Holmenkollen Ski Jump and Museum tickets: NOK 200 entry, tower views and how to get there

💡 The Short Version: A single ticket to Holmenkollen costs NOK 200 for adults and NOK 100 for children (6 to 17), covering both the underground Ski Museum and the lift to the observation deck of the jump tower. Oslo Pass holders enter free. It is open daily year-round, 10:00 to 16:00 in winter and 10:00 to 17:00 from May to September. The deck is 64 metres above ground and 427 metres above sea level, with views over the Oslofjord and the Nordmarka forest. Take metro line 1 to Holmenkollen station, then walk 10 minutes uphill. Or book a tour: the 3-hour Holmenkollen and Vigeland Park sightseeing tourad from NOK 600 goes up Holmenkollen Hill with a guide, so you do not need to work out the metro and the walk from the station.

⚠️ The zipline and ski flight simulator cost extra. Kollensvevet, the 361-metre zipline down the in-run, runs between April and early November. The indoor ski simulator costs NOK 130 for adults (holmenkollen.com), bought in the foyer.

Ticket prices and admission terms

Buy tickets at the desk in the Snøhetta-designed entrance pavilion or in advance through the Skiforeningen ticket site. General admission covers the museum galleries and the lift up the jump tower:

• Oslo Pass: holders of an Oslo Pass enter the museum and tower free with no advance slot. Show the digital pass at the counter.
• Extras:
  • Ski Flight Simulator: NOK 130 for adults and NOK 75 for children aged 6 to 16 (holmenkollen.com). The 5-minute hydraulic capsule ride simulates a jump off the Holmenkollen hill followed by a downhill run on Kvitfjell’s Olympic course.
  • Kollensvevet zipline: starts at the top of the jump tower and drops 107.5 metres over 361 metres down the in-run to the landing bowl. Open from spring to autumn; see kollensvevet.no for hours and weight limits.
  • Kollenrappellen (abseiling): abseil 57 metres down the concrete face of the jump tower on fixed ropes, by prior group booking.

Tours that include Holmenkollen

Holmenkollen and Vigeland Park sightseeing

From NOK 600 · 4.5 stars from 525 reviews · 3 hours · guided tour

Oslo: Sightseeing with Holmenkollen Ski Jump & Vigeland Parkad is a guided tour with panoramic views of the city from Holmenkollen Hill, and a stop at the sculpture park of Gustav Vigeland.

Highlights by bus and fjord cruise

From NOK 1,100 · 4.6 stars from 186 reviews · 5½ hours · coach and boat

Oslo: Guided Oslo Highlights Tour by Bus & Oslofjord Cruisead starts with the view from the ski-jumping hill, passes Vigeland Park, then boards a boat for the fjord.

Vettakollen viewpoint hike

From NOK 842 · 5 stars from 8 reviews · 3½ hours · guided hike

Oslo: Vettakollen Viewpoint & Holmenkollen Ski Jumpad is a guided hike to the Vettakollen viewpoint, with views over the city and fjord and of the ski jump.

The engineering of Holmenkollbakken

The hill has hosted ski jumping since 31 January 1892, when 12,000 spectators watched Arne Ustvedt set the first hill record of 21.5 metres on wooden telemark skis. The jump has been rebuilt 19 times to suit longer flights and safer landings.

The current jump was designed by the Danish-Belgian firm JDS Architects (Julien De Smedt) after an international competition, and opened ahead of the 2011 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships:

• Cantilevered steel ribbon: instead of support pillars, a single steel cantilever curves out into the air. It uses over 1,000 tonnes of steel, the in-run rises 64 metres above the hilltop, and it ends in an angled observation deck 427 metres above sea level.
• Wind screens: louvred steel screens along both sides of the ramp shield jumpers from crosswinds off the fjord.
• The jump: the in-run is 126 metres long and starts at a 36-degree pitch. Jumpers reach over 92 km/h in under five seconds, leave the take-off table and land over 140 metres away in the 30,000-seat bowl.

The view from the jump tower

The lift inside the tower core goes to the start gate where World Cup jumpers wait. The open-air platform has these views:

• South, down the in-run to the landing arena, over the red-tiled roofs of the suburbs, the Barcode towers in Bjørvika, the twin towers of City Hall and the inner Oslofjord with its islands.
• North, the city ends abruptly and the pine and spruce forests of Nordmarka stretch for hundreds of square kilometres.

Inside the Ski Museum (Skimuseet)

The Ski Museum is cut into the bedrock beneath the jump bowl. Skiforeningen (the Association for the Promotion of Skiing) founded it in 1923, and it describes itself as the world’s oldest ski museum. For its centenary, in December 2023, it opened a glass-and-timber entrance wing and café designed by Snøhetta.

The permanent exhibitions cover over 4,000 years of skiing:

• Prehistoric skiing: rock carvings from northern Norway and Siberia, and the Alvdal ski, dated to about 500 BC.
• The Birkebeiner story: the 1206 rescue of the infant Prince Håkon Håkonsson by skiers crossing the mountains between Lillehammer and Rena, which the Birkebeinerrennet cross-country race commemorates every year.
• Polar exploration: the sledges, sealskin boots and skis Fridtjof Nansen used on his 1888 crossing of Greenland on skis, and Roald Amundsen’s navigation gear and skis from his 1911 South Pole expedition.
• Royal skiing: ski outfits, sledges and racing gear belonging to King Haakon VII, King Olav V and King Harald V.
• Olympic and World Cup jumping: the move from heavy hickory planks and leather work boots to light composite skis and flight suits, and the V-style flight technique pioneered in the 1980s.

Opening hours and seasonal visits

The museum and tower are open every day of the year:

• Winter: from December to March there are snowdrifts, cross-country skiers on the floodlit trails and frost on the pine forest.
• Summer: long afternoon light gives long views from the tower, on clear days as far as the hills on the Swedish border.

How to get to Holmenkollen

The jump is at Kongeveien 40 in the Holmenkollen hills, about 8 kilometres northwest of central Oslo:

• By metro: take Line 1 (Frognerseteren line) from Jernbanetorget/Oslo S, Stortinget or Nationaltheatret. The train climbs through the western hillside suburbs with widening views of the fjord. Get off at Holmenkollen station (25 minutes).
• The walk uphill: follow the signs for Skimuseet / Hoppbakken. The paved path climbs about 600 metres (60 metres of ascent) and takes roughly 10 minutes. Wear shoes with grip, especially in winter when the path is packed with snow.
• Fares: Holmenkollen station is in Zone 1. A Ruter single costs NOK 46 in the app; 24-hour and 7-day passes and the Oslo Pass cover it.
• Onward to Frognerseteren: Line 1 continues 10 minutes to the terminus at Frognerseteren, with timber mountain restaurants, apple cake and the start of the Korketrekkeren toboggan run; see Oslo in winter and Christmas.

On the way back down via Majorstuen you can stop at Vigeland Sculpture Park. See also 3 days in Oslo, public transport in Oslo and Oslo Pass: is it worth it?.