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SPORTS AND OUTDOOR LIFE

  • Course length: All year
  • Start-up date: 24.08.2025
  • Course teaching amount: 15 hours/week
  • Price: from 142 641,-
  • Foundation:
    Liberal
    The liberal folk high schools are built on values that are not based on one particular belief. They encourage students with different interests and beliefs to apply.
  • Food: Vegetarian, vegan
    Most schools will accommodate food allergies and other dietary needs. If you have questions, please contact the school directly.
  • Environmental certification:
    Fairtrade
  • Location: Mosjøen
  • Study tour for the course: Helgelandskysten – Tour of Helgeland, Lofoten , Madeira, Ski og alpintur til Sverige
  • Study tour for the school: Helgelandsopplevelser
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Do you like to be active? In sports and outdoor activities, we are inside and outside, high and low. With us you will get an active and varied everyday life with lots of fun and new experiences every

Sports and outdoor activities is a line that is perfect for those who want to do more than just one thing. Helgeland is a fantastic area for hiking and outdoor activities, while at the same time you get to do many different sports. Here we have a lot to offer, and you are free to choose based on your own interests.

Below are some of the things you can look forward to:

Sports and activities

Outdoor activities

Facilities

The school has its own gymnasium, well-equipped gym, martial arts room and artificial turf pitch in the immediate vicinity of the school. In addition, we use Kippermoen Idrettsannlegg, one of Norway's finest training facilities with indoor football hall, sports hall, aerobics / dance hall, spinning hall, squash courts, climbing wall etc. The facility also has a fitness center and swimming / swimming facilities that you can use freely and whenever it suits you.

Longer overnight trips

In additition to our trip to Madeira, you will get this:

Helgelandskysten – Tour of Helgeland

Mandatory: Yes

Price: Included in course price

Duration: 4 dager

Island hopping on the Helgeland coast will be a trip you will never forget. Enjoy life, nature and the sea. Keywords for the trip: Deep sea fishing in the archipelago at Herøy. We visit the World Heritage Site Vega incl. "Vegatrappa". We take the trip through Torghatthullet. The summit hike up Dønnamann and/or "7-sisters" is amazing. It's just to rejoice. 

Lofoten

Mandatory: Yes

Price: Included in course price

Duration: ca 5 dager

During the autumn we go on a study trip to Lofoten. With its majestic nature and limitless hiking opportunities, it is a perfect destination that many people have on their bucket list.

You can try surfing in the most spectacular surroundings at Unstad/Flakstad, snorkling/ free diving and go on mountain hikes you will remember for a long time. Simply taking in the wonderful nature Lofoten has to offer is an experience in itself. This is a trip that offers some of the most unique places we have in the Norway, which everyone should get to experience.

Madeira

Mandatory: Yes

Price: Included in course price

Duration: ca 1 uke

Meals included per day: 3

Madeira er en portugisisk øygruppe som ligger utenfor kysten av Afrika. Her får vi nyte spektakulær natur, muligheter til å dra på spennende fjellturer, et makka for mountain bike, flotte muligheter for vannsportsaktiviteter som bølgesurfing og windsurfing.  Vi bor på VIDAMAR Resorts Madeira, med herlige evighetsbassenger og mengder av sportsaktiviteter. 

Ski og alpintur til Sverige

Mandatory: Yes

Price: Included in course price

Duration: 3 dager

Meals included per day: 4

Outdoor life EASY, Sports and outdoor life and Mountain sports and Kayaking go on a joint trip to Hemavan/Tärnaby in Sweden in the winter. These two ski resorts are close and just over the Swedish border, a two hours drive from Mosjøen. Here we frolic in good snow conditions, nice trails and backcountry opportunities. We stay in apartments together right next to the hill. If you don't like driving downhill, we have alternative activities.

 

On this trip:

 

  • Training in Snowboard, Telemark and Slalom (not mandatory)
  • One ski pass – two ski resorts
  • Ski in-ski out
  • Cozy apartments with shared activities in the evenings
  • Cross-country trails
  • Lunch with bonfire on the hill
Video

Mandatory: Yes

Price: Included in course price

Duration: 2-3 dager

Meals included per day: 4

Towards the end of the school year, we take you on an adventure trip to The coast of Helgeland, also called the world's most beautiful archipelago. You can't have been in Helgeland for so long without getting this! We aim for several attractions on the trip, hopefully to end up at Træna. Træna is an island municipality 33 nautical miles off the coast of Helgeland. There has been settlement here ever since the Stone Age, 9,000 years ago. This wonderful island municipality that is flourishing like never before. You may have heard of Trænafestivalen?

On 15.2 km² you will meet the people of the sea. They count 453 people, and have an entrepreneurial mentality that you have never seen. You will have the opportunity to have a milkshake at Aloha café, drink Helgeland's best cappuccino at Træna Kaffekollektiv and eat a delicious dinner at Havfolkets hus. You will have the opportunity to sing together in Kirkehelleren, walk up to the NATO station at Gompen or walk the love path around the mountains at Sanna. If you want to go fishing or sit in the sauna at the boathouse, this is also an option. Or perhaps you would like to visit the Petter Dass chapel, which was decorated by the artist Karl Erik Harr? It's just a lot to look forward to!

Vefsn Folkehøgskole TOPPEN is an active and creative school, placed on the top of a hill on the outskirts of Mosjøen in the middle of Norway. But still far enough up north that the northern lights dance across the sky regularly during the winther.

We want you to experience COURAGE, MASTERY and OPPORTUNITIES when you are a student with us. In a safe community and with many new experiences, you have good opportunities for personal growth and lifelong learning. For us, professional quality and well-being for everyone is important.

To make the most of the year, we think it's important that you have a vibrant and varied environment around you. Here you can find urban and great nature, safety and excitement, humor and seriousness, professional quality and well-being, combined with committed teachers. Security and challenges, good social environment and professional development are equally important.

The school is well equipped in all classes and there is wifi throughout the school. In addition, we have several common areas like a fitness room, rooms to socialize