Experience: Travel, training, food

We get to know the idyllic town of Lucca - a city with narrow streets and alleys. The city wall around the town is the best-preserved in Europe - Lucca was once a gift from Napoleon to his sister Elisa.

Exhibitions, concerts, cafés, and other cultural offerings characterize this beautiful city we will get to know better.

We stay together in apartments located in the city center, with immediate access to the city’s facilities - not least easy access to many of the city’s pizzerias.

Winery visit with cooking class and lunch

Together with a professional Italian chef, we make Italian food. We have the winery all to ourselves this day - the farm has a great view over the entire Lucca Valley. We will prepare a four-course menu together: appetizer, pasta dish, main course, and dessert. It’s exciting and fun to make pasta from scratch!

Other activities

We will also go on a bike ride through Tuscany’s beautiful landscape – where we will experience olive groves and charming small villages. This is truly a wonderful experience to look forward to. And of course – we will also enjoy one of Italy’s many specialties: Gelato!

There will be a lot of good food on this trip! We will eat delicious Italian food at places with great food and unique atmospheres.

The trip also includes a visit to Cinque Terre - where we will experience the beautiful towns clinging to the cliffs. The place is incredibly beautiful and is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage site. This is something you can really look forward to!

Glimpses from the school trip to Kenya

We embark on an inspirational and experiential journey to Kenya with close cultural and nature experiences.

In Kenya, you will experience the city and its challenges. We meet people and organizations with a burning passion for those who have the least. There will be markets, private homes, exotic flavors, baby elephants, giraffes, safaris, snorkeling, and beaches by the Indian Ocean.

On this trip, we travel together with the program “Global Focus: Africa, Peace, Psychology.”

Safety

The school continuously assesses the safety of conducting the trips. Our extensive network in the area provides us with many opportunities.

There are few things that beat good food in good company!

We will have a great time in the school kitchen, creating many delicious dishes throughout the year.

We will try food from different culinary cultures and experience new flavors. We will explore African, European, American, and Asian cuisines! Before you know it, YOU will be the one inviting your friends over for tasty experiences.

Learning to prepare healthy food is, of course, important. We will make smoothie bowls, bars, muesli, and crispbread. At the same time, we will indulge in the sweet life with baking and desserts.

We will also take advantage of the special expertise we have in our own school kitchen! Delicious goulash soup from Hungary and spring rolls from the Philippines are among the specialties we will learn to prepare.

We focus on:

• Smoothies
• Yeast baking
• Cooking on a campfire
• Evening snacks
• Dinner
• Budget-friendly meals
• Desserts

We have fantastic training facilities at the school: a large sports hall, a strength room (160 m²), and a swimming pool. The training facilities are available every day – often until late in the evening. So, you have no excuse not to get in shape.

For us, the goal is for you to achieve mastery and be happy with yourself and who you are! We greatly value diversity!

The areas around the school also invite training. We have many hiking opportunities in the area that are also suitable for running and jogging. We also have a swimming lake not far from the school – are you one of those who take a summer swim once a month?

We establish good training habits that are beneficial for our health:

• Become aware of which training forms you enjoy the most, or do you prefer variety?
• Become aware of how your body responds to different types of training
• Understand the impact of exercise and activity on your mental health
• Learn how to establish good training habits

In addition to trying out classic sports like handball, volleyball, and football, we focus on training forms such as:

• Strength
• Cardio
• CrossFit
• TRX
• Pilates
• Step
• Tabata

Training is mastery! This program focuses on physical and mental well-being. You will become more confident in yourself and focus on setting and achieving your own goals! Activity is for everyone – and this program is suitable for those who are already in good shape and those who want to get in shape. We focus on making each other better. Mental training is a key focus: How do we handle adversity?

In addition to travel, exercise, and food, we spice up our daily life with several fun experiences:

• "Eternal Glory" competition
• Climbing
• Trampoline
• Rafting
• Via Ferrata
• Self-defense
• Hammock trip
• Trip to Lillesand Lighthouse
• School-wide trip to Denmark
• Trip planning

Group Trip to Denmark

At the beginning of the school year, the entire school travels to Rønbjerg Feriecenter in Denmark. On this trip, we get to know each other well and lay the foundation for a good and safe community that continues when we return to Sørlandet. A very nice start to the year!

International Trip Across Courses

Later, at the beginning of spring, the entire school goes on a trip at the same time, but to different destinations. You choose one of four options and travel with students from other courses. These trips are rich in content in their own way and offer impressions, human encounters, and experiences you will greatly enjoy! One of the trips is included in the school fee, so it doesn’t cost extra to join. The other trips cost extra.

Everyone chooses one of three options for the international trip across courses. These are arranged simultaneously. You make your choice after you have started at the school.

• Copenhagen, Denmark (included in the school fee).
• England (costs extra).
• Ecuador and Galápagos (costs extra).

The trips will be arranged around March 2026.

More information about all the trips will be provided before you choose which trip you want to go on. You can read more about all the trips here.

With us, you become part of a large, inclusive environment where everyone gets to know each other – of course, across different courses. That’s why we prioritize being together.

• Overnight trip in the Archipelago (Havglimt!)
• Trip to Denmark with the whole group
• Mountain hike
• Various tournaments
• Large common room to hang out in during free time
• Special weeks where we mix classes based on what you want to contribute:
  • Practical work
  • Adventure forest for 1st grade at the local primary school
  • Entertainment show for parents
  • Learning to manage sound and light
  • Filming/photography
• Many leisure activities to choose from – often something happening every day.
• Night hike in the moonlight
• Christmas workshop
• Cozy evenings
• Hall activities
• Super enjoyable student evenings

Course costs: 48,000 NOK

Total price for the entire school year: 161 100 NOK *

*If you are eligible for loans and grants, and take them out for the school year 24-25, it amounts to 137,907 NOK (grant = 55,162 NOK, loan = 82,745 NOK)

The total price includes, among other things:

• Enrollment fee of 2,800 NOK
• Group trip with the entire school to Denmark
• Board and lodging in a double room (all have an attached shower)
  • 4 meals on weekdays, 3 on weekends
  • Use of washing machines and dryers
  • Wireless and wired network
• Course trip to Italy and Kenya
• Common expenses such as internet, electricity, travel insurance, school ID, use of common equipment, etc.
• Shorter trips with the whole school: Archipelago trips, etc.
• Access to great facilities most of the week: Sports hall, swimming pool, gymnasium, LAN room, car workshop, the school’s own café, sound studio, craft room, cinema room, dormitory lounges, billiards - table tennis tables, common living room.
• 7.000 NOK for an optional group trip. Covers, among other things, a trip to Copenhagen if you choose this trip.

Additional costs

• Single room (between 5.000 NOK and 10.000 NOK for the entire school year)
• Diets *: Celiac disease 8.400 NOK extra (for the whole year). Other significant diets: 5.250 NOK (for the whole year)
• Optional trips if you want to join trips to England or or Ecuador

*Vegetarian diet and lactose-free food cost nothing extra.