Leisure activities
Below are a few links to what you can do
in your free time in Oslo
Library services
In Oslo's libraries you have access to foreign and Norwegian newspapers,
and you can borrow books and CD's (free of charge). Oslo
Public Library has branches in many of the urban districts of
Oslo. Their website is in Norwegian only.
Bazar
Bazar is an Internet-based information
service for minorities in Norway. You will find information about
Norwegian society, tips about learning the Norwegian language, Internet
newspapers from around the world, and more. Bazar comes in 14 languages!
Find out more on www.bazar.deichman.no
Children and youth
Try these websites
Aktiv i Oslo
Ung.no
Ungdom og Fritid
Ungdomsinformasjonen
Ungnett
Unge Sider
These sites are all in Norwegian.
Sport
If you like sports (and we don't mean watching!), this
is the place to go on the Internet. (Information in Norwegian
only.)
Oslo
District of Sports Activities (Oslo Idrettskrets) offers daytime
physical activities of all kinds (swimming, ball games, spinning,
aerobics, rollerblades, skiing, Tai Chi, etc) to persons who are
unemployed, on long-time sickness leave or in rehabilitation.
If you want to participate, contact the office in Munkedamsveien
19
Telephone no. 22 83 84 54 between 0900 - 1530 hours.
Cultural activities
The best place to check out cultural activities (movies, plays,
concerts, etc) in Oslo are the daily newspapers. On a local level,
your urban district will also have information on what is going
on where you live.
For links to the urban district webistes, click here.
Cross-cultural activities
Samspill
Samspill (from the Norwegian word for Interplay) is an organization
for world music and world musicians living in Norway. Samspill is
funded by Arts Council Norway and aims to strengthen world musicians'
position in the Norwegian music scene through counselling, information
and arranging of concerts, workshops and courses.
Web: www.samspillweb.no
Innvik - the floating stage
Oslo's floating cultural arena, is anchored in Bjørvika.
MS Innvik is owned by Nordic Black Theatre and is a multicultural,
cross-cultural, transcultural small ship. Its core activity is the
theatre, but you will find a variety of other activities on board.
MS Innvik has three main arenas: Theatre, café and bed &
breakfast.
Web: www.msinnvik.no
Nordic Black Theatre
MS Innvik is the home of the Nordic Black Theatre.
Nordic Black
Theatre runs the educational project Nordic Black Express -
NBX - a developing project in the art of theatre, focusing mainly
on acting. The participants are transcultural young artists ages
18 26. The aim is to strengthen and educate actors of colour
for the theatre, film and media in Norwayand to develop a collective
of actors, directors, journalists and screenwriters that reflect
the global and transcultural plurality and reality of the population
today.
Horisont
Horizon, or Horisont in Norwegian, is a government-funded institution,
independent of either the government or any other political standpoints.
Objectives are to explore new methods of artistic and cultural exchange
between Norway and the countries where the ethnic minorities in
Norway come from, and to enhance the participation of minorities
in the mainstream Norwegian cultural life.
Read more about Horisont here.
ORKIS
ORKIS, the Red Cross International Centre, is a meeting place for
immigrants, refugees and native Norwegians. Click here
to see activities.
Last modified: 08/08/2005
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