekends and late in the evening the interval can increase to half an hour.
At small sizes city, the Oslo metro has 96 stations, the desired stop is called “Holmenkollen”, located on line No. 1:
Almost all stations are ground-based:
Buying tickets
Now I’ll tell you how to pay for travel. Oslo and its suburbs are divided into zones, Holmenkollen belongs to the first. Tickets can be purchased through the application, the link to which is on the metro. You can also buy a ticket the old fashioned way, by finding places on the map where there are sales points. Tickets are also sold at Narvesen, 7-Eleven, Deli De Luca and Mix kiosks.
Fare
There are one-time tickets that cost 33 crowns (3.5 euros), and there are tickets for a day that cost almost 10 euros. In addition, you can buy a pass for a week, a month or even a year. A one-time ticket is valid for an hour after boarding, for example, from the main railway station we arrived in 25 minutes.
Results
In addition to the metro, there are also buses, but they are not suitable for traveling to Holmenkollen. The metro runs regularly, quickly and almost around the clock, and you don’t need anything else)
Pros:
— very convenient to get to the stadium
— in Oslo you can see a lot of things besides competitions
- a completely unique atmosphere during the competition
Minuses:
— quite serious expenses on the spot (Norway cannot be called inexpensive country)
— in March, when the Holmenkollen stage is usually held, the probability of fog is quite high, which means there is a risk of races being canceled
Where to get a visa
Norwegian Embassy in Moscow – st. Povarskaya, 7. The visa department accepts documents from 10 to 12 at weekdays except Thursday. Free telephone number for inquiries - 933-14-15, open on weekdays, except Thursdays, from 09-00 to 10-00. You can fill out and submit a visa application online from norvegia.ru
Where to live
If you want to live right next to the stadium, then there is only one option - a hotel Park Hotel Rica Holmenkollen holmenkollenparkhotel.no . The only “but” is that this hotel is almost always packed during the competition, since this is where the participants, coaches and others are accommodated. And it won’t work as an economy option either.
To the side of the stadium there is a cottage-type campsite, but it’s about forty minutes on foot and there’s no transport.
Another option is to stay in the center of Oslo; there is a huge amount of housing there, from private apartments to hotels of various classes. The journey from the city center to the ski stadium takes approximately forty minutes one way.
Where and how to buy tickets for competitions
It’s better to book tickets in advance: Norwegians are biathlon fans, and almost half the country comes to the competition, especially on weekends. And it’s not at all a fact that on the weekend you will have the opportunity to buy tickets right before the race.
You can order in advance here: biathlon-holmenkollen.no. The cost, depending on the day of the week, the number of races and the place in the stadium, is from 50 to 350 NOK.
How to get to the stadium
The metro runs directly to the Holmenkollen stadium. The line diagram is here: metro diagram in PDF format, the desired station is called Holmenkollen.
Trains, of course, do not run as often as ours, but once every 12-15 minutes for sure.
In Oslo, at interchange stations you do not need to move from platform to platform - trains of different lines arrive at the same platform, so out of habit you need to carefully look at which train you are boarding. At the transfer stations there are lighted boards - it says where and when which train will go. And on the train itself there are signs indicating the final destination. To get to the stadium from the center, you need to take the train to Frognerseteren.
What to see in your free time
Right in Holmenkollen you can go to the Museum of the History of Skiing. And what to see in Oslo is a separate topic.
