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This was the location of the Bob Sleigh run for the 1952 Winter Olymics held in Oslo, its has now been turned into a toboggan run for sledging in the winter months. You can hire sledges at the top not far from Frognerseteren metro station and sledge down the 2000m course to Midtstuen station where you can hop back on the train to the top again. (You can get a ticket which means you can keep riding the train all day)
I would highly recommend heading up there if your in Oslo when there is snow on the ground. It is so much fun and we kept going all day until my husband got ill as he wasn't wearing water proof gear so got extremely cold. But as long as you dress for it it's fantastic.
The views from the top are breath taking and in amongst the trees you could be in C.S Lewis' Narnia. The hire for the sledges was reasonable especially considering you can keep going all day. As we got handed our sledges we nervously asked 'where's the break', to which they laughed and proceeded to tell us the only controls you have are your feet, 'ahh' we thought so that's why we had to sign a waver saying they were not responsible in the event of injury!
The course apparently takes 8-10 minutes but it seems longer, maybe its just because we were a little unnerved by what seemed like sheer drops to one side at points, so kept breaking, or maybe because it was so exhilarating it seemed to make time slow down. And despite our initial nerves we both thoroughly enjoyed ourselves. This is definitely not just for children; adults can have a lot of fun too.
If you are in need of some warm refreshments there is a delightful restaurant at the top of the run serving hot food although as with all Oslo restaurants food is expensive and here was no exception; a bowl of soup, bread roll and coffee each, set us back about £20 ( just don't convert back into pounds so you can actually enjoy your food). Having said that the chance to sit in front of the roaring fire in their dinning area was money well spent. Once your all warmed up and dried off you can head back for some more sledging, or indeed cross country skiing which was also available, or if you've had enough its just a short walk back up a bit of a steep slippery hill to the metro station you arrived at, which takes you back into the centre of Oslo.