The back story
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Area guide
Holmenkollen: the back story
The ski jump above the city, the world’s oldest ski museum, Frognerseteren and the forests of Nordmarka.
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Holmenkollen: Our Favourites
The ski jump and museum, Frognerseteren, Lysebu and the forests of Nordmarka.
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What to see and do
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The world’s oldest ski museum
Holmenkollen Ski Museum & Tower
The world’s oldest ski museum, under the Holmenkollen jump, with the view from the top of the tower.
Kongeveien 5, 0787 OsloExplore View on map
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Frescoes in the dark
Emanuel Vigeland Museum
The mausoleum of Gustav Vigeland’s younger brother: a barrel-vaulted room covered with the 800-square-metre fresco VITA.
Grimelundsveien 8, 0775 OsloExplore View on map
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The city’s forest
Nordmarka
The forest above Holmenkollen: trails in summer, ski tracks in winter, a T-bane ride from the centre.
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Self-guided
Holmenkollen to Frognerseteren
From the ski jump up through the forest to Frognerseteren, with the city and the fjord below.
Where to eat
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Classic Oslo
Frognerseteren
Restaurant Finstua and Kafé Seterstua at the top of Holmenkollen, in a house from 1891.
Holmenkollveien 200, 0791 OsloExplore View on map
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Classic Oslo
Holmenkollen Restaurant
Scandinavian cooking in a building from 1892 by the ski arena.
Holmenkollveien 119, 0787 OsloExplore View on map
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At Frognerseteren
Kafé Seterstua
The traditional café at Frognerseteren, after a walk in the forest: tall sandwiches, meatballs and the famous apple cake.
Holmenkollveien 200, 0791 OsloExplore View on map
Where to stay
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Built in 1916
Lysebu
A hotel built in 1916 in the Norwegian style at the gateway to Nordmarka, with 85 rooms and a Danish–Norwegian kitchen.
Lysebuveien 12, 0790 OsloExplore View on map
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Since 1894
Scandic Holmenkollen Park
A hotel from 1894 high above the city, with the historic Dragon building, a rooftop spa and views over the fjord.
Kongeveien 26, 0787 OsloExplore View on map
Health and wellness
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Spa and sauna
Holmenkollen Park Spa
A rooftop spa with a heated pool, sauna and steam room, high above the city.
Kongeveien 26, 0787 OsloExplore View on map
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