Ready for an adventure?  Come join Sydney Crabaugh and local designer Birger Berge for a 10 night, 11 day romp to Bergen Strikkefestival & Beyond!  This fun filled frolic is sure to be filled with laughter, learning, and some serious knit & relaxation time.

* 4 nights in Bergen with a full day at the Bergen Knitting Festival

* 2 nights in Flåm with a full knit, relax & sauna day

* 4 nights exploring wool & viking traditions in the rural fjordlands 

* Workshop and time spent with author & designer Birger Birge

Bergen

Bergen is a lovely little city with a very quaint historic harbor at its heart. From our base in the heart of Bergen, we will get our bearings with a walking tour as well as by visiting the local yarn festival, Bergen Strikkefestival! We will head up the funicular to Mount Fløyen for beautiful views over the city and the fjords beyond, and soak up the great vibe that Bergen has to offer.  There will be time to cast on with our knit-along and enjoy our exclusive Norwegian sock workshop with Birger Birge. 

Flåm

Train travel in Norway provides spectacular scenery, and also allows us to connect with a scenic railway that leads down from the mountains to our next destination - the spa town of Flåm. There we will relax at our hotel with views out across the fjord, enjoying a tasting menu paired with their own beer.  A full day of relaxation awaits with scheduled times in a sauna floating on the fjord, optional walks and kayak rentals, and plenty of time to work on our knit-along!

Wool Traditions

An electric ferry will take us from Flåm to where we will pick up our bus at a local open air museum called Viking Village where you'll be immersed in viking culture, covering everything from food to crafts! You will get a preview of some of the techniques we will be encountering in the days ahead…  After our step back in time we will head onward to the island of Osterøy, where we will have the first of our half-day workshops.  At the Osterøy Museum, in addition to a tour of their amazing textile collection, they will teach us how to weave the fabric for the Varafell - a shaggy wool cape they like to call Viking Life Insurance!  

There will of course be a visit to our favorite Norwegian shepherdess Helene and her flock of heritage Norse sheep at Gripen Gard Farm for a natural-dyeing experience. We’ll conclude our adventure with a visit to the most beautiful and whimsical mill we’ve ever visited, Hillesvag Wool Mill. This wool mill is so quintessentially Norwegian that their website is wool.norway (in Norwegian, of course) on which they refer to their wool and yarn shop as candy-like.  Are these our people or what?! 

Expected Price Range: This trip is expected be in the $5800 to $7000 range depending on accommodation level.

This trip needs at least 14 participants in order to proceed (i.e. the trip is "guaranteed"). We strongly advise you to wait to purchase your flights until the trip is guaranteed by us to go forward. Unless otherwise stated, our regular Terms and Conditions apply to this trip and for any cancellations (click here to see our Terms and Conditions).

Tour Activity Level 

We would describe this trip as a Woolly Wander.

Mobility Comfort Level = Mobility Level 2+

Ability to manage your luggage on 2 trains by yourself and get in and out of an RIB boat, walking tour of 2-3 miles.

Review our Tour Activity and Mobility Comfort Levels here.

Travel Insurance
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Arranging Your Flights 

In order to gather easily for the tour, we provide an arrival and departure "window" at a major transportation hub - typically an international airport at your destination country. Flights scheduled outside the provided windows may result in additional transportation costs and missed tour activities. For this reason, we greatly appreciate your cooperation in booking travel that accommodates our specifications. 

Please Note the Following 

Rowan Tree Travel reserves the right to alter any part of this itinerary in order to address weather conditions, unforeseen circumstances or to improve the participant experience.