Holmenkollen ski jump

Norway's top tourist attraction is quite unorthodox, a 130m ski slope that hosted the World Championships. But what brings people here is probably not the ski museum with its 250 year old skis and giant polar bear model, nor even the slope of the jump itself (without snow), but the fantastic views of Oslo and its surrounding fjord from a viewing platform above the jump's launch. The whole area Is already situated on a hill overlooking Oslo so in all it's about 450 above sea level. On the way out we forgot to try out a ski simulator but at least were surprised by a performance by an orchestra playing in the courtyard outside even if it delayed our day.

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