A complete water park
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Opening Hours
Opening Hours 2010
January 1th – 4th
Fri 1. jan 12 noon – 7 pm
Sat 2. jan 10 am – 7 pm
Sun 3. jan 10 am – 7 pm
Mon 4. jan 10 am – 9 pm
Januar 6th – April 4th
Monday 3 pm – 9 pm
Tuesday 6 am – 9 pm
Wednesday 10 am – 9 pm
Thursday 6 am – 9 pm
Friday 10 am – 10 pm
Saturday 10 am – 7 pm
Sunday 10 am – 7 pm
Vinterferien Week 8: Monday 15.2. from10.00 am
Eastern:
Alle days 10.00 – 19.00
April 16th – June 20th
Monday 3 pm – 9 pm
Tuesday 6 am – 9 pm
Wednesday 10 am – 9 pm
Thursday 6 am – 9 pm
Friday 10 am – 10 pm
Saturday 10 am – 7 pm
Sunday 10 am – 7 pm
NB! Closes May 17th
Holidays June 21th – August 15th
Mon – Friday 10 am – 7 pm
Saturday and Sunday 10 am – 6 pm
Morningswim:
Tuesday 6 am – 9 pm
NB! Closes uke 33 August 16th – 20th
August 21th – December 22th
Monday 3 pm – 9 pm
Tuesday 6 am – 9 pm
Wednesday 10 am – 9 pm
Thursday 6 am – 9 pm
Friday 10 am – 10 pm
Saturday 10 am – 7 pm
Sunday 10 am – 7 pm
Holiday week 40: Monday Oct, 4th from 10.00 am
NB! Saturday December 11th 10.00 am – 4.00 pm and Sunday December 12th 12.00 am – 7.00 pm
Christmas 2010 and New Year 2010-11
Closed December 23th – 25th
Sun Dec 26th 12 noon – 7 pm
Man Dec 27th 10 am – 7 pm
Tirs Dec 28th 10 am – 7 pm
Ons Dec 29th 10 am – 7 pm
Tors Dec 30th 10 am – 7 pm
Fri Dec 31th 10 am – 4 pm
Sat Jan 1th 12 noon – 7 pm
Sun Jan 2th 10 am – 7 pm
Man Jan 3th 10 am – 9 pm
Sun 2. jan 10 am – 7 pm
Man 3. jan 10 am – 9 pm
How to get here
The Østfoldbadet Water Park is situated in downtown Askim and is easy to find. If you are driving on the E18 highway from Oslo vy Vinterbo, take the “Askim vest” turn at the roundabout before the motorway starts. On RV 128, you will see a large sign with directions to Østfoldbadet at the roundabout near the windmill. Continue through towards the city centre. After a few metres you will see a Statoil petrol station, and Østfoldbadet is straight behind here. An enormous car park is situated between the petrol station, the AskimTorget shopping mall and Østfoldbadet. The entrance is around 100m after the petrol station, adjacent to the shopping mall.
Here is a map and how to find Østfoldbadet from where you live.
ServiceFind the best time for your visit to Østfoldbadet
When can I have the best experiences at Østfoldbadet?
That depends what you are looking for!
Some people are looking for peace and quirt and prefer to be almost alone in the pool, while others prefer lots of people and action. We have made this overview to help you plan your optimal visit to Østfoldbadet.
Quiet periods
Mornings and afternoons on weekdays are generally quiet periods for those who prefer to enjoy life in the pool practically alone. Check if school classes or other groups have scheduled swimming times.
Busiest periods
Saturdays and Sundays during winter, particularly between midday and 3 pm, are the most hectic times. This also applies on all days during the autumn and winter school holidays and at Easter. At those times, we often experience a full house here, but for reasons of safety and demands for water quality, we do not admit more people at any one time than the centre is designed for.
A good tip: Start or end the day here. If you come before 11:30 am or after 3:30 pm, there is generally no queue even on the busiest of days.
Diving:
Diving is possible at all times other than Monday evenings (after 7 pm) and Wednesdays (8 pm – 9 pm) when water aerobics takes place. For safety reasons and out of consideration to other users, we alternate between 1+3 m boards and 1+5 m boards.
