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WEEKEND SUGGESTIONS
Week 33
HI EVERYBODY!
Up for a fun run this weekend? Take a look at this colorful race that takes place this Saturday!
Photo:visitoslo.no
Color Me Rad, Holmenkollen, 20th August at 09-13
Color Me Rad is a 5km fun run that starts in a flurry of colors and continues with color guns and color grenades before ending
with a party after the finish line. You start the race wearing a white t-shirt, and throughout the course you will be covered
with blue, green, pink, purple and yellow, until your face, t-shirt and body are completely covered in fun colors. Click here
to sign up and read more. The run starts at Holmenkollen.
INN EVENTS
21st August – INN Event: A hike to Ullevålseter with DNT"
We are pleased to invite you and your family to join us for a typical Norwegian
weekend activity. Together with the Norwegian Trekking Association, DNT, we will
hike from Sognsvann to Ullevålseter, with a stop at Oslo´s geographical center on the
way. We will then continue towards Ullevålseter where we will have a nice break.
You may bring your own food or buy lunch at Ullevålseter. Read more and sign up
here.
INN WELCOME TO NORWAY SEMINAR
New in Norway and curious about the country and its people?
Sign up here for our popular «Welcome to Norway» Seminar, a one-day practical introduction to living and working in
Norway and Oslo. The next seminar will take place on August 18.
Free of charge for all INN Individual Members. For INN Corporate Members/OCC Members the price per person is NOK 4000
and non-members NOK 5000, including a welcome package and lunch.
OSLO CHAMBER OF COMMERCE EVENTS
Both Oslo Chamber of Commerce and INN members are welcome to these events:
1st September – Medlemstreff (in Norwegian)
13th September – Global Economic Outlook
15th September – International Forum – The Kongsberg Group
28th September – Introduksjonsmøte nye medlemmer (in Norwegian)
UPCOMING EVENTS
Os!o innovation week, 17th -21st October
The theme for Oslo Innovation Week 2016 is “Powercouples.” The global economy needs a
bridge between large, established companies and the startup scene. Innovation, particularly
radical innovation, happens when connecting previously unconnected bodies of knowledge. By
organising workshops, debates, hackathons and crowdfundings, they are creating a meeting
place where these powercouples can start to grow: Startups and corporates, people representing
different fields of innovation, science and research all join forces to tackle the big problems and
challenges. Let’s create powercouples! Click here to read more and see the full program.
(Photo: proffesionalwomen.no)
Findings festival, Bislett stadion, 19th – 20th August
Findings Festival is going down for the third time this summer. Two days of live shows with a
lineup including Alan Walker, David Guetta, Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike, Kygo, Lemaitre, Oliver
Heldens, and Röyksopp will make this a very memorable summer weekend in Oslo. Click here
to buy tickets.
Address: Bislettgata 1
How to get there: Tram no. 17/18 or Bus no. 21 to Bislett
(Photo: Findings Festival)
MAJOR EVENTS/FESTIVALS
The Mela Festival, Rådhusplassen, 19th -21st August
Annual multicultural festival at Rådhusplassen (City Hall Square). Oslo Mela is
one of the largest events of its kind outside the Asian subcontinent. Mela means
“meeting point”, and has roots thousands of years back in South Asia. In its modern
form Mela is a festival based on artistic and cultural expressions, food and stalls
with information and goods of all kinds. The festival is popular with all age groups
and the entrance is free. Click here to read more.
Photo: Jean Marie Muggiano
Oslo Chamber Music Festival, 18th -27th August
Oslo Chamber Music Festival presents music from Medieval times to the present day.
Concerts with Norwegian and international top artists are held at Oslo’s best concert
venues, including the Royal Palace, The Opera House, Akershus Fortress, Oscarshall
and Oslo Concert Hall. A complete festival program is available here.
Photo: Oslo Kammermusikkfestival
EXHIBITIONS
Friis/Winkelmann/Aune, Kunstnerforbundet, until 11th September
Kunstnerforbundet gallery presents three parallel exhibitions: Marianne Friis: Forandelig
(textiles), Verena Winkelmann: Sone (photographs) and Gunnar Aune (coal drawings).
Click here to see more information.
Photo:visitoslo.no
Photo: visitoslo.no
Syria is my only home, Nobel Peace Center, all fall season
More than five million children have been forced to flee their homes due to the war in Syria. They have lost their homes, their
family members and their friends. They have lost their safety. Most of them are refugees within their home country, but 2.4
million Syrian children are living outside Syrian borders. Many have fled across the the border to the small neighbouring
country Lebanon, where they live in poor settlements, lacking almost everything they had before the war broke out.
In the exhibition Syria is my only home, children tell their own stories about life in the shadow of war. The photos are taken
by the children themselves and in short films they tell about their life in the tent camp and what they miss from their lives
before the war.
Please note: The exhibition is shown in one of The Nobel Peace Center’s smaller exhibitions rooms, and will occasionally be
closed on weekdays as the room is used for educational purposes. Read more about the exhibition here.
CONCERTS
Ida Nielsen, Nasjonal Jazzscene Victoria, 20th August at 22
After having studied Prince’s funk for many years, the Danish bass player Ida Nilsen
was invited to jam with Prince in 2010. She subsequently became a regular member
of his New Power Generation, and of his side project PRINCE & 3RDEYEGIRL. Nielsen
has also been working on a new solo album where funk is the foundation, which also
includes elements from hip hop, reggae and world. The concert is part of the 2016
Oslo Jazz Festival. For more information and tickets, click here.
