Showing posts with label Norway. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Norway. Show all posts

Thursday, May 31, 2012

Holmenkollbakken, Norway Ski Jumping Resort

You are looking for sports venues used for ski jumping, big skis in Norway? Make this into your travel plans. You try to visit Holmenkollen in Oslo, Norway. There is a large ski jumping hill, it is Holmenkollbakken. In 1948 is the evidence, Oslo hosted 1952 Winter Olympics and the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1982 in 1979. Holmenkollen is the world`s oldest museum of skiing.

You will find an annual Nordic skiing event, it is Holmenkollen Ski Festival every year on March. There is an amazing Ski Simulator, Auditorium with seats for 75 persons, Ski Museum and Jump Tower, and many more events that are very interesting here.
Credit : Wikipedia 
There is also Holmenkollen Station, it is between Besserud and Voksenlia. "The only one line with platforms for six cars, which allows a capacity of 9,000 people per hour".

This is a place to visit, make this dream and wait for the dream to visit the "Holmenkollbakken" come true, sooner or later.

Thursday, May 10, 2012

Travel To Fløyen, Bergen, Norway With Fløibanen

Travel to the most visited attraction in Bergen, Hordaland, Norway with Fløibanen. It is 1.2 million ascents every year, It is about 150 metres from the Fish Market and Bryggen Wharf. Fløibanen is a narrow measure of the train, with sizes from 1000 mm (3 ft 3 3/8), which can seat 100 passengers, normally take 70 passengers on each departure walking up from the centre of Bergen toward the mountain Floyen, the most visited of the seven mountains surrounding the city center of Bergen, Norway. There are two colors Fløibanen : red and blue.

Fløibanen
Credit : Fløibanen 
There are places that are familiar to passengers while in the Fløibanen : Vetrlidsalmenning, Proms Gate, Fjellveien, Skansemyren, Photo Point, Fløien.

Fløibanen Funicular operates from 07.30 to 23.00 on weekdays and on Saturday, Sunday the funicular opens at 08.00. but this will be different during the Christmas / New Year and Easter

Fløibanen departure normally operatee every 15 minutes from early morning to late evening then every 15 minutes until 20:30 when the half-hour service continued until the closing.

Enjoy the true views of Bergen and top of Fløyen with two webcams installed at the top of Fløyen. Feel the hearth when we are really there. Feel the heart when enjoy the view of Bergen from Fløyen.

Bergen
Credit : Floibanen