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I’m half Norwegian and have a lot of family in Oslo, so I’m there fairly often (live in Copenhagen though)..
You should really take the T-bane out to Nordmarka (the forest area north of the city), line 3 to Sognsvann or line 1 to Frognerseter both puts you in the middle of everything!
Very nice Ray. These are the kind of discoveries I also enjoy while traveling. Thanks for sharing.
Hi Ray,
I recognice the are and I appears to me that you have run beside my office building. I am actually planning a lunch’n run in about one hour (lunch afterwards).
Places to see are:
1)Holmkenkollen Ski jump (a hilly run from Slemdal taking the subway “Tb-bane” giving a panoramic view of tha nations capital.
2)Folkemuseet on Bygdøy (link to norskfolkemuseum.no
3)Vigelandsparken in Majorstua
The Viking Ships on Bygdøy.
For you long run on sunday, I suggest that you take the train from Lysaker, to either Drammen and the half maratom @ 12:30 hrs. Or, start from your Hotel and head out towards Sandvika, include the island Kalvøya, head over to Slependen, Billingstad, Holmen and Konglungen. And back (if you need to make a longer run, go further to Vollen before heading back).
If you need guidance, I’l be happy to join as I plan a long run to brush of my long runs before the Oslo maraton on two weeks.
Hello, I am a mountain runner who read and appreciate your posts. I live in the Oslo area and the ultimate is if you have the opportunity to attend Nordmarka Ultra Challenge held September 29.
ref: link to nordmarka-ultra-challenge.blogspot.no
So cool that you’re here in Oslo! If you need any tips or assistance, let me know! It’d nice to give something back after gaining so much from your blog!
Since I’m preparing for the Oslo Marathon (Sep. 23rd), I plan to do a 21km run on Saturday morning. Normally I run on asfalt, so I take it from Vika to Snarøya through a semi-coastal road. If you feel like joining, that’d be cool!
So cool that you’re here in Oslo! If you need any tips or assistance, let me know! It’d nice to give something back after gaining so much from your blog!
Since I’m preparing for the Oslo Marathon (Sep. 23rd), I plan to do a 21km run on Saturday morning. Normally I run on asfalt, so I take it from Vika to Snarøya through a semi-coastal road. If you feel like joining, that’d be cool!
And enjoy the good weather – this has been rare this year… ;)
If you want to run in the terrain its available all around Oslo.There are trails (CC-skitracks) that are marked with color codes that you can follow easy and anywhere. You can find great tracks and suggestions here:
link to ut.no
link to skiforeningen.no
The website is in Norwegian, but with google translate you will probably understand the main lines.
If you want to run in the mountains, there are also many nice places you can reach in a relatively short time. If you want, we can discuss further over a lunch or a cup of coffee.
Welcome to Norway :)
As you can see you have quite a few readers here :)
I don’t live in Oslo, so you are better off listening to the others here which obviously know what they are talking about.
But from what I have heard Nordmarka has some great trails/roads that go on “forever”
If you ever come to Bergen (which is the only place to start if you wanna see the Norway in a Nutshell) give a shout :)
Welcome to Norway :) too bad you didn’t come to Trondheim. You’ll have to do that next time. What do you think of fenix as a running device compared to the more dedicated forerunner ones? Are there any functions you miss now when the firmware is getting more mature? I recall you said/wrote that the fotpod is not accepted, thats still the fact?
Welcome to Norway!
A city run in Oslo, up along the Akerselva (River aker) can also be recommended, but I can vouch for the suggestions above too! :-)
Have a nice run, and thanks for an excellent blog!
Hi Ray!! I live in Snaroya and your post is my backdoor running routes! Fantastic. Having moved to oslo myself last year its not that easy to find the best routes without a little guidance (and if I was in town I would happily be your guide!). The suggestions on the page are great. But if you need a little more direction, here are my GPS routes on garmin. The marka is fantastic for trail running. The Marka the forest just on the outskirts of Oslo.
link to connect.garmin.com
link to connect.garmin.com
Your also perfectly placed for the pool at Hundsund. Its a 25m pool but I am sure with your swimming pool apps you have probably already found it. Good luck!!!!!
Hi,
You should really give the Vigeland park a try while you’re here. Beautiful park and excellent for running! Another suggestion would be Sognsvann. Less crowded and peaceful, forrestrial surroundings:)
Hope you enjoy your stay here!
I’m goging her tomorrow morning, link to skiforeningen.no Epic run!
best regards
Dag