TAC 2010 Results and Footage The 6Star The Oakley Arctic Challenge event was held in Oslo, Norway, recently. Here are restults and footage. SrfSnoSk8 Best Trick Tryvann 3 March The sixth event of the SrfSnoSk8 Best Trick 2010 series was held at Tryvann recently. Here are results and footage from the event. Frontside Disaster 9/11 Jam Footage The Frontside Disaster Jam was the final event before the miniramp at Youngstorget was packed away. Here is some footage. TAC 2010 Live Webcast and Information This years The Oakley Arctic Challenge is only a few days away. Here is the live webcast and all the information. TAC 2010 Party There would be no TAC without their legendary parties, gathering the snowboard community for some relaxed good times and kickin live acts. Here is the information. Press Release: Historic Riderslist TAC 2010 Opening Railjam DVS Duell Round 2 Haugenstua Skate Camp Ringkollen Evolver Tour Weekend Results and Footy SrfSnoSk8 Best Trick Varingskollen 17 February SrfSnoSk8 Best Trick Tryvann 10 February Evolver Tour Weekend Skatepark Delayed Until 2013 SrfSnoSk8 Best Trick Varingskollen 3 February SrfSnoSk8 Best Trick Tryvann 27 January Movie Premier and Release Party at Fugazi Remember Sessions at Youngstorget

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Sentrum, or the downtown area, close to the main pedestrian street 'Karl Johans gate'. Bogstadveien/Hegdehaugsveien, starting behind the Royal castle stretching up to Majorstuen, with upscale shopping, the more famous designers as well as typical high street shopping. Grünerløkka has stores by modern designers among placed the large parks, as well as numerous bars and restaurants.

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Oslo has a hemiboreal/humid continental climate. Summers are mild or even warm, with daily high temperatures averaging between 20.1¡ÆC and 21.5¡ÆC during the summer months (June-August). September is often as warm, with colder temperatures arriving at the end of October and into November. The highest temperature ever recorded was 35¡ÆC on July 21, 1901.

Population [areas][boroughs][people]

Oslo has a population of 538,500. About 22 % of the population of Oslo are immigrants. (Jan. 2006). The conurbation extends into the surrounding county of Akershus, with a total population of 811,688 (As of January 1st, 2005).

History

The meaning of the name Oslo has been the subject of much debate. It is certainly derived from Old Norse, and was in all probability the name of a large farm at the site of the first settlements in Bjørvika.

A fire in 1624 destroyed much of the medieval city (the section now known as Gamlebyen), and the city was relocated nearer to the Akershus Fortress. King Christian IV of Norway renamed the reborn city Christiania (later, from 1878 to 1924, Kristiania). The original name of Oslo was restored on 1 January 1925.

The city was once referred to as Tigerstaden (City of tigers) by the author Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson around 1870. This name has over the years achieved an almost official status, to the extent the 1000 year jubilee was celebrated by a row of tiger sculptures around the City Hall.

It has been regarded as the capital city since the reign of Håkon V (1299-1319), who was the first king to reside permanently in the city. He also started the construction of the Akershus Fortress. A century later Norway was the weaker part in a personal union with Denmark, and Oslo's role was reduced to that of provincial administrative centre, with the kings residing in Copenhagen.

Trivia

Coordinates: 59¡Æ56¡ÇN 10¡Æ45¡ÇE

Highest point: Kirkeberget, at 629 meters.