The Aker river tour by bike

Somebody said: "I don't know if Oslo is a city with forests, or a forest with houses". This tour is focused in life the style of Oslo citizens. We'll go by train to Maridalsvannet, a lake at 8km from the centre. Then we will follow the river Aker down into the city in our bikes. On the way we'll see beautiful natural areas and parks. Afterwards the traces of the industrial revolution, and the new transformation of the city. You'll also discover underground art, The food market of Mathallen, the lively neighborhood of Grünerløkka, a self-governed art house, old wooden houses of Damsdredet, the cosmopolitan area of Grønland, and finally the amazing building of the Opera House, surronded by the modern Bjørvika where the new Munch museum is.

We go the the Central train station to take the metro to Nydalen with our bikes. There we will start riding and visiting: - Kjelsås, where the river starts - from there start riding downhill in a beautiful landscape, with the river, the forest and old factory buildings, renovated for different usages and important heritage of the city. - Telthusbakken and Damstredet: beautiful wodden houses from the 1800s. - Breneriveien: free area for street art. - Vulkan: we can taste some local food in Mathallen - Grünerløkka: the trendy neighborhood - Grønland: the cosmpopolitan area - Barcode and Bjørvika: the modern Oslo by the fjord - The Opera house and the new Munch museum: 2 icons in the new Fjordcity project