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INTERNATIONAL NETWORK OF NORWAY Oslo Chamber of Commerce WEEKEND SUGGESTIONS Week 8 HI EVERYBODY! The city has been quiet due to the winter break. We hope you have taken the time to discover new parts of the city as the days are getting brighter. There are still some days to go so why not go swimming indoors. Oslo’s most popular public facility features two indoor swimming pools (open year-round), two outdoor swimming pools (open only in summer), diving towers and an indoor waterslide. Tøyenbadet is located just across the road from the Munch Museum near the city center. The water is kept at 28 degrees Celsius, and in the indoor children's pool, which is kept at 32 degrees Celsius. Or visit Vestkantbadet in the city. A smaller pool but featuring the beautiful architecture of Per Krohg in the pool and sauna. Original fixtures from 1932 create a nice atmosphere. Photo: Ingar Haug Steinholt INN EVENTS 3rd March FRIDAY VIBES @ Mesh – NEW EVENT – first Friday of the Month 15th March Guided tour of the Parliament – the supreme arena for political debate and decision making 28th March Tax seminar – the tax cycle, deductions, Q&A INNvitations to the next events will be sent out shortly, stay tuned! Remember to check out our calendar for upcoming INNEvents Follow INN on and 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 14th March. 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. OCC EVENTS Both Oslo Chamber of Commerce and INN members are welcome to these events: 1st March - International Forum - Norwegian Air Shuttle Fully Booked 21st March - Global Economic Outlook UPCOMING EVENTS Sondre Lerche – Pleasure Tour 2017 Norwegian singer-sognwriter with international success. 2nd – 4th March at the by:Larm festival in Oslo, 18th March at Musikkflekken in Sandvika Photo: Wikipedia FAMILY & CHILDREN Winter break activities are available at many museums and centers. Here are a few: Nobel Peace Center, 20th – 26th February 10:00 – 18:00 each day Enjoy activities around the center with Fred the Giraffe and Toca Loca Address: Brynjulf Bulls plass 1 Natural History Museum, 21st – 26th February 11:00 – 14:00 each day Bird-themed children’s activities around the museum Address: Sars gate1 / Monradsgate Norwegian Folk Museum, 18th – 26th February 11:00 – 16:00 each day Fun with Wool: Enjoy several wool-themed activities for children and families in the open-air museum, including spinning wool and weaving. You can also meet and greet the sheep! Address: Museumsveien 10 Museum of Science and Technology, 20th – 26th February 12:00 – 16:00 each day Various activities for children and families during the winter break Address: Kjelsåsveien 143 Or why not visit the Pop Center? The center is equipped for children of all ages, and adults who enjoy music and want to experience it in its many forms. A fun play room with cosy corners and relaxing music. Areas with various instruments, dressing up clothes and opportunities for a treasure hunt. A fun visit for all. Click here for more information. Address: Trondheimsveien 2 Photo: Wikipedia EXHIBITIONS The Norwegian Glasshouse, Arkitekturmuseet 27th Jan – 9th April This exhibition focuses on how Norwegian architects explored the theme of the glasshouse in the years before and after World War II. Here you can see house projects by Arne Korsmo, Ove Bang, Sverre Fehn, Håkon Mjelva, Geir Grung, and Wenche and Jens Selmer. On show are hitherto little-known drawings of projects that are now considered masterpieces of Norwegian modernist architecture. Address: Bankplassen 3 Photo: VisitOslo CONCERTS Huun-Huur-Tu, 24th February, Hovedscenen, 21:00 Huun-Huur-Tu comes from the Russian republic of Tuva, close to the border to Mongolia. The name of the group means 'sunbeam' and refers to the light from the sunrise on the vast plains and how the light is divided by the grass in the morning mist. Their music is based on Tuvinian folk songs. They will also be joined by Torgeir Vassvik from Finnmark in the North of Norway. He will contribute with a combination of Sami joik and rock. Click here for more information and here for tickets. Address: Schous Kulturbryggeri, Tondheimsveien 2 Photo: VisitOslo Meshuggah, Sentrum Scene, 24th February, 23:00 The Swedish extreme metal band Meshuggah have been together for 30 years and have been named among the most important metal bands of all time by Rolling Stone. They are an established part the metal elite. The hard-hitting quintet have just released their 8th album, "The Violent Sleep of Reason". Click here for tickets. Address: Arbeidersamfunnets plass 1 Photo: VisitOslo Jazz café: Music with Z, a tribute to Monica Zetterlund, Oslo Konserthus, 25th February, 14:00 A tribute concert to the Swedish jazz icon