Meilani Yun: SPORT TOURISM IN OSLO, NORWAY

Jumat, 16 Januari 2015

SPORT TOURISM IN OSLO, NORWAY

Meilani Yunda Pratiwi

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GROUP B

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HOLMENKOLLEN NATIONAL ARENA

The View of Holmenkollen National Arena

Holmenkollen National Arena

Holmenkollen National Arena is interesting ski sports tourism arena that we should visit when we comes to Oslo, Norway. Norway is the part of Northern Europe. Norway means “the northward route” (the “way north” or the “north way”).

Holmenkollbakken Ski Jump Tower Building

The Location of Oslo in the Map

Holmenkollbakken in the Winter

Holmenkollen National Arena is the one of many famous places in Oslo. It is consists of two main ski jump arena. First, the name is Holmenkollen Ski Jump Tower or Holmenkollbakken and the other one is Midtstubakken Ski Jump.

Here, we can watch the ski jump events, visit the Holmenkollen Ski Museum and trying Ski Jump Simulator.

Holmenkollbakken Ski Jump

This is the large ski jump hill which has height 64 meters above the ground. This place has a capacity for 30.000 spectators. More than a million tourists visited this place in every year. It has been rebuilt for ± 19 times since 1892 (From a hill till now form a building). It has hosted for Winter Olympics, World Cup Tournament and World Championships ski competitions each year. It is not merely a sports venue, but also as the tourist magnet of note. We can go to the top of the jump tower that offers panoramic views of Oslo by using elevator.

When we visited this place in the summer, we can’t jump from the Holmenkollen Ski Jump but we can enjoy abseiling or zip line that is not less interesting and fun. And then, we can go to the Holmenkollen Ski Museum to trying the sensation of Ski Simulator. The best record for Ski Jumping had ever made by Andreas Kofler at 141 meters on March 5, 2011.

Andreas Kofler

♥ There are some festival that was held here:

a. Ski Festival since 1892.

b. FIS (Federation Internationale de Ski) Ski Jumping World Cup at 1980.

c. FIS Nordic Combined World Cup 1983.

d. Winter Olympic at 1952.

e. FIS Nordic World Ski Championships at 1930, 1966, 1982 and 2011.

MIDTSTUBAKKEN SKI JUMP

Midtstubakken is a normal ski jump hill. It has a capacity for 16.000 spectators. World Championships held three times in this place at 1966,1982, and 2011.

HOLMENKOLLEN SKI MUSEUM
(Skimuseet i Holmenkollen)

Inside View of Holmenkollen Ski Museum

Enjoy the development of ski jump in the Winter Joy Area

The oldest till the modern variant of wooden ski

The Historical Heritage

The Icebear Kollbjørn

Holmenkollen Ski Museum building places at the base of the Holmenkollen Ski Jump arena. It has believed as the oldest ski museum in the world and being founded in 1923. We can know the origins of skiing as a culture of Norway in particular and Europe in general. The museum contains 4000 years of skiing history and see skis from the vikings, or those that belonging to the Royal Family of Norway. The oldest evidence of history known from a stone carving about 4000 years old that was found in a region of Norway called Rødøy.

In the carving depicted a male figure standing on top of the board was holding a stick. Models such as this ski has long been suspected to be used by travelers and hunters during the winter in that period. The objects on display are mostly native heritage. for example, there is the oldest ski from Alvdal area and used in the year 600 A.D. This tool is found in the Marshland area in 1906 and is made of pine wood. There are ski history as part of the expedition of scientists to the polar regions, such as Fridtjof Nansen, Roald Amundsen, Børge Ousland.

THE SKI SIMULATOR

The ski simulator next to the Holmenkollen Ski Jump open 365 days a year. It has a capacity of 12 persons and ride takes above five minutes. We can enjoy 3D effect to fly down from the Holmenkollen Ski Jump almost 100 km/h. Via movie made by cameras attached to the helmet and skis of TOM HILDE during the FIS Nordic World Cup in Holmenkollen in 2011, the simulator gives you a great feeling of what jumping in “kollen”. This is also completed by sound effects and wind gusts to give the sensation of the true skiing simulator to passengers.

3D Ski Simulator Arena

Rules that we must obey in the 3D Ski Simulator

COSTS & FACILITIES

The facilities in the Holmenkollen National Arena are Holmenkollbakken, Midtstubakken, Stadium, Holmenkollen Ski Museum, Holmenkollen Rica Park Hotel, Holmenkollen Chapel, and Holmenkollen Line.

AIRPLANE TICKETS COST FROM JAKARTA TO OSLO

The price is about Rp 8.503.672 – Rp 104.369.840. (5100 NOK-63000 NOK)

(all airline)

When arrived, the distance of Holmenkollen is just twenty till thirty minutes from Oslo.

TRANSPORTATION

To reach the hotel or Holmenkollen Bakken from Oslo Gardermoen International Airport, we can using the public transportation in Norway, especially in Oslo that called Oslo Metro. Or other transportation like bus, taxi or car. From Oslo city centre, it takes around 20 - 30 minutes to get to Holmenkollen.

HOTEL COST

The price is about Rp 650.000 – Rp 6.500.000 (390 NOK-3900 NOK) per night.

The nearest hotel from Holmenkollen Bakken Ski Jump is Holmenkollen Rica Park Hotel. We can also choose the rooms which are appropriated with our budget.