The high-season has just started for the tourist information offices in Oslo. The upcoming monthe will therefore visit different hotels and restaurants so that we are updated on what we can offer tourists that come  to us advice. I am going to blog about the different places I have visited. So this is my first post that I will share with you. 

 Café Sorgenfri is a very nice place, it can reminds you of a museum, packed with all kinds of things. So you can enjoy a good meal and look at all the things around you. 

D/S Louise is a restaurant that has a beautiful maritime theme. "Seilbaren" is decorated with the rigging and sails from the famous Norwegian-tall ship Christian Radich.

Café Christiania is a café that has an atmosphere that is based on Norwegian culture from the first half of the previous century. We had a wonderful dinner and dessert!

Popsenteret in Oslo!

Today I went to the Popsenteret, this is a center for popular music in Oslo. You can go through the history of Norwegian pop music. You will find musical instruments and record collections amongst many other things. In a way, it explains the history of the Norwegian music through the years, and you can use your creativity to play around with music and make your own song and album cover, you can also get your song on MP3.   

There are plenty of touch screens for you to play with. So if you are interested in music you will definitely have a great time, even if you're not Norwegian.

You can see so many cool things!

This is the room where you can try the time machine, pretty cool right?

NB: The texts and exhibition are in Norwegian but you can get a booklet in English at the reception desk.

My day at Holmenkollen!

Today I have been to the famous Holmenkollen! It was very nice to see the ski jump and the ski museum. The ski museum is actually the world's oldest ski museum. How cool is that?! 

I took the metro from the Nationaltheateret station in the city center and took line number one towards Frongerseteren. It took about 30 minutes and from the station it took 10-15 minutes to walk up to the main areas of Holmenkollen. It was a little bit icy, but absolutely worth dong it. I recommend good winter shoes! The trip with the metro was beautiful in itself, because you can see the view from one of the highest points in Oslo, the Holmenkollen ski tower! It's a real treat to see Oslo and the Oslofjord with such a beautiful panorama view. 

I visited the ski museum first. The museum has a lot to offer, you can see old skis from Norway in all different types. In a way it explains the history of Norway, a ski country!

Here are some pictures of my trip to Holmenkollen. Enjoy! :-)

Here you can see the ski jump from distance

Here you can try a ski simulator and try to jump as the athletes do!

I thought this picture here was so cool! This is on the first level of the tower!

Look at the view! Amazing! And what a light!

Ice bear. They are big, don't you think?

You don't find them on mainland Norway though. ;-)

Inside the ski museum.

Here you can see a Norwegian moose!

                       

In conclusion I would say that a visit to the Holmenkollen area is absolutely recommended when you are planning your stay here in Oslo. The ski museum is also worth visiting, because you can see the world's oldest ski collection.

Have a nice winter day!

The World's longest gingerbread train at the Oslo Central Station!

At the Oslo Central Station, the Norwegian rail company NSB invited Oslo locals and visitors to build the world's longest gingerbread train. Schools and kindergartens from Oslo made their own carriage. It has been very popular and the gingerbread train was 206 meter and 617 carriages together. It was extremely cool to see this special event at the Central Station in Oslo! And NSB raised also money for charity! Cool, don't you think?  

look! We made our own carriage with the VisitOSLO logo!

My good colleague Rebecca.

 Guinness Record Book registered the Oslo gingerbread train as the world longest.

Here you can see people decorating their carriage!

Merry Christmas everybody!

One day at the Norwegian Museum of Science & Technology

In the Norwegian Museum of Science and Technology you have many options on what to do and see. It’s smart to have good time, because the museum has a lot to offer and it's a very big museum. They have themes like technology, industry, science and medicine. They also have over 20 permanent and temporary exhibitions about energy, oil, industry, medicine, airplanes, cars and trains. Something for all the tastes. At the moment they have an exhibition called “Mind Gap”. This exhibition was very interesting, because you can get to see different brains and installations. A work of art by the artist Robert Wilson. The coolest thing was in the first step of the exhibition, because the walls, roof and floor were in glass and it was very cool, and maybe a bit funny. Watch where you go!

I enjoyed the museum, even if it was not my first visit, as this attraction is a very popular place for schools in Norway. All the Norwegian students of all ages have been there.

Entrance door for the exciting "Mind Gap" exhibition

Look! Quite cool? Watch where you go...

Real brains!

Installation with trees and technology, a cool mix.

You can touch it and feel the energy!

A flying ball, nice experiment! 

I think this bicycle was amazing!

You can actually see a real plane inside the museum. Unbelievable!

Here you have a train model that you can see running with a few coins.

Here you have the store by the information desk to the museum.

They have a lot of funny things there, especially for children.

In conclusion, the Norwegian Museum of Science & Technology is absolutely worth a visit! I also enjoyed the bus run from the city center to Kjelsås (but you can also take the train from Oslo S!), and on the way back I decided to walk along the river Akerselva in order to discover a very interesting part of Oslo, with industrial history and nature. Recommended!

My first visit at the Football Museum

I’m not the type of girl that is extremely interested in football, but of course I was curious about what the Football museum here in Oslo had to offer. I was actually very positive surprised. The museum was both interesting and fun at the same time. Here you can learn everything about the Norwegian football history, also the great International victories of the Ladies' Norwegian national team. You can see different football t-shirts, shoes, medals and more memorabilia. You can also play FIFA and table football, sounds fun right? I think so! All visitors are offered a guided tour around the stadium. 

You will get the chance to see the Ullevaal stadium, try to sit on the seat used by the Norwegian King when he is attending football matches like the Cup Final, the players tunnel and the dressing room. There are guided tours in Norwegian and English every 45 minutes until the closing time, which I think it's a very good offer to experience Norwegian history from a "football point of view"!  

Here you can see Ullevål Stadium, the biggest stadium in Norway.

This is a LEGO model of the Ullevaal Stadium. I think this was one of the coolest thing there. So creative!

Drillo (the Norwegian national team manager) used this boots in his first match.

They  have a new exhibition “The dream of Premier league”. Here can you see Norwegian
football players in English football

Look! I'm sitting in the exactly same seat that the King of Norway is sitting on when he attends a match.

This is the wardrobe used by the Norwegian national team.

The grass was still green during my visit in November, quite unusual!

By the way, I will post more on my visits to attractions and nice places in Oslo, stay tuned! :-)

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