Sledding Hill
Everyone has a sledding hill in Norway. Ours is at the end of the street. Especially when it’s a sunny Winters day you’ll find all the neighbours up on the hill playing with their kids. Snowmen are made, jumps are moulded, and somehow in all the chaos, an advanced, intermediate and kiddies track appear.
It’s a good idea to survey the area – see where the jumps are…
…and the ditches, and to work out a direction to avoid any collisions with other sledders.
Sometimes you get it right and have a fast ride to the bottom.
And sometimes you get it wrong.
And there are some ideas which are not so good.
Tandem sledding is a little more daring, and with round sleds, half the fun is being out of control.
But sledding is certainly free family fun and it wouldn’t be a Norwegian Winter without it.
For Tourists:
Sleds are rather cheap for the amount of fun you can have. You can get a butt-sled (just a piece of plastic that fits your butt) for about kr.20 (US$5) in the supermarkets. If you want the big round ones they are about kr.80 and the traditional shaped ones are from kr.80 and up. You will often see people on standing wooden sleds but these are more expensive (about kr.1500) as they are a bona fide means of transport in Norway – like a winter bike.
You can find sledding hills in every town in Norway. Just look for parks or walking tracks near forests or recreational parks. On Tromsø island the best sledding track is where all the walking tracks meet in the middle of the hill – a little up from Prestvannet lake – Charlottenlund. But really, if you find a compacted snow hill (you’ll sink in fluffy snow) then you can whip out your plastic board and go sleding.
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A buttsled; love that! This looks like such fun. It reminds me of childhood days when I lived in a seasonal place. Now I live in Arizona where it’s warm all year round. I kind of miss times like these though.
We once took an old sled down an old rickety wooden ski jump in Alta.
Good times.
Hi! I’m a 14 soon to be 15 year old girl who lives in Norway. After this summer my family will live in Townsville Australia for a few months and I wondered if you could explain the school system there and what kind of school has the best kind of education and what class and such I will go to? n-n Thank you on beforehand (oops directly translated from norwegian
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from L-Jay:
Hi Katja
Townsville is a small country town up the coast in Queensland. The beaches are great there. Most schools are public. Primary school is from grade 1-7 and High school includes grades 8-12. In grade 10 you complete your junior certificate and in grade 12 you complete your senior certificate. Public schools (or State schools) are basically free and are mixed (girls and boys). Private schools cost a lot of money and usually are only for just boys or just girls (some are co-ed). At school you are required to wear a school uniform every day. You will likely have to wear a hat too whenever you are outside in the playground to protect you from the sun. School hours are from about 8:30-9:00 to 15:00-15:30. You get two breaks during the day – recess and lunch. You will likely have to take 5 core subjects: maths, english, science, humanities, and physical education – the rest will be electives and these depend on what sort of school you go to (some are arts schools and some are sports schools etc). However, there is not much selection in Townsville and you will likely have to go to your nearest school.
Here is a link to a State school:
http://townsvilleshs.eq.edu.au/
and a private school:
http://www.tgs.qld.edu.au/
Thank You
this was actually really helpful ^-^
This is the best site about Norway I could ever have found.
Keep up the good work
To find more hills you can check out TobogganHills.com and also add the above local hills if they are not listed on the map, for others to locate and enjoy as well.