Whether you are looking for one great night’s sleep, or five, Holmenkollen Park Hotel Rica has some of the most soporific surroundings available. What do you need to fall asleep? Holmenkollen Park knows: peace and quiet, fresh air, service-minded staff, an attractive room and an extremely comfortable bed. There is a room for everyone, no matter what your goodnight routine may be. The room list explains what each one has to offer, and how they are equipped to increase your comfort and make your stay as easy as possible.
The 336 rooms, many named after famous Norwegian sporting legends, are divided into categories: standard, superior, deluxe, junior suites and suites. But as inviting as the rooms are, don’t forget to look out of the window – the lights and the views of Oslo, Nesodden and Bærum are spectacular.
[I]t is a modern conference hotel, located in stunning
surroundings 350m above Oslo city centre
Remember to note how incredibly quiet it is when you go to bed. It is so silent that you can almost hear the city’s other hotel guests counting sheep…
Food for gourmets
Holmenkollen Park Hotel Rica boasts a team of chefs and servers, many of them among Norway’s top professionals, who are passionate about food and wine.
The hotel’s restaurants are exciting meeting places for a variety of cultures and tastes. You’ll find visitors from abroad who want a uniquely Norwegian experience, and Norwegian guests seeking exotic culinary experiences – sometimes at the same table.
Guests will find menus that captivate and surprise, delight and beguile – some unmistakably Norwegian, others with a dash of Italian, French or east Asian. The hotel’s gourmet restaurant, De Fem Stuer, lives up to the most exacting expectations.
For those looking for something faster and more informal, there are plenty of alternatives. In the bar, settled in a comfortable chair before the open fire, you can relax after your meal or build up an appetite for the evening’s forthcoming culinary experience.
Extraordinary events
Just woken up to find that you and your company have agreed to organise a demanding conference? Relax – Holmenkollen Park Hotel Rica offers some of the Norwegian capital’s most modern, hi-tech and flexible conference facilities. Whether you need to accommodate seven guests or 750, funky or formal, low-key or lavish, an evening meeting or an exhibition lasting several days, requiring 1,000sq m or vehicle access – it’s all here.
Located 350m above the city centre, and even further from life’s day-to-day trivialities, the hotel’s 38 conference rooms and halls stand ready to welcome you and your event. All are equipped with the very latest telecommunications solutions. Surrounding your carefully planned occasion is the spectacular natural beauty of the neighbouring forest and truly fabulous views over Oslo and the fjord.
Are you planning a one-off banquet, a couple of parties, or even a three-day celebration for someone you love? Smart and formal, intimate and romantic, or briskly business-like, the hotel can help you choose from a fantastic selection of venues, each with its own speciality. They are united by Norway’s age-old building traditions, a style appreciated by Norwegian and international visitors alike.
The choice is yours – you can welcome guests to a venue overflowing with rustic charm, or offer them a fairytale feast. Whatever you decide, the hotel guarantees complete satisfaction for all.
A little pampering
Sometimes it’s good to recharge and give yourself some ‘me time’ before getting to grips with everyday life again. There is no better place to do that than Holmenkollen Park Hotel Rica. A visit to the spa and fitness centre will ensure you leave rested and renewed, with a smile on your lips and a spring in your step.
A spot of training, a massage, skincare treatments, hairdressers, followed by a walk in the magnificent forest, and topped off with dinner at De Fem Stuer, is just one of the non-prescription pick-me-up suggestions. But the choice is yours; there is a wide variety of rejuvenating and inspiring solutions to boost your wellbeing in a relaxing atmosphere. For functions and meetings the hotel also offers dedicated spa events.
Challenges for playful people
At Holmenkollen Park Hotel Rica you will find activities no other hotel in Oslo can offer. Just four pole pushes, a 90m ski jump, and a super-g turn away from the hotel, lies the Holmenkollen ski jump, the Ski Museum and the beautiful Holmenkollen Chapel. Guests will enjoy exploring some of Oslo’s biggest tourist attractions, and a wealth of opportunities.
The ski jump is the focal point of the Holmenkollen sports arena. More than a century old, it has been rebuilt 14 times, and today is a modern facility with a fantastic view from 417m above sea level.
There are activities of every sort, from the simple to the nail-bitingly risky. Abseil from the top of the ski jump, or try your hand at the biathlon (skiing and shooting combined) or snowball throwing. Why not stage your own mini-Olympics (summer or winter), featuring events of your choice, for your colleagues or business associates?
The Ski Museum opened in 1923 and is the world’s oldest. Exhibits include equipment from Fridtjof Nansen and Roald Amundsen’s polar expeditions. The museum is the perfect place to start an evening event with aperitifs, followed by a recital in the Holmenkollen Chapel, with a torch-lit stroll between the hotel and the chapel.
From sanatorium to luxury hotel
Holmenkollen Park Hotel Rica was originally built as a sanatorium for tuberculosis patients. Completed in 1894, it was designed by the architect Baltazar Lange in the then hugely popular ‘dragon style’ at the behest of Doctor IC Holm, a Norwegian surgeon.
When the Holmenkollen Turisthotell burned down in 1914 its operations were transferred to Dr Holm’s beautiful place of rest and recreation, which was renamed Holmenkollen Turisthotell og Sanatorium. Today it is a modern conference hotel, located in stunning surroundings 350m above Oslo city centre, with fabulous views of the Norwegian capital and the fjord beyond.
The hotel has been modernised and extended several times. First, in 1948, following its occupation by the Germans during the Second World War. It was upgraded again in 1982, when four new accommodation wings were completed just in time for the Nordic World Ski Championships at Holmenkollen. In 1991 a modern conference centre, designed by Gabriel Finne, was added.
Today the hotel has 336 rooms, which includes the new wing built for the ski championships. This latest addition comprises two floors of suites and junior suites, all decorated with pictures of the greatest heroes of Holmenkollen’s skiing arenas and offering spectacular views. From here you see not only the entire hotel but, as they say in the fairytales, half the kingdom too.
Of course, some things are as they always have been: the hotel’s location at Holmenkollen, sheltered from the city’s hustle and bustle, rising majestically as the natural gateway to the forest’s many skiing and cycle trails.
This combination of majestic architecture and exquisite natural beauty explains why the hotel has for many years been the preferred location when international businesses, heads of state and royalty have sought a unique setting for their events in Norway.
