Holmenkollen Ski Museum

 

Today Craig took the day off from work and joined us at the Holmenkollen Ski Museum & ski jump tower. Holmenkollen is a state-of-the-art arena for cross-country skiing, biathlon and ski jumping, and includes the famous Holmenkollen Ski Jump, Midtstubakken Ski Jump, five smaller recruitment slopes, cross-country skiing trails and a ski stadium.  Being that we are all cross country ski enthusiasts, it was fun to learn so much about the origins of skiing and its development throughout the years.  On top of the great information, there are also some interactive ski displays that are quite entertaining.  We also took the interesting diagonal elevator lift to the top of the tower where ski jumpers hurl themselves down these crazy jumps in the wintertime.   From the ski centre, we went on an 8 km hike through the forest in  areas that Craig is very familiar with since he has skied these trails in the winter time.  We finished hiking around 6:00 pm and then went to meet nick who was having a backyard bbq with a few people from his work.  We had a few drinks and dessert with them before going to the grocery store and getting ourselves a proper late supper back at Craig and Nick’s apartment.  

Ski Museum

Top of Ski Jump

Overlooking Oslo from the top of the ski jump

Ski jump with the biathlon shooting range in the foreground

8 km hike

Holmenkollen ski jump in the distance