First Steel Ski Jump, Oslo, Norway
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Holmenkollen is the First Steel Ski Jump in the World
Waymark Code: WMEVN7
Location: Oslo, Norway
Date Posted: 07/10/2012
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Holmenkollbakken is a large ski jumping hill located at Holmenkollen in Oslo, Norway. It has a hill size of HS134, a construction point of K-120, and a capacity for 30,000 spectators.
Holmenkollen has hosted the Holmenkollen Ski Festival since 1892, which since 1980 have been part of the FIS Ski Jumping World Cup and 1983 the FIS Nordic Combined World Cup. It has also hosted the 1952 Winter Olympics and the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in 1930, 1966, 1982 and 2011.
This Ski Jump has many exceptional properties:
- The newest ski jump in the world
- The first ski jump in the world with permanent wind protection inherent to its design and construction
- The only steel ski jump in the world
- Cabin lift to the very top of the ski jump for the benefit of competitors, judges, press and public alike
- The ski jump has permanent wind protection as an integrated part of the inrun construction.
- New judge’s grandstand, new royal grandstand and improved facilities for the public.
- Upgraded light and sound system
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Date of FIRST: 03/03/2010
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