LAKES AROUND OSLO -

If water is life than Norway is full of it.

The land is so rich in water, that weather you’re walking through an open landscape or a thick forest, you may come across a river, a waterfall, creek, pond or a lake.

Speaking of the lakes there are almost half a million fresh water lakes most of which were formed as a result of glacial activity back in the day. Despite a large number of lakes, many are rather small but they still take up some space. Actually, they make up a combined area of approximately 17 100 km². That is little less than land surface of Eswatini (Swaziland) in South Africa.

Although there are many, most of them are quite shallow, as the deepest ones are just a few hundred meters deep like (Hornindalsvantnet (514m) and Salsvatnet (464 m).

It’s interesting that various Sami and Norwegian language terms distinguish different types of lakes. While normally used to describe a sea, sjø is also a term for a large fresh-water lake not as narrow as the fjord while mjøs means a larger lake.

*Located around 100 km from Oslo lake Mjøsa is the largest lake in Norway. It covers the area of 362 km² and its maximum depth is 468 m, which makes it the fourth deepest lake in the country*

Tjenn, tjørn and tjønn (tarn in English) is a term for a small lake as well as more commonly used term vatn or vann. Usually vanns are so small that you can walk around it in a couple of hours so that makes it perfect for a day trip.

During this, almost two months long lock down, I pushed Debeli and our friend to do a bit of hiking around Oslo. I’ve found a web page with twenty suggested routes and trips in Oslo area and so far we have done a third. Not bad for a couple of couch potatoes. 🛋️ 🥔

https://outtt.com/en/norway/oslo/hiking

Depending on our jobs and busy weekends will continue our weekly outdoor life, and while I get more photo material, you can enjoy in the photos of some lakes that we have passed by lately.

*The largest lake in the municipality of Oslo area is Maridalsvannet that serves as the main drinking water supply for the city*

Songsvann is a 3.3 km circumference lake north of Oslo. The lake is very popular recreational area for the residents of the city and it’s crowded even during this lock down as the trail around the lake is used for walking or jogging all year around

Bogstadvannet is a lake between the city of Oslo and the municipality of Bærum, Akershus. During the occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany from 1940 to 1945, the camping ground around lake was used for military barracks

*Hauktjern is a small lake in Østmarka with a ridge running along the west side that has some unusual rock formations used for rock climbing*

*Ulsrudvannet is a popular bathing and camping fire place built in the 1930ies*

*Nøklevann with its surface area of 0.8 km², on 163 meters above sea level was a former drinking supply for Oslo*

*Nord Elvåga has been used as drinking water supply for 10% of Oslo’s population since*

*Sætertjernet in 2018 lies on 375 meters above sea level, photo from late summer 2018*

*Øyungen is the only major lake in Nordmarka that has no roads alongside the banks*

*Trollvann was cleaned up in 1920 for swimming and ice skating and soon after toboggan run, two ski slopes and a restaurant nearby were built*

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JEZERA OKO OSLA

Ako je voda život, onda vala Norveška puca od njega 🙂

Zemlja je bogata vodom i bilo da hodate proplancima ili kroz šumu sigurno ćete nabasati na jarugu, potok, rijeku ili jezero.

Kad već spominjemo jezera, nije zgorega napomenuti da u Norveškoj postoji gotovo pola milijuna slatkovodnih jezera, koja su rezultat topljenja glečera davnih dana. Usprkos velikom broju jezera, mnoga od njih su vrlo mala no ipak zauzimaju određen dio prostora. Zapravo ukupna količina norveških jezera iznosi oko 17 000 km² što je gotovo ravno površini južnoafričkog Swazilanda.

Iako jezera ima mnogo, većina ih je zapravo plitka jer su najdublja dubine tek par stotinjaka metara kao Hornindalsvantnet što se nalazi na 12. mjestu najdubljih jezera sa 514m i Salsvatnet s 19. mjesta s 464 m dubine.

Zanimljivo je da norveški i samijski jezik razlikuje nekoliko termina za različite vrste jezera. Iako se termin sjø uglavnom koristi za nazive mora, nije neubičajena njegova uporaba pri nazivu većih slatkovodnih jezera, koja nisu toliko uska kao fjord jezera, dok se mjøs termin koristi za jako velika jezera.

Smješteno oko stotinjak kilometara od Osla jezero Mjøsa najveće je jezero u Norveškoj. Zaprema površinu od 362 km² dok mu je maksimalna dubina 468 metara što ga čini četvrtim najdubljim jezerom u zemlji

Tjenn, tjørn ili tjønn koristi se za malo jezero dok su vant ili vann ipak uobičajeni naziv za jezero. Obično su vann jezera toliko mala da ih možete ophodati u par sati što ih čini savršenim za jednodnevni izlet.

Za vrijeme ove, skoro dvomjesečne, izolacije natjerala sam Debelog i zajedničkog prijatelja da se malo više krećemo po okolici gdje živimo. Pronašla sam stranicu s dvadesetak prijedloga za jednodnevne izlete i do sad smo obišli trećinu. Sasvim dovoljno za inače debele starosjedioce kojima je kauč drugi krevet 🙂

https://outtt.com/en/norway/oslo/hiking

Koliko nam poslovi budu dopuštali, potrudit ćemo se nastaviti s ovom aktivnošću, a dok marljivo skupljam drugi foto materijal za mogući tekst, evo par fotki nekoliko jezera na koja smo naišli posljednih dana.

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