Holmenkollen Ski Jump Arena

On the outskirts of Oslo there is a hill named Holmenkollen. The popular Ski Jump Arena is located there. We can get there by subway - Line 1. The railway climbs over the mountains and allows us to view beautiful panoramas of Oslo below.

When we reached the station we needed to go several meters up to reach the ski jump facility. Finally, we were there. The ski jump arena is amazing, it is a huge building that is very tall and can fit a lot of people.

The great attraction is to use the ski jump building for rappelling from the top. Kris was too small for that, maybe we will come here again in the future for that.

A few facts

• hill size: 134 m
• official record: 141.0 m, set by Andreas Kofler (5.03.2011); since 2019 the record has been held by Robert Johansson (144 m)
• inrun length: 90.35 m
• angle of inclination: 36°
• stands: 30,000 spectators.

It is at this venue that our compatriot Adam Małysz triumphed five times in the World Cup (1996, 2001, 2003, 2006, 2007). It was the most wins in the history of this ski jump, so he has been hailed as “king of the Holmenkollen.”

The old ski jump was demolished in 2008. A new one was built in the same place.

The ski arena that we were able to see was a new facility built in 2010.

It's fun to see how the ski arena looks in real life (not on TV), and to imagine what it looks like during competitions. The 30,000 fans must create a great atmosphere. We have to take part in such an event one day.

Fun fact: the Ski Museum at the ski jump was founded in 1923. It is the oldest ski museum in the world. You can see, for example, equipment from the polar expeditions of Fridtjof Nansen and Roald Amundsen.

We found an unusual attraction at the bottom of the building: a ski jump simulator. It’s a place where for a few minutes of the show we could feel like a skier jumping off the hill and skiing a giant slalom.