St.Hanshaugen Oslo

St. Hanshaugen is one of Oslo’s largest parks, just north of the city centre. This popular recreational area is great for walks, and from the top of the hill you have a nice view of Oslo.

St. Hanshaugen was originally a bare rock hill. In the 1840s the name St. Hanshaugen (“midsummer hill”) came into use, as the hill was a popular place for midsummer celebrations. In 1855 it was decided that parts of the hill was to be planted, and a big part of the hill was turned into a park in the next 30 years. The park also got a park keeper house, an artificial creek and a pavilion on the square Festplassen, and the park was expanded.

t has a triangular shape, with its northern border just north of the buildings of the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation and Ullevål University Hospital, and south of the University of Oslo campus at Blindern. In the east, the boundary runs just west of the river Akerselva, then down Storgata before it turns north, up Grensen, Pilestredet and Suhms gate.

The district has its name from St. Hanshaugen Park that lies centrally within it, where the citizens used to celebrate summer solstice (St. Hans in Norwegian). The park was planted by the city in the years 1876-86; it has a pavilion, and a reflecting pool covering a reservoir. The neighbourhood St. Hanshaugen is located west and south of the park, with shopping, eating and public transport where the streets Ullevålsveien and Waldemar Thranes gate meets.

To the southeast of the park is Oslo’s oldest building – Aker Kirke, built around 1100, but restored from ruins around 1860, and then again in the 1950s in a more authentic style. Next to the church is the cemetery Vår Frelsers gravlund, created in 1808 as a result of the great famine and cholera epidemic of the Napoleonic Wars. The nearby area around Damstredet and Telthusbakken is interesting since it retains the small town character of Oslo in the first part of the 19th century.

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Torshovparken

Torshov is a neighborhood north of Grünerløkka and Lilleborg in the borough Sagene in Oslo, Norway.

Torshovparken (ikke å forveksle med Torshovdalen) er en stor park på Torshov i Oslo, anlagt på 1920-tallet som en del av Torshovbyen, boligområdet som ble bygget ut i kommunal regi.

Parken avgrenses av Agathe Grøndahl gate i nord, Johan Svendsens gate i sydøst, Hegermanns gate i syd og Per Kvibergs gate i vest. Parken ligger i bydel Sagene.

Torshovparken er 41 mål i utstrekning og ligger på en naturlig høyde, som ble øket med overskuddsmasser fra utbyggingen. Det er utsikt mot byen og fjorden fra toppunktet (87 meter over havet) midt i parken, der musikkpaviljongen er plassert i enden av en allé mot nord.

Torshovparken er stilmessig på overgangen mellom den formale parkstilen, med symmetri og streng orden og ofte musikkpaviljong som midtpunkt, og funksjonalistisk parkstil, med enkelhet og åpne gressflater, bevaring av opprinnelig terreng, tilrettelegging for barn og unges aktiviteter, og nordiske treslag.

I skråningen mot syd og øst er det store plener tenkt for aking og skilek. Nord i parken ligger en dam og en nedlagt barnepark.

I sommersesongen arrangeres konserter i parken av lokale skolekorps og andre, blant annet festivalen Musikkfest Oslo, og filmfremvisning.

 I parken er det tre skulpturer:

  • byste av Fernanda Nissen, parkutvalgets første formann, utført av Wilhelm Rasmussen, plassert syd i parken, avduket 1931
  • barneskulptur, utført av Sigri Welhaven, ved lekeplassen i det nordvestlige hjørnet av parken, avduket 1928
  • byste av komponisten Jolly Kramer-Johansen, som bodde hele sitt liv på Torshov, utført av sønnen Willy Kramer-Johansen, avduket 1. mai 2002 i forbindelse med markeringen av 100-årsdagen for hans fødsel

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Mathallen Oslo

Mathallen Oslo is inspired by the great European food courts. Here you can find specialty shops, cafés and great places to eat.

Throughout the year, Mathallen is also a venue for different festivals and events celebrating food, drink and good experiences.

Mathallen Oslo is the place to go for everyone who appreciates high quality food and drink and something unique. We offer fish, meat, vegetables, baked goods, coffee – everything brought to us by the best suppliers and distributors of Norway, as well as some imported products. The atmosphere and products reflects the passion for good food and beverages.

Mathallen is a place for both the everyday consumers and professional chefs to buy foods from Norwegian small-scale producers and importers. Everyone is welcome to taste, shop, drink, to share knowledge and experiences and to find inspiration.

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BMW Oslo Maraton 2018

Det ble en folkefest ifb med BWM Oslo Maraton i dag!

BMW Oslo Maraton er et gateløp bestående av ca. 20.000 deltagere. Arrangementet er arrangert hvert år, nest siste helgen i september og går gjennom Oslos gater.

BMW Oslo Maraton er ett av Norges største gateløp. Arrangementet består av flere distanser og er et løp for alle.

