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Pasvik Folkehøgskole

Arctic tourism - Svalbard

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Get a "behind the scenes" look at the biggest tourist attractions in northern Scandinavia.

We invite you to a world of exotic adventures: Dogsledding under the northern lights, Hurtigruta, Lofoten and Svalbard. You will get a unique competence in guiding and tourism in the Arctic.
This is the course for the one with big dreams, but little interest in sleeping outdoors in freezing winter. We travel through Finnmark and northern Norway, get close encounters with Finland and Russia and visit the magnificiant island of Svalbard in spring.

For more info in English visit our webpage!

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Svalbard

Mandatory: Yes

Price: Included in course price

Experience Svalbard at the turning point between winter and spring. The light has returned and we get to pick some of the best activities Svalbard has to offer: Choose between ice cave safari, snowmobile ride, boat trip, mine visit and dog sledding. If you're lucky, you also get to see some polar bears.

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Hurtigruten Lofoten - Kirkenes

Mandatory: Yes

Price: Included in course price

It is not without reason that Hurtigruten is called the world's most beautiful sea voyage. From the steep peaks of Lofoten, you cruise through the archipelago in Troms with its glaciers before meeting the magic of the North Cape Plateau. Enjoy the view while sitting in the cruise ship's whirlpool with your new friends for life.

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Snowhotel Kirkenes

Mandatory: Yes

Price: Included in course price

Snowhotel Kirkenes is the largest tourism player in our region. The students of Arctic tourism get first hand insights into the business with professional lectures and knowledge of the various offers such as dog sledding and king crab fishing by boat and snowmobile. You'll be introduced to the work in the different departments, such as the restaurant, reception and guiding. After Christmas, students get the chance to intern in their department of choice for one week.

Finnmarksløpet: Europe's longest dog-sled race

Mandatory: Yes

Price: Included in course price

The Finnmark race is Europe's longest dog-sled race and with great international media coverage, the race plays an important role for the tourism industry. The course Arctic Tourism is responsible for the checkpoint Øvre Pasvik and gets to experience this intense event from the inside.

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Travel along the coast of Finnmark

Mandatory: Yes

Price: Included in course price

On the journey along the coast of Finnmark you will visit some of the most exotic destinations Norway has to offer. The landscapes are wide and open  and the light bathes in endless expanses, fantastic sandy beaches and the mighty Arctic Ocean. We visit idyllic small towns and meet a growing tourism industry.

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Finland and Sami Finnmark

Mandatory: Yes

Price: Included in course price

During the school year you get to go to Rovaniemi, a Finnish town known as the hometown of Santa Claus. Along the way we'll visit different locations and you get a tour of inner Finnmark and northern Finland, where you learn about Sami and Finnish culture and tourism.

Vi ønsker med våre fellesturer å styrke skolens felleskap, gjennom å dele fine natur- og reiseopplevelser. Et viktig poeng er også å bli kjent i våre nærområder slik at du lærer litt om hvordan det er å leve i Finnmark og i Barentsregionen, nære naturen og i en region hvor ulike kulturer smelter sammen. 

Finnmarksløpet: Europe's longest dog-sled race

Mandatory: Yes

Price: Included in course price

As a student at Pasvik Folkehøgskole, you play a central role in Europe's longest and tougthest sled dog race, the Finnmarksløpet. The whole school participates in this event. We operate the checkpoints in Neiden and Øvre Pasvik, where the mushers come to rest with their dogs. You'll get to work with many of the world's best dog handlers and experience the endurance of the Alaskan huskies.

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Autumn-trip

Mandatory: Yes

Price: Included in course price

This trip is for the whole school. You can choose from three alternatives: 

  • Canooing: We padle down the pasvik river. Good chance for fishing big trout and pike. We sleep in lavvu or under open sky. 
  • From cabin to cabin: We hike throug the pasvik wood, staying at the open cabins. In the evenings we gather around the camp fire. Perhaps we can meet one of the pasvik bears? 
  • The Schools hut by the sea: We go hiking, visit a fish farm, look at remains from ww2, and fish in the ocean. In the evenings we gather in the living room, playing cards and telling stories. 

The Varanger Fjord

Mandatory: Yes

Price: Included in course price

At the end of the school year, the whole school travels around the Varanger Fjord. We join Hurtigruta to Vardø, and travel from there with bus. Finnmark and Varanger has a lot to offer, both nature and culture. The birds are coming back this time of year, and there is a good chance for exciting bird watching. Together we enjoy the spring in Varanger! 

Nord-kalottur i mørketida

Mandatory: Yes

Price: Included in course price

I november ved inngangen til mørketid drar hele skolen på en rundreise hvor vi er innom ulike destinasjoner på Nord-kalotten. Ved Enaresjøen i Nord-Finland besøker vi Siida, et museum om samisk kultur. I Kautokeino får du sjansen til å gå innom den fantastiske sølvsmia Juhls, hvor både selve bygget og smykkene er verdt en titt. Vi besøker også Sametinget i Karasjok. 

I Alta får du to dager hvor du kan bruke fritiden til å gjøre ting du har savnet etter en høst i villmarka. Her kan du bade, shoppe og gå på kafé med mer. Vi besøker Alta museum-verdensarvsenteret for bergkunst og den omdiskuterte Nordlyskatedralen.  

Foreign students

Pasvik Folkehøgskole has a program for foreigners who want to explore life in Norway and learn Norwegian. You follow one of our main subjects and study Norwegian for 8 hours a week. We currently have students from the Netherlands, the U.S., Russia, the U.K. and Scandinavia.

The school

Our school has a climbing wall, a gym, a swimming pool, football fields, ski tracks and three saunas. We have a big dining hall, where students share their meals and a common area with a piano. We have several dorms, which have been renovated recently with single and double rooms. Outside the school there's plenty of opportunities for outdoor life, hunting and fishing. The school also has its own dog kennel with around 30 Alaskan huskies. In summer, we go canoeing and hiking, whereas in winter we go skiing, kiting, and ice fishing. One of the school's three saunas is located right next to the Pasvik river, so you get to watch the northern lights in winter during sauna and get to take ice baths.

Our values

We emphasize tolerance, human dignity and equality. We are concerned with respect for cultural backgrounds, different sexual orientations, identities, political views and views on life. We are proud that our students get involved in everything from the PRIDE parade to solidarity work. Our core values ​​are diversity, human development, community and joy of nature. With us, you get to be exactly who you are.

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