Holmenkollen
Holmenkollen is a mountain and a neighbourhood in the Vestre Aker borough of Oslo, Norway.

Holmenkollen is a mountain and a neighbourhood in the Vestre Aker borough of Oslo, Norway. It goes up to 500 metres (1,600 ft) above sea level and is well known for its international skiing competitions.
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Worth seeing in and around Holmenkollen
10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01University of Oslo
The University of Oslo is a public research university located in Oslo, Norway. It is the oldest university in Norway.
4 km · Norwegian public research university · Wikipedia - 02Holmenkollbakken
Holmenkollbakken is a large ski jumping hill located at Holmenkollen in Oslo, Norway. It has a hill size of HS134, a construction point of K-120, and a capacity for 70,000 spectators.
400 m · ski jumping hill in Oslo, Norway · Wikipedia - 03Sognsvann
Sognsvann is a 3.3 km circumference lake just north of Oslo, Norway. Lying just within the greenbelt around Oslo, the lake is a popular recreational area, used as a camping, picnicking and bathing destination for the residents of Oslo during the summer, as well as a cross-country skiing, skating and ice fishing destination in the winter.
3.9 km · lake in Norway · Wikipedia - 04Bogstadvannet
Bogstadvannet is a lake between the city of Oslo and the municipality of Bærum, Akershus, Norway. It is part of Sørkedalsvassdraget, which in turn is part of Oslomarkvassdraget.
2.7 km · lake in Norway · Wikipedia - 05Midtstubakken
Midtstubakken is a ski jumping hill which is part of the Holmenkollen National Arena in Oslo, Norway. It has a hill size of 106 metres, and a K-spot of 95 metres.
700 m · ski jumping hill in Oslo, Norway · Wikipedia - 06Norwegian School of Sport Sciences
The Norwegian School of Sport Sciences Norwegian: Norges idrettshøgskole or NIH is a state-owned university college with a national directive for education and research in the sport sciences. NIH is located at Sognsvann in Kringsjå, Oslo, Norway.
3.9 km · University in Norway · Wikipedia - 07Vestre gravlund
Vestre Gravlund is a cemetery in the Frogner borough of Oslo, Norway. It is located next to the Borgen metro station.
3.7 km · cemetery in Oslo · Wikipedia - 08Holmenkollen Ski Museum
Holmenkollen Ski Museum is located at the base of the Holmenkollen ski jump in Oslo, Norway. The Ski Museum was founded in 1923 and is the world's oldest ski museum.
300 m · museum in Oslo · Wikipedia - 09Voksenåsen
Voksenåsen is a hill and neighborhood in Vestre Aker borough in Oslo, Norway.
1.5 km · hill in Oslo, Norway · Wikipedia - 10Bogstad
Bogstad Manor is a historic manor house and former estate located in the borough of Vestre Aker in Oslo, Norway. It is situated in the northwestern part of Oslo.
2.4 km · historic manor house in Oslo, Norway · Wikipedia
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Getting to Holmenkollen
- Airports
- Oslo-Gardermoen (OSL), 35 km · Sandefjord, Torp (TRF), 89 km · Scandinavian Mountains (SCR), 179 km
- Stations
- Frognerseteren, 2.2 km · Vettakollen, 1.7 km · Kringsjå, 3.9 km · Lijordet, 3.4 km · Voksenlia, 900 m
- Sandefjord(Torp) → Holmenkollen81 km · quickest by road, 2h 22m · kr120–165
- Kristiansand(Kjevik) → Holmenkollen5 km · quickest by road, 45 min · kr20–26
- Bergen → Holmenkollen299 km · quickest by air, 5h 34m · kr1,470–2,260
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Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Holmenkollen
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Holmenkollen. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inBus 30 goes to destinations at the Bygdøy Peninsula, alternatively you can take the ferry .
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Next door to Holmenkollen
Holmenkollen is 7 km from Oslo, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
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