Photo: Visitoslo
Jack Vreeswijk, Rockefeller, 19th August at 19
Club night for those who enjoy Wyclef over Basshunter, Michael Jackson over
Lady Gaga, and funky dancing over anything else. Jump on the Soul Train. Click
here for tickets.
Address: Torggata 16
Photo: visitoslo.no
THEATRE & SHOW
Photo: Øyvind Eide
Borkman, Nationaltheateret, 18th -20th August
Former bank manager John Gabriel Borkman has served a sentence for embezzlement. Humiliated and bitter, he and his
wife Gunhild have isolated themselves on separate floors of their house, and have no contact with each other. Throughout
this time of crisis, their son, Erhart, has been taken care of by Gunhild’s twin sister, Ella Rentheim, whom John Gabriel once
chose not to marry, as a trade-off for prestige and power. Now Ella is fatally ill, and has returned to adopt Erhart and give
him her own name. Gunhild refuses – Erhart is the person who must rebuild the honour of the Borkman family. But John
Gabriel has in his solitude made other plans for his son’s future. Leading German director Jan Bosse is known for developing
an anarchistic joy in his productions, where the audience becomes an integral part of the performance. In this production
of Henrik Ibsen’s John Gabriel Borkman, Amfiscenen is changed to a public space, where the audience is a part of the story.
Borkmann by Henrik Ibsen. Adaptation by Gabriella Bussacker and Jan Bosse. Click here to buy tickets.
Address: Johanne Dybwads plass 1
FAMILY & CHILDREN
Children’s Pirate Cruise (in Norwegian), 21st August at 12 & 14
Pirate cruise for children. Best suited for Norwegian speaking participants. Click here
to buy tickets. Start at Rådhusbrygge 3.
Photo: VisitOslo
GUIDED TOURS
Walking tour (No./Eng.): Oslo Promenade, until 9th September at 17.30
Oslo Promenade is a two-hour guided walking tour of Oslo on Mondays,
Wednesdays and Fridays in summer. The walk will take you past Akershus Fortress,
across “Kvadraturen”- the old part of Oslo, and up the Karl Johan pedestrian street
towards the Royal Palace. The tour starts on the sea side of City Hall at 5.30
pm and ends outside the National Theatre at 7.30 pm. Guiding in English and
Norwegian, booking not necessary.
Photo: VisitOSLO/ Matjaz Intihar
SPORT
Football: Vålerenga - Bodø/Glimt, Ullevål stadion, 19th August at 18
Football match between local team Vålerenga and Bodø/Glimt. Click here to buy
tickets.
Photo: www.vif-fotball.no
USEFUL INFORMATION
MOSA: Norwegian courses starting in September.
Sign up for MOSA´s courses before 1st September and get 10 %
discount. To sign up, click here.
EATING OUT
Mathallen
Mathallen Oslo is inspired by the great European food courts. Here you can
find specialty shops, cafés and great places to eat. Throughout the year, it is
also a venue for different festivals and events celebrating food, drink and good
experiences. Mathallen Oslo is the place to go for everyone who appreciates high
quality food and drink and something unique. They offer fish, meat, vegetables,
baked goods, coffee – everything brought to them by the best suppliers and
distributors of Norway, as well as some imported products. The atmosphere
and products reflects the passion for good food and beverages. Mathallen is
a place for both the everyday consumers and professional chefs to buy foods
from Norwegian small-scale producers and importers. Everyone is welcome to
taste, shop, drink, to share knowledge and experiences and to find inspiration.
Read more about Mathallen here.
Address: Vulkan 5
Photo: Mathallen
Thai Fair, Youngstorget, 20th August at 11.00 – 20.00
Authentic Thai food, handcrafts and products together with music and dancing.
FIRST NIGHT MOVIES
Star Trek Beyond (US)
The USS Enterprise crew explores the furthest reaches of uncharted space, where they encounter a
new ruthless enemy who puts them and everything the Federation stands for to the test. With Chris
Pine, Zoe Saldana, Karl Urban, Zachary Quinto, Simon Pegg, Anton Yelchin, John Cho, Sofia Boutella,
Idris Elba.
Photo:imdb.com
The Swedish Theory of Love (SE)
Internationally Sweden is seen as a perfect society, a raw model and a symbol of
the highest achievements of human progress. The Swedish Theory of Love digs
into the true nature of Swedish life style, explores the existential black holes of a
society that has created the most autonomous people in the world.
Photo: dokfilm.no
War Dogs (US)
Based on the true story of two young men, David Packouz and Efraim Diveroli, who won
a $300 million contract from the Pentagon to arm America’s allies in Afghanistan. With
Jonah Hill, Miles Teller.
Photo: wardogsthemovei.com
OUTSIDE OF OSLO
Henning Kvitnes and Claudia Scott at Høytorp Fort, Mysen, 19th August
Henning Kvitnes with band featuring Claudia Scott. Henning Kvitnes is one of
the artists who are part of season 5 of “Every time we meet” on TV. Kvitnes is
one of the most popular artists in his genre, and has for years been providing
one big hit after another. This summer he brings with him Claudia Scott, full
band and all his schlager directory to hold an outdoor concert at Høytorp Fort!
Tickets are bought on site.
Photo: visitoslofjord.no
We wish you all a lovely weekend!
Best regards,
The INN Team
INN® - International Network of Norway
OSLO CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
Phone:+47 22 12 94 00
inn.chamber.no