Green reasons to visit Vitenparken
Just half an hour from Oslo is Vitenparken – a meeting place where technology, food and research satisfy hungry stomachs and minds. We are a knowledge and experience center with new events every week, educational teaching opportunities for all grades and the opportunity to rent both large and small rooms with a lot of character. Not least, we run our own café, with chef Hafsteinn Snæland at the helm.
1. Courses and conferences in green surroundings
Vitenparken has rooms for rent for both small meetings, lectures for hundreds of guests and workshops for your company. All of our rooms are different and help to put a unique touch on your event, whether it is a professional meeting, a relaxed after work , a large wedding or confirmation with friends and family. In addition to meeting rooms, we also have a training kitchen we call MatLab , a greenhouse and a workshop called Makerspace. Technical arrangements and tasteful catering are always possible when you rent from us.
Take a look at all our rooms and contact us so we can find the perfect setting for your event. Call us on 64 80 86 00 or send an email to booking@vitenparken.no.
2. Have a delicious lunch at Vitenparken Café
A good reason to visit Vitenparken is our café. Here you can enjoy your morning coffee on your way to work or have a delicious lunch with colleagues and friends. You can also book a party with food and drinks for your guests. Our chef is Hafsteinn Snæland. He and the rest of the chef team create Nordic-inspired dishes and the menu changes every week, depending on what the season has to offer. In addition to the café, we run our own microbrewery and a large vegetable garden.
Let yourself be tempted by this week's menu or book a table for you and your friends.
3. Your kids will love Vitenparken
As a knowledge and experience center, we take children seriously and make it fun for children and young people to visit us. Every Sunday, VitenSkolen invites you to family activities. All year round, you can take part in everything from experimental cooking, microscopy and chemical experiments to workshops to make your own analog and digital puppets. Our exhibitions are a playground for children and young people, with interactive installations about food and sustainability.
If your children have extra energy, we have a huge park where they can run around freely and explore the plants and trees. When the time comes, there are pastries, smoothies and ice cream in Vitenparken Café . In our café you will also find a small shop with a selection of children's toys with meaning. Play with renewable energy and flying drones, or how about your own small box to grow edible flowers or your own oyster mushrooms?
4. Changing exhibitions and new events every week
On Vitenparken There are always new and exciting activities happening. Check out our activity calendar , or sign up for our newsletter to stay up to date on our courses and conferences. You can also follow us on social media .
Our event menu includes everything from growing courses and professional conferences on food and agriculture to cooking classes and holiday activities for children and young people. In addition to our weekend and evening events, we also have permanent and changing exhibitions. Food, environment and climate are always a backdrop for our events and activities.
5. Exciting teaching for all school levels
In Vitenparken's school department we welcome students and kindergarten children, and our school offerings cover everything from coding to sensory and cooking. Questions can be sent to skole@vitenparken.no . As of 2016, Vitenparken incorporated as the tenth regional science center in the country and works under a mandate from the Ministry of Education to arouse interest, recruit and strengthen young people's science competence, as well as raise public awareness of the importance of science, technology and mathematics.
The science centers supplement the school and emphasize an experimental and exploratory learning approach through the use of interactive installations and active student participation. We offer about 30 different learning opportunities for kindergartens, primary and secondary schools, as well as programs for educators. All of our offerings for kindergartens and schools are anchored in the new framework plan for kindergartens or in the Knowledge Promotion.
All of the Science Park's educational offerings are intended to stimulate positive experiences within the themes of green knowledge, green change, food enjoyment and science.
-Aiyana Hudgins, educational leader at Vitenparken .
6. We are located in the middle of Norway's finest park - take a leisurely stroll
The university park is full of beautiful plants, magnificent trees, wildlife and monuments. Vitenparken can offer your group a pleasant walk with a tour in one of Norway's most beautiful parks. We have also developed the Park app which gives you free and digital guiding.
In walks with our guides, we look at the history of Norway's first agricultural college, later a university, and the role this institution played in the modernization of Norway, from the 1850s to the present day. Today, the Norwegian University of Life Sciences (NMBU) is in the midst of a major expansion process. We take a closer look at the expansion, which will cost over NOK 7 billion and will be completed in 2019.
We will also look at monumental architecture and a beautiful neoclassical garden with many interesting trees and plantings. We can also have our own art walk in the newly restored Ur building, with many interesting modern artworks adapted to the building.
Before or after you have visited the park, you are of course welcome to eat or drink something at Vitenparken Kafé .
