Few parks cover such a variety as Kristiansand Zoo, which is why the Zoo like to call themselves “The Living Park”. Just 11 km east of Kristiansand you will find the most beautiful and natural zoo, with scenery and environment in abundance.
Dyreparken is actually five separate parks, including a water park (bring bathing suits and [...]
The Øya Festival is Oslo’s biggest rock festival. Every year it draws more than 40,000 music lovers to the Medieval Park, who can enjoy four days of everything from big, international stars to new up-and-coming artists.
The Øya Festival is held in August every year, in the Medieval Park on Oslo’s east side – on historical [...]
Traditionally, Easter in Norway is associated with cross-country skiing and eggs. But while many city people rush off to their mountain cabin for the holidays, others go to Oslo to paint the town black!
Inferno Metal Festival takes place in Oslo every Easter, and draws metal lovers from all over the world. Norwegian bands have always [...]
Oslo Jazz Festival is a six-day festival held in August every year. For more than 20 years, the festival has offered a broad range of jazz experiences; be it the Count Basie Orchestra at Oslo Concert Hall or Lars Frank Trio at a subway station.
Oslo Jazz Festival has always had the ability to present a [...]
Oslo Chamber Music Festival presents music spanning from the Medieval times to the present day.
The Festival strives to keep a continuing high quality with interesting events and performers. We want to offer music of premium quality to the public and be an attractive meeting place for some of the world’s greatest musicians.
Recruitment to chamber music [...]
Norwegian Wood is an annual 4-day rock festival held in mid June in the open-air bath Frognerbadet in Oslo. The festival programme contains both international stars like David Bowie and Roger Waters, and unknown Norwegian bands performing at a festival in Oslo for the first time.
The fact that the festival takes place in an open-air [...]
The Ultima Oslo Contemporary Music Festival is an annual international festival of high artistic standing whose aim is to present modern music and related art forms in Oslo. At the core of the festival’s activities are the contributions from the 18 member organizations, which provide the basis of the festival programme. These organizations are leading [...]
Oslo World Music Festival usually takes place in the end of October and beginning of November – in many ways the perfect time for a festival like this. Oslo can be quite cold and dark at this time of the year, but at Oslo World Music Festival you can get the feeling of being in [...]
Cruise, tour or hike the incredible fjords along the picturesque coastline. Visit the historic and well-preserved stave churches. Tour the North Cape to experience the traditional Sami culture and reindeer herding, Karåsjok, Kautokeino and the Midnight Sun.