Monica Zetterluind by singer Gro Bjørnes and her band, Music with Z. A concert by Music with Z is a journey through the career of Monica Zetterlund, from Swedish folk tones to cabaret music. For many fans, she represented the golden age of Scandinavian jazz. Click here for more details and here for tickets. Address: Munkedamsveien 14 Photo: VisitOslo Anthony Marwood and the Norwegian Chamber Orchestra, Sentralen, 26th February, 18:00 Anthony Marwood and strings from the Norwegian Chamber Orchestra take the audience into a goldmine of chamber music with works by both Mozart and Mendelssohn. The program features Wolfgang A. Mozart String Quintet No. 4 in G minor K.516 and Felix Mendelssohn Octet for Strings in E-flat major. Click here for tickets. Address: Øvre Slottsgate 3 Photo: VisitOslo DANCE Berstad/Wigdel/Helgebostad: Spoiler, Black Box Theater, 23rd – 24th February at 19:00 The Dance performance by Ingeleiv Berstad, Ida Wigdel and Kristin Helgebostad. Spoiler explores the visible and invisible impulses that control our bodies. Click here to buy tickets. Address: Marstrandgata 8 Photo: VisitOslo Ibsen’s Ghosts, Den Norske Opera og Ballett, 24th & 26th February at 20:00/18:00 The critically acclaimed dance drama "Ghosts" returns to the Norwegian Opera and Ballet. How many lies can a person tolerate? This is the question posed by Henrik Ibsen’s drama "Ghosts", which has been transformed into a ballet by theatre director Marit Moum Aune and choreographer Cina Espejord. Oswald Alving returns from a bohemian existence in Paris to small-town life on a Norwegian fjord. A newly-built orphanage is to be dedicated to his father’s memory, ten years after his death. Mrs Alving welcomes her long- awaited son home, but gradually uncovers the secrets that weigh heavily upon the family. In "Ghosts", figures of the past and present dance side by side. Click here to buy tickets. Address: Kirsten Flagstads Plass 1 Photo: nathionaltheateret.no THEATRE & SHOW Great Balls of Fire, Kanonhallen, 25th February, 19:30 Show with piano star Stephen Ackles and Linda Gail Lewis, sister of Jerry Lee Lewis, at Kanonhallen in Oslo. After more than 80 tribute shows to Elvis Presley, Stephen Ackles has invited his good friend Linda Gail Lewis to Oslo to create a high-energy show with music by Elvis, Little Richard, Carl Perkins, Jerry Lee Lewis, Chuck Berry and others. Click here to buy tickets. Address: Peter Møllers vei 2 Photo: VisitOslo The Duke, Det Andre Teatret, 23rd – 24th February, 21:00 Funny, poignant and playful, Shôn Dale-Jones's performance "The Duke", weaves together the tragi-comic fate of a family heirloom - a porcelain figure of The Duke of Wellington, the quandary of a scriptwriter stretching his integrity and an unfolding disaster as thousands of children flee their homes. Blending fantasy and reality, this playful show gently challenges our priorities in a world full of crisis. Click here for tickets. Address: Ivan Bjørndals gate 9 Photo: VisitOslo Ed Bryne: Outside, looking in, John Dee, 25th February, 11:30 Stand-up show with Irish comedian Ed Byrne, known from Live at the Apollo and Mock the Week on BBC. He brings to Oslo his show "Outside, Looking In" which is filled with top notch, nerdy observational humour. Tickets are going fast. Click here to buy tickets. Address: Mariboes gate 5a Photo: VisitOslo SPORT Ice hockey: Vålerenga-Lillehammer: 23rd February 18:30, Furuset Forum Ice hockey match between Vålerenga VIF and Lillehammer. VIF’s last home match this season! For tickets please click here. Address: Søren Bulls vei 4 Photo: vif-hockey.no Boxing: The Nordic Rumble: 24th February 19:00, Oslo Spektrum This is the second time The First Lady, Cecilia Brækhus, boxes on Norwegian soil. The night's main event wil be the Nordic face off between Brækhus and Swedish Klara Svensson. Cecilia Brækhus is Norwegian world champion and the first female boxer in the world to win all the five boxing belts Other Norwegian boxers to be seen this evening: Kevin Melhus, Aleksander Hagen, Kai Robin Havnaa and Tim-Robin Lihaug For tickets please click here. Address: Sonja Henies plass 2 Photo: ticketmaster.no EATING OUT Newer restaurants in Oslo which you may not have heard of: Huy Tapashi & noodles Asian fusion with take away menue Address: Bryggetorget, Aker Brygge Photo: Osloby Astral Great for Saturday brunch Address: Ivan Bjørndals gate 25, Torshov Nøkken A Norwegian Food Bar which serves classic norwegian food with a twist. It's open for lunsj dinner and drinks Address: Leirfallsgata 6, Grünerløkka Photo: Nøkken FB FIRST NIGHT MOVIES Karenina and I Docu/Drama All ages Norwegian actress GØRILD MAUSETH is challenged by the almost impossible task of playing ANNA KARENINA in a language she never spoke and in the author's home country.