Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
The best local climbing is on the pre-bolted faces of Kolsåstoppen, which is accessible on
T-bane line 3 to Kolsås.
Vulkan Climbing Centre
CLIMBING
60; 10am-10pm Mon-Thu, 10am-9pm Fri, 10am-8pm Sat & Sun mid-Aug-May)
Indoor climbing centre with challenges for all skill levels. The centre has climbing walls
and bouldering walls.
Cycling
Mountain bikers will find plenty of trails on which to keep themselves occupied in the
Oslo hinterland. The tourist office has free cycling maps, with
Sykkelkart Oslo
tracing the
bicycle lanes and paths throughout the city, and
Idrett og friluftsliv i Oslo
covering the
Oslo hinterland. It also has a pamphlet called
Opplevelsesturer i Marka,
which contains
six possible cycling and/or hiking itineraries within reach of Oslo.
Two especially nice rides within the city (which are also suitable to do on an Oslo city
bike) are along the Akerselva up to Lake Maridal (Maridalsvannet; 11km), and in the
woods around Bygdøy. The trip to Maridal will pass several waterfalls and a number of
converted factories at the edge of Grünerløkka and cross several of Oslo's more unique
bridges, including the Anker, or
eventyr
(fairy-tale), bridge. Cyclists should be sure to stop
www.honselovisashus.no
; Sandakerveien 2; 11am-6pm May-Aug, 11am-4pm Mar-Apr & Sep)
. This
can also be done on foot by taking the T-bane to Kjesås and following the path back into
the city. Cycling, or walking, around Bygdøy is far more pastoral and provides ample op-
portunity for swimming breaks. There is a bike rack in front of the Norwegian Folk Mu-
seum. For more serious cycling, take T-bane line 1 to Frognerseteren and head into the
Nordmarka.
Hiking
A network of 1200km of trails leads into Nordmarka from Frognerseteren (at the end of T-
bane line 1), including a good trail down to Sognsvann lake, 6km northwest of the centre
at the end of T-bane line 5. If you're walking in August, be sure to take a container for
blueberries, and a swimsuit to cool off in the lake (bathing is allowed in all the woodland
lakes around Oslo except Maridalsvannet and Skjersjøen lakes, which are drinking reser-