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Ben Reddik

One of Oslo`s hippest neighbourhoods is Grünerløkka. “Løkka” as we say in norwegian has many good restaurants. A new (and hip) one that recently opened is “Ben Reddik”

Ben Reddik serves Lebanese food. Lebanese cuisine is a Levantine style of cooking that includes an abundance of whole grains, fruits, vegetables, starches, fresh fish and seafood; animal fats are consumed sparingly.

Manaeesh with Labneh, Fresh Mint & Olive

For lunch this Saturday I ordered Manaeesh with Labneh, Tabbouleh and Hummous. Unfortunately they were out of Hummous so I got Mutabbel instead. But it took 45 minutes to get our food! The long wait was probably because of all the positive acclaim Ben Reddik has received.

Tabbouleh & Mutabbel

My experience was that the food was good. But they serve small portions at a pretty high price. If you like Mezeh and lebanese food there are both better and cheaper options in Oslo. But, if you are in Grünerløkka this is the only Meze restaurant in the area.

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Matstreif 2018

Den 7.–8. september fylles Oslo av bugnende matfat med lokale smaker og spesialiteter fra hele Norge.

 

 

Rådhuskaia

MATSTREIF is Norway’s largest national food festival, showcasing Norwegian culture of regional food and beverages. The festival takes place every year in September at the City Hall Square in Oslo. Around 200 regional food and beverage producers from all over the country take part. More than 100 000 food enthusiasts visit the festival every year. The visitors are invited to taste their way through Norway, meet and greet the producers, let themselves inspire, and take home some of Norway’s best local products. Matstreif is organised by Innovation Norway, as an assignment from the Ministry of Agriculture and Food.

Matstreif har etablert seg som Norges største matfestival med mat og drikke fra mer enn 200 norske utstillere fra hele Norge samlet på Rådhusplassen.

Tingvoll Ost

Matstreif er Norges største nasjonale matfestival og arrangeres som en årlig begivenhet av Innovasjon Norge på oppdrag fra Landbruks- og matdepartementet.

Dette er stedet å være for alle som lurer på hva som rører seg innen norsk mat og drikkekultur og er opptatt av gode smaksopplevelser. Det kommer lokalmatprodusenter fra hele landet for å vise frem det ypperste av hva det norske matfatet har å by på.

Godt over hundre tusen matinteresserte publikummere besøker Matstreif hvert år, der de kan «smake seg gjennom hele Norge», møte, snakke og kjøpe mat fra rundt 200 lokale matprodusenter og utstillere fra hele landet, overvære konkurranser og handle med seg nye spennende regionale matprodukter.

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Kampen Neighbourhood

Kampen is a neighborhood in Oslo, Norway. It is located Gamle Oslo borough, between Tøyen, Hasle, Vålerenga and Galgeberg.

Galleri Bastian and behind is Kampen Church

The name may come from kamp, meaning outcrop, though it may also come from a military campment. During the 18th century, the home guard had military practices at Kampen. The area belonged to the farms Bergsløkken and Oslo Ladegård, before being parcelled up in 1820.

Wood and Brick Buildings

A wooden suburb was built between the city expansions—meaning acquisitions of territory belonging to Aker municipality—of 1859 and 1878. Part of the wooden housing burned down in 1879, and was replaced with brick block housing and Kampen Church.

Flowershop in Nannestadgata

The northern part of Kampen has many brick buildings from the 1930s, though the wooden housing still dominates in other parts. There was a controversy related to demolishment and rebuilding in Brinken during the 1980s.

Kampen Charm
Grafitti in Normannsgata
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Kampen Park

Parks and open spaces are an integral part of the landscape of Oslo. The various parks and open spaces are interconnected by paths so that the city’s inhabitants can walk between them.

As the city expanded in the middle of the 19th century, areas were appropriated for parks and recreational purposes. The eastern part of the city (Østkanten) was prioritized due to congestion and industrialization. The residential and more affluent western parts of the city (Majorstuen, Frogner) have comparably fewer parks and open spaces. 95% of the city’s inhabitants have a park or an open green space within 300 meters of their home.

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Christiania (Oslo) grew faster than most European cities around 1870–1890. Property developers built houses and villas while the city provided roads, water and sanitation. Owing to fire regulations the building material was brick, and this is largely the area that today is inside Ring 2 (the bypass road 2). Several new parks were created, most of them in the eastern part of the city. The argument giving priority to the eastern part was that it was the most crowded part of the city and was thus most in need of parks.

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The city’s expansion and the creation of a tram network contributed to increased commuting. Combined with steadily reduced working hours, this created a need to fill the available leisure time with activities. Some of the parks, like Kampen park, were used extensively from the time they were ready. The city’s park organisation from 1875, Christiania beplantningsvesen, was a new authority for creating and maintaining parks.

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Text source: Wikipedia – Photos: My Oslo Norway