Holmenkollen ski jump

The starting platform at the top of the tower, 60 meters from the ground and 417 metres above sea-level, affords a breathtaking view of the wooded expanse of Nordmarka, a paradise for ramblers and skiers, the capital, Oslo and the islands of the fjord that bears its name and an exhibit dedicated to the Olympic Winter Games in Norway in 1952 and 1994.

The forerunner of todays Holmenkollen ski jump Holmenkollbakken was built in 1892. Beside the jump is the Ski Museum, the world’s oldest museum devoted to skis and the history of skiing. Exhibits include the equipment used by Fridtjof Nansen and Roald Amundsen on their epoch-making expeditions to the polar regions. There is a simulator in which visitors may experience for themselves the heart-stopping thrills of ski jumping and downhill racing.

Its hoped to be build, ready to use in 2010, the design for the New Oslo Holmenkollen ski jump designed by the Danish architects of JDS / Julien de Smedt.