Water slides:
Both water slides are open at all times the water park is open. During quiet earning morning periods, we start the slides when guests want to use them.
Disco evening:
Every Friday at 9 pm, we dim the lights and turn on the music. We adjust the volume to suit the guests’ requirements, and it’s often higher when the teenagers enter the pool.
Family pool:
Always open and available – we turn on the waves every 30 minutes and the rapid river goes six times an hour.
Therapeutic pool:
Østfold Hospital hires the pool for rehabilitation every Monday, Wednesday and Friday morning. The pool is also used at set times by the Rheumatic Society, the Fibromyalgia Society and for our scheduled baby swimming courses and swim courses for children and adults. See the list at the bottom of the “Opening Hours” page.
The therapeutic pool is open to the public on Tuesdays until 1 pm. Friday afternoon/evening and Thursday mornings are also safe times. The same applies for a few hours on Wednesday afternoon and later in the evening. During weekends and holiday periods, the therapeutic pool is reserved for our guests.
Jacuzzi:
Open 77 hours a week – no regular users
Saunas:
Open 77 hours a week. A separate dry sauna is available for adults.
Østfoldbadet Café
The same opening hours as for the water park, with service both inside the water park and at the foyer café. This is a great place to enjoy breakfast, lunch or a quick dinner with a wide-ranging menu.
Safety
The safety of our guests is our top priority. We have a great view over the entire water park from the lifeguards’ room. Six surveillance cameras are also installed to improve guest safety, with two cameras positioned at the deepest end of the family and sports pools. The lifeguards have good control of all pools and water slides from their position.
A lifeguard is poolside when ever the wave machine is in operation in case anyone should require assistance. We always provide a one-minute warning before we start the wave machine so non competent swimmers have a chance to move away.
Internal, wireless communication between the lifeguards means assistance is close at hand when required.
Lost and found property
We find personal belongings left behind in the changing rooms and near the pools every evening. We retain all belongings we find for two weeks. Items not recovered are donated to charity. If you are missing something, please contact reception during our normal opening hours – phone +47 69 81 99 00 – and our staff will check if the item has been found here. Identified property is labelled and kept in our storeroom. We are also happy to send items back to their owner if the owner sends an envelope or box bearing the appropriate postal fee.
Highlights on TV
A water park provides many highlights – both in the pools and on TV. There are three TVs in the café area, which are turned on where there are major sporting fixtures or other events, such as a royal wedding. Here, you can combine football internationals, world championships in various sports and other major events with well-being in tropical warmth, swimming and relaxing and good food at Spiseri Neptun. PS! We don’t show soap operas!
Lane swimming
At leas tone lane is open for swimming at all times, butt hat is often not sufficient. On Monday evenings, we close the diving boards at 7 pm so lane swimmers can have the entire pool at their disposal as soon as the swimming club training session concludes at 7:30 pm.
Tuesday and Thursday mornings are an ideal time. When the early morning swimmers leave the pool around 7:30 am, there is little activity in the pool until around 10 am. When no school groups are here, there are excellent swimming conditions all morning.
Weekday afternoons from 2 pm to 4 pm are also normally good periods for lane swimming.
The swimming club has training from Monday – Thursday from 4 pm to 7:30 pm in two or three lanes, and the pool can be a bit crowded at this time.
Contact Information
Postal address:
P.O. Box 123, 1801 Askim
Physical address:
P.M. Røwdesgate 8, 1811 Askim
Østfoldbadet Manager:
David Koht-Norbye
Phone:
+47 69 81 99 00 (switchboard)
Fax:
+47 69 81 99 10
Mobile:
+47 97 72 92 90
Board Chairperson:
Kari Tveter Iversen
Phone:
+47 69 13 34 06
Mobile:
+ 47 95 84 99 68
Business Enterprise Number:
979 932 790
Bank account number:
1100.07.14404 Askim Sparebank
Website:
E-mail:
About ØstfoldbadetThe most complete water park
About Østfoldbadet
- Norway’s most complete water park was officially opened by the King of Norway, HM Kong Harald V, on December 16, 2000.
