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Improve your photography skills and explore the beautiful nature in the south region of Norway. Make new friends from all over the world and join on adventuorus trips to Thailand, Iceland and Denmark.

This class match those who enjoy beeing out in the nature and wants to learn more about photography. For you as a foreign student in this class it would be suitable to know some basic norwegian language.

If you want more language practice, please attend to our language electives weekly with both foreign and norwegian students. Many foreign students have taken and passed the norwegian language exam "B2" after attending in this class. The outdoor life course will cooperate with the international course for language training during trips in the nearby area.

 

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Please watch more videoes from our trips abroad in the link to study trips, in our instagram profile, facebook page and youtube.

Link to an introduction of this class(Norwegian language):  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U9Qeo36vDEk

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Thailand

Mandatory: Yes

Price: Included in course price

Meals included per day: 3

The journey lasts between 2 and 3 weeks. In the north of Thailand, we visit Chiang Mai and from there travel up towards the border areas of Burma and Laos. In the north we experience playing and caring for elephants, fishing for huge catfish, homestays with mountain tribes, zipline, temple visits, the night market in Chiang Mai, and fantastic northern Thai food culture. From the middle of the journey we head south where we experience a new culture, new people, beaches, sea, snorkelling, beach cleaning in marine national parks, homestay, boat trip on Songkhlain Lake, kayaking and food markets. The entire journey contains a wide variety of Thailand's culture and nature, magical sunrises, great subjects for macro, portrait and landscape photography, as well as workshops along the way with professional photographers.

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Iceland

Mandatory: Yes

Price: Included in course price

In Iceland, we will ride Icelandic horses, photograph mighty waterfalls, caves, rocky landscapes, geysers, and perhaps different types of whales if we are lucky. In this trip you use everything you've learned about photography this school year to create beautiful landscape photos. Maybe they deserve a place on the wall? Previously, the trip went to the south coast, Reynisfjera and Vik i Myrdal. Bring swimwear for the hot springs.

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Denmark

Mandatory: Yes

Price: Included in course price

In Denmark, we try to capture the special light in the area around Skagen. We visit places such as Råbjerg Mile, Den tilsannede kirke, Grenen. In the eagle reserve near Tversted, we photograph eagles, vultures and falcons, among other things.

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The Lista lighthouse

Mandatory: Yes

Price: Included in course price

We spend a few days in the lighthouse accommodation at Lista lighthouse and use the days for photography and visiting cultural monuments. There are still traces of settlement from the Bronze Age in the area, and the light at Lista has always been well known by photographers and other artists. Our class has adopted an area in the shoreline where we annually clear marine litter and report findings to "Keep Norway clean". We also visit the bird station, learn about ring marking and learn about the importance of conserving wetlands both locally and globally. In the evening we enjoy good food inside the lighthouse and those who wish have the opportunity to learn more about night photography in the local area.

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Surfing and hiking trip to the famous Pulpit Rock

Mandatory: Yes

Price: Included in course price

Meals included per day: 3

Every spring we travel to the Pulpit Rock where we spend the night in tents. The feeling of seeing the sun rise deep in the fjord while we enjoy a cup of hot cocoa or coffee from the plateau itself is absolutely fantastic. In the evening we can enjoy the view of the milky way above the tents while we hear black grouse calling in the nearby trees.

Down again from the Pulpit Rock, we drive to Boretunet Surfschool and get an introduction to surfing by skilled instructors who live and breathe surfing. We spend the night close to the beach and borrow all the equipment for a few days so that everyone who wants can surf a lot. Cozy communal meals, card games and beautiful sunsets on the beach are a must on this trip.

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Mountain trip with canoes

Mandatory: Yes

Price: Included in course price

In autumn, we visit the mountains and spend nights in tents on foot and by canoes. The trip provides a good introduction to maps/compasses, canoeing, preparing food on a stove, group dynamics and some fishing for those who wish.

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Hovden - Mountain cabin

Mandatory: Yes

Price: Included in course price

We use the school's cabin as a base for cross-country skiing, alpine skiing, snow cave trips and Hovden water park. Hovden offers, among other things, great cross-country skiing trails and a large alpine resort. Cross-country skis, alpine skis and snowboards can be rented at a reasonable price in Hovden if you do not have these from home.

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Mandatory: Yes

Price: Included in course price

The school is located in what we call the pearl of the southern archipelago. Out of the window you can see straight towards the port of Ny - Hellesund where Nordal Grieg wrote the song "Til ungdommen" in his time. This is where our first joint trip goes.. Accommodation in a tent, lavvo, hammock or on a sleeping pad under the open sky. Bathing, bonfire, play and seriousness. We enjoy the scents of late summer and look out to sea, where Denmark is almost visible on the horizon, and get to know each other in an unforgettable way. Friendships are made here.

The school's last joint trip goes to the same place. Summer is in the offing, and it's quite a different group that's on tour. Safe in each other, but melancholy has taken over from anticipation. A feeling that something will soon be over, along with the knowledge that something new is coming. This new thing, which will now be created together with the people you have around you, is no longer as frightening. This will be a trip filled with good memories and strong emotions.

Between these two trips there is a lot of time and space. There is much to be created. Our different classes go on their own trips and spend a lot of time together at school. But every now and then we do some joint trips. It can be to the Pulpit Rock, cinema, theatre, bowling, Zip-line, and it can be to Lindesnes lighthouse or Lista. The animal park is also a natural destination for the school when we are first in these parts.

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Learn Norwegian and study Norwegian at Agder Folkehøgskole!

The school is situated in Kristiansand, in beautiful surroundings 17 km west of the city center, the southern-most city in Norway.

Agder Folkehogskole offers a course in Norwegian language and culture for foreigners:

Introduction course in Norwegian language and culture. The course also contains subjects as Norwegian everyday life and manners, Norwegian culture and economic life. Learning takes place in a creative environment. Challenging excursions, electives and common activities. There is no tuition fee. The money you pay include lodging in double room, teaching material and study trips. The Norwegian language and culture course costs NOK 112900 (2020/2021). Additional payment for single room NOK 4500. An admission fee (NOK 2400) is included.

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