Asker cultural centre

Welcome to a vibrant cultural center in a perfect location

Asker culture center is located in the center of Asker with a bustling life summer and winter. We want to be a cultural center for everyone, with a varied offering both in breadth and to all ages. The program ranges from professional, established artists to local amateur performances.

Asker Culture House is located right in the center of Asker, next to the Triangle shopping center. It is only a five minute walk from Asker station, with train and bus connections to Oslo and Drammen. If you come by car, there is two hours of free parking in the large parking garage of the mall. In addition, there are other parking garages as well as street parking in Asker city center.

A cultural center for everyone: Asker culture center is a municipal activity that is responsible for both program and operation of the stage. In addition to theater and concert halls, the house houses two black-box halls, an outdoor scene, banqueting rooms, seminars and meeting rooms, gallery / vestibule, youth club with non-alcoholic café and band room, library, cultural corner, cinema and dining. The upper floors have office space.

Dining: In collaboration with Wettre Brewery, we offer dining at most of our evening events. The bar opens an hour before the show.

Social media: In addition to the updated program on our website and on aktiviasker.no, we recommend that you follow us on facebook. Then you will quickly know about our events and can secure your tickets early. If you sign up for our newsletter, you will also quickly know what is happening with us.

For the little ones, feel free to follow the kid's culture house on Facebook.

You can fin d a list of cultural programmes for Asker municipality in the cultural calendar at http://askerkulturhus.no/program/

Members of Visit Greater Oslo

Funnefoss museum

Exhibit of dwellings from recent past, with description of a tight-knit industrial community and its way of life. Guided tours for groups by prior arrangement April-October.

 

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Vikingskipet

One of the largest ice-skating arenas in the world

Hamar Olympiahall – Vikingskipet is a modern multi-purpose arena with an architecture reminiscent of our Viking Ship heritage. It was built for the 1994 Winter Olympics, and has status as a national arena. This means that it can be used for international championships. Today, the bustling arena is used for speed-skating, bandy, and figure-skating training and competitions, and it also plays host to a wide range of small and large trade fairs, corporate events, exhibitions, banquets, and concerts. When used as a concert venue, Vikingskipet offers a 20 000-people capacity. It enjoys a beautiful location in Åkersvika, on the banks of Mjøsa, not far from Hamar town centre.

Spectacular architecture

Shaped like an upside-down Viking Ship, the arena showcases Norwegian architecture and building design using laminated wood lattice girders with a max. beam span of 96 metres and with 4-metre struts. The architects are Biong & Biong Arkitektfirma and Niels Torp Arkitekter, and the arena measures 250 metres at is longest and 110 metres at its widest. It has a max. floor-to-ceiling height of 36 metres, a total area of 22 000 sq. m, a 10 000 sq. m ice rink, a 30 000 sq. m roof surface, and a volume of 350 000 cubic metres.

Test your ice-skating skills

When the arena’s ice rink is in place, ice skating in Vikingskipet is open to everyone. Skates are available for hire, and there is also a shop selling ice-skating equipment.