One of the worlds most famous ski jumping hills - Holmenkollen - is due to rebuilding. For a long period the hill has not been up to the requirements from modern ski jumping, and yesterday the last competition in the "old" hill was done. The winner: Gregor Schlierenzauer from Austria.Holmenkollen has been a landmark in Oslo. This photo is taken from Frogner.
Now this special shape will be replaced by something not yet decided. Norwegians are conservative. They are very afraid of changes, and especial if it may cost any money. The design competition of a new "Kollen" came out with a clear winner. The winner´s project is refused, and that ends up with a "Hill" which no one today can tell how will be.
The country has a fortune of 2 000 000 000 000 nok placed in foreign stocks, but the government does not want to use more than 100 000 000 nok for a rebuilding, and 900 mill are set as the max cost for restoration. A new "Holmenkollen" must be ready within 18 months.
In the meantime they talk in closed rooms.
3 comments:
Pass på deg selv om dagen, for hørte på nyhetene at det er ca 29 "usyldige" hver dag som blir utsatt for kriminelle handlinger i Oslo. Mer enn New York det ble sagt. utrolig !!
Så ikke ut etter mørkes frembrudd Arne :-)))
klem herfra.
Jeg må ærlig si at det virker som om både Norge og Oslo har større problemer enn hva som skal skje med Holmekollen...
Förstår du nu varför varje svensk flicka söker en olje-schejk med skägg och norsk ullekofta ;-)
Amerika släng dig i väggen!
;-)
"Somewhere over the mountain ..."
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