When: March

Where: Hollmenkollen

What: Annual Ski Festival

During March, we visited the Holmenkollen Ski Festival in Oslo. It is one of busiest and biggest events during Winter, which draws in people from all across the World. The competition within the festival consists of several skiing events, cross country and the ski jumping being the main two. Throughout the weekend the atmosphere was immense with huge crowds cheering, and enjoying all Holmenkollen has to offer. During are time there we also visited some of the interesting museums Olso provides whilst exploring the city.

Keen to take in as much as we could, most of us went to check out the ski jump. We fought against the crowds that were all headed in the opposite direction. For the majority, it was seemed that they were all making their way towards the race tracks for the party rather than the skiing. Inside the arena, it was hardly busy at all. The ski jumpers had an audience of what seemed like 1% of the people actually at the festival. These were mostly families as outside the arena was not the most child friendly.

Buying the entrance tickets for the arena was rewarded multiple freebies including real cheese and all the Kvikk Lunsjs (chocolate bars) you could ever want. I was mesmerised by the ski jumpers and the sheer length and size of the jump.