We have a little forest just 200 yards from our house. We usually use it for a couple of hours of walk when we're home in the weekends. It's a beautiful and quiet place. We rarely see people there, even if parts of jt belongs to Oslo.
A lot of history around in there. Parts of the trails we use are dated back to year 500. Trails was used by pilgrims walking from Oslo to Trondheim which was the capital up to year 1300.
There are also remnants from WWII when resistance held place here from 1940. Cabins, where they radioed England for orders and held contact with the government in exile and planned raids.
From earlier days there were ski jump hills but they were dismantled in the 1970's. People had to take the bus from downtown, go cross country skiing for 4-5 kilometers before they could take on the ski jump ski's. A few years ago sherpa's from Nepal built a nice stone stair where the ski jump hill was. From the top of the stairs you can see downtown Oslo and the fjord.
At this place there is a little Cafe where you can get coffee and waffles in the weekends.
An interesting thing is the rocks that we pass on the trail. In one the pictures, you can see the scars in the rock from the ice ace sliding across the land. The entire country was covered with ice up to 3000 yards thick.
Here are a few pictures from the area.
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Beautiful as always. While I don’t speak Norwegian, I got a kick out of “skihopper”. Certainly a great place to unwind and recharge.
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Great Pics, Chuck Wagon Joe - - - they remind me of when my Family and I were Living in The Rocky Mtns of Colorado. Oddly enuff there was a Ski Jump Practice Jump about 4 blocks from our Apartment where the High School Ski Team would practice. I told my Sons that if I ever caught them on that Jump, they wouldn't be able to sit down for a week . Of course I didn' let them know that I took my Skis down there a couple of times just to find out what it was like. They were just downhill skis so I didn't get the full effect of the lift off at the end. Thank GOd
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there's also a pretty decent slope on that trail
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Haha. Why wasn't I surprised you had to try. The people doing ski jumping are crazy. Especially when jumping in these insane big hills where they jump up to 270 yards!OldUsedParts wrote:Great Pics, Chuck Wagon Joe - - - they remind me of when my Family and I were Living in The Rocky Mtns of Colorado. Oddly enuff there was a Ski Jump Practice Jump about 4 blocks from our Apartment where the High School Ski Team would practice. I told my Sons that if I ever caught them on that Jump, they wouldn't be able to sit down for a week . Of course I didn' let them know that I took my Skis down there a couple of times just to find out what it was like. They were just downhill skis so I didn't get the full effect of the lift off at the end. Thank GOd
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Just beauuuutiful! I really appreciate these travelogues, Joe.
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Good pictures. When we went to Italy and England, I wish we would have visited the country sides and off the beaten paths.
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Thanks. Haven't been so many this year.Sailor Kenshin wrote:Just beauuuutiful! I really appreciate these travelogues, Joe.
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Thanks. A lot of beautiful places in Italy and England. Italy is my European favorite. Great scenery, awesome food. The best ice-cream. And all the old history.bowhnter wrote:Good pictures. When we went to Italy and England, I wish we would have visited the country sides and off the beaten paths.
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great pictures, and narration about the history of the area. I always like your posts.
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Thank youspacetrucker wrote:great pictures, and narration about the history of the area. I always like your posts.
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