- Construction commenced on August 31, 1999 and was completed in December 2000.
- The water park covers an around of 2390 sq m, including 700 sq m of pool space, featuring four pools, a Jacuzzi and cold plunge pool.
- Changing room capacity: 550 people simultaneously. A separate area for people with functional disabilities, accessible via Henstad Allé.
- Total building cost: NOK 73 million
Family section
- Toddlers’ pool for our younger guests: size 6 m x 6 m, water temperature 31 °C, depth 15 cm – 30 cm
- Wave pool: size 10 m x 25 m (at widest point), water temperature 31 °C, depth 0 – 1.8 m, wave height 80 cm
- Climbing wall from water surface
- Beach zone
- Café featuring a wide selection and large seating capacity
- Stage, tables, benches and green plants
- Fountains, waterfall, cave and air bubbles
- Rapid river with backwaters and seating in the water
Teenagers’ section
- Diving tower with 1m and 3 m springboards and 2.7 m and 5 m platforms
- Water slide (steep): length 30 m, height 8.4 m
- Water slide (long): 62 m, height 8.4 m, features a time screen
- Sports pool: water temperature 27 °C
- Separate sitting area above the wave pool
Sports pool
- Combined swimming and diving pool: size 25 m x 12.5 m
- Six two-metre lanes for lane swimming and competition
- Depth: 3.8 m for diving and 1.5 m for turning
Well-being section
- Hot pool: size 10.5 m x 7 m, water temperature 34 °C, water, counter current and massage pumps
- Depth: 1.1 m – 1.7 m
- Lift for guests with functional disabilities
- Specially-adapted changing facilities for people with functional disabilities
- Jacuzzi: water temperature 28 °C, air/water massage jets
- Steam bath: air temperature 50 °C, humidity 100 %
- Dry sauna with 90 °C temperature
- Cold plunge pool filled with water directly from the Glomma River, February temperature just 4.5 °C!!!
- Shower alcove and benches
- Seating areas
- Spa section upstairs at Jari's Massage and spa
Bus and train50 minutes from Oslo
Østfoldbadet Water Park is just a five-minute walk from Askim railway station and bus depot. There are extremely good bus and rail connections between Oslo and Askim. Travel time is around 50 minutes by train or bus from Oslo S to Askim.
Eastwards towards Mysen, this is a similar transport network and there are also good bus connections with Ørje and Töcksfors.
For timetables, please visit:
Birthday partyCelebrate your birthday at Østfoldbadet!
Birthday parties at Østfoldbadet are extremely popular. We set the tables for your own choice of menu, and you can swim for as long as you like. You won’t find a simpler and most exciting birthday party option. You can combine swimming experiences and fun with your choice of birthday food.
Menu options:
- Sausage and French fries
- Sausage and creamed potato
- Hamburger and French fries
- Pizza - two slices
All four options include a choice of soft drink and a soft serve ice cream.
The price for this menu combined with unlimited swimming is:
Monday – Thursday:
Children (age 0 - 12) NOK 160
Teens (age 13 - 17) NOK 170
Adults NOK 180
Saturday, Sunday and Christmas, Easter, winter and autumn holiday periods:
Children (age 0 - 12) NOK 170
Teens (age 13 - 17) NOK 180
Adults NOK 195
The tables are reserved for your use for one hour. The time is agreed when booking.
Out of consideration to the safety of party goers, a minimum of one adult must attend children’s birthday parties.
Click here to book a birthday party!
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NB! Birthday parties must be pre-booked. Ring: +47 69 81 99 00.
AccommodationHotel fem minutes to walk
Smaalenene Hotel offers packages for guests at Østfoldbadet. Smaalenene Hotel is located at the roundabout on RV 128 adjacent to the railway station and walking distance from Østfoldbadet. The hotel has 30 rooms and offers extra beds for families. The hotel has an exclusive wine cellar and, for those wishing to enjoy a nice meal, its restaurant has a well-earned reputation. For more information, please visit: Smaalenene Hotel