Wish I was there to show you around!

Came here for the climbing, stayed for the architectual analysis of my local gym!👌🏼

Yesss! I appreciate you bringing climbing and architecture speak together for your architect followers!

Turning this video into an architecture tour allowed Miguel to write off his summer vacation as a business expense. 🤫😁

Such a well written script 🤓 I love the way you say klatresenter

Such a well made video, I love having the viewpoint of an actual architect that values the work behind the gym more than us regular climbers would.

Miguel, you speaking Norwegian is making me feel funny.

the tour video is amazing man!! honestly any content with this sort of effort is going to be great, good job!!

Most epic tour and review/comparison - great job, Miguel. 🤘 Absolutely beautiful, and even more so with your architecture language inclusion that flowed equally as well as the entire video. Wicked rad. 🤙

love the architectural focus! honestly my favrotie overview of a gym I've ever seen, would love to see more stuff like this :D

Really cool to see this kind of content from you. Different, but still really high quality. Enjoyed a lot.

Can’t wait to watch this one! Awesome content my man!

Hi Miguel.. As a Norwegian I visiting Oslo KlatreS😂enter almost weekly or as we local calls it "OKS" 😉 Just have to say that I'm really impressed by your pronunciations of the different locals names 😅 and also an amazing presentation of the center 😇 Luv to see you testing more centers i Norway and compare them with centers "overseas" 😉 keep up the good work.. 👏

Very cool to see a tour of this gym! I went there basically straight from the airport when I was in Oslo as I had over 6 hours to kill before I could check in to my hostel and I had such a good time there. I only got to visit it once as I was only in Oslo for a single day as I was passing through to Tromsø but exploring that massive place was a lot of fun, even though I was exhausted from my overnight flight from NYC lol. The upper floor was my favorite as well since I was alone and had nobody to belay me all I could do was boulder and auto belay routes. I was there in the winter after they had just gotten a ton of snow but it was super sunny and the sun was reflecting off the snow making it very bright and warm feeling upstairs. The staff was great too, there's a Canadian guy that works there that was super helpful, he helped me figure out how to get to my hostel after I was done and taught me a lot about Oslo and Norway in general. The pastries and coffee are absolutely delicious too!

The Front is my home gym! did not expect to see it here haha but such a cool video concept Miguel, definitely would love to visit Klatresenter one day!!

Architecture review of climbing gyms is dope!

The architectural analysis was 🔥 Great vid as always man.

Great video as always!

wow one of your best videos yet!!💪🏻👏🏻 the articulate architect.

My in-laws are Norwegian, and we all went there over 20 years ago. This was before I was into climbing, so really missed out on that. But Norway is extremely beautiful. Hope you got to travel a bit more and maybe see the fjords. Thanks for giving us the tour, it was definitely different from watching Magnus' videos, especially with it being daylight outside, and more people around.

I love seeing your worlds collide in this video! I'm ready to go back when you are! I ❤️ Norway.

What a spectacular place! Impressively designed. Great review!

I love this architectural vid! They know how to build gyms in Oslo don't they haha You have to visit the Kletterzentrum Innsbruck in Austria next time!

You need to release a compilation of your favorite climbs set to some lo-fi beats. I vicariously climb through your vids when I'm at the office haha

I'm from London and visited this gym on the way to Flatanger. Really insane, none of the 50+ London gyms come close

I always enjoy the cafe there after a session. It’s such a nice place and always buzzing with people. It feels like a lot of locals come just for the cafe, too, even if they aren’t climbers.

We will make it there some day!!! Thanks for the tour!

As a Norwegian, and climbing at Oslo klatresenter. I'm really impressed over your afford to pronounce the Norwegian. Kudos 👏 👏

I want to think more about architecture of gyms now that u made it so cool lol

As someone who graduated from Arch school last year.... I appreciate that 3D programmatic diagram!!

