A Beautiful Winterday in Oslo

A beautiful morning in Oslo, and even more beautiful when leaving down town and search for the higher areas at Frognerseteren. Minus 1 C and newly prepared ski-track makes the skiing tour an extraordinary lovely experience.

Tullen is heading for Skjennungen, Ullevålseter and return to Gaustad and Blindern on her skiing back home.

It is exactly five weeks to the FIS Nordic World Championship Nordic 2011 will be opened for 12 days of competitions with winners and "all the other athletes".
The new Holmenkollen ski jump is almost finished and looks great if not huge.

At "Gratishaugen" now not free anymore and called VM-Haugen in front of the ski-jump arena, you find:

The Holmenkollen Troll

Kollentrollet is a 6,7-metre statue located close to the ski jump (the ski jump is currently being rebuilt for the 2011 World Ski Championships):
"A troll am I. Big and tall. I sing in one of my songs. For I am big and tall. When you see me sitting at Gratishaugen, I measure almost 7 meters. Big and tall may sound dangerous, but that's not the case. I am a good troll. It is the famous Norwegian sculptor Nils Aas, who brought me here. I am made of concrete and I guess I do look a lot like the trolls you'll find in the Norwegian folk tales collected by Asbjørnsen and Moe."