Your pronunciation of places in Oslo is superb, Miguel! First American that I've heard doing it so well. My Canadian ex didn't manage in 15 years 😂

Wow awesome vid brother! ❤

If ur still in Oslo, u should try klatreverket løkka! Best boulder gym in norway🙌🏾

Lol, it’s nice to see me primary school and my parents house from a drone view. Living there for 18 years and seeing the drone view is quite something

What an amazing video

Great video

You walked in the steps and touched the very same holds of Magnus Midtbo 😮 Do you feel stronger as a result 😉 Haha but great video 👍🏻👍🏻 I’m not an architect but I do appreciate good design and it’s cool to hear your perspective on this gym. Hopefully I’ll get a chance to visit it in the future. But there’s this awesome gym in Vegas that Id like to visit first.

Love the architect viewpoint, it’s something we normies get to experience but don’t think critically about. Speaking of, are you bringing your architecture knowledge to new climbing gym projects?

Never been to Oslo, but the other thing that impressed me a few years ago when i visited Stockholm's main Klattercentret was that it was just 15ish euros for a day pass! A similar gym in the US was around $30 at the time and is now closer to $50 for the day.

It's always insightful to hear a professional's opinion on something, they often have appreciations of things unrecognized by untrained eyes.

I went both Oslo and Bergen. Oslo climbing style was different than we are used to in Spain (although it might have change now because there is a spanish setter since then). Bergen had a French routtesetter so its style is more european (¿?). You have to visit Findland: they are obsessed with toe hooks.

You should travel to the new climbing gym in Trondheim! It's called Grip Leangen and it's HUGE!

The Refuge is great lol

Damn just noticed my grandpa lives on the opposite side of the traintrack lol, perhaps ill climb there next time im visiting oslo

If you haven’t been, you need to check out the Pacific Pipe in Oakland!

How difficult did you find the grades in Oslo compared to the Refuge?

I feel like the South Main Front in SLC is deceptively small. The racetrack setup gives three pretty small bouldering areas so there isn't actually much bouldering there if you're a regular. It also forces everybody into the same area, so the bouldering areas feel crowded even when there aren't a lot of people around and the new set is claustrophobic at times. The staff also didn't feel as welcoming as the other 20 gyms I've been to over a decade. It's a weird vibe for sure.

Isn't that Marte on the right side at 8:25 ?

You mention that the training is kind of hidden there but I feel like most Norwegians prefer being by themselves when training. Therfore I think they made the training room more hidden on purpose because of our culture. I’ve never watched your videos before but I love the vid and the insights you give.

lol never been in the climbing area but used to deliver pizza over there

The lack of friction on the walls always irratates me at OKS. It makes smearing super spicy!!

You should have got in touch with Magnus; and in England all the training centres are hidden away too - this is because you need to be over 18 or have had an induction etc. Stops the young or beginners hurting themselves. 😉

i believe a lot of public resources on Norway are government subsidized (please correct me if i'm wrong) which is why they can build proper facilities for people unlike in america where the gyms rely on private investors. as for the setting, setters don't get paid shit. Maybe 25/hr for a head route setter, but it's common to see setters lose interest and the product (the boulders they set) degrade in value because you're relying on apathetic underpaid 20year olds to set routes for you.

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People who haven't been there will probably consider this a hot take but VITAL BK is a better place to hang out than climb (setting is very subpar compared to other gyms in NYC) It's core issue imo is the main reason US gyms aren't as good as European gyms. It feels super commercial, doesn't have much soul or sense of community compared to many other gyms On a more positive note, this gym looks like a climbers wonderland, whether you're a sport climber or a boulderer

LOL, did they really put a 69 start hold in the kids area?

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May be America can host Climbing Gym World Championships in America where gyms from foreign countries are not allowed to participate, and decide which gym is the best gym in the world 🌎

Thx for making observe this gym instead of Magnus)

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Wales has boring gyms too😢

dont even think this is the best gym in oslo for bouldering

"This landscape in Norway is unreal" The south-east of Norway is pretty much the most boring landscape we have lol

its a fantastic gym. been there a couple times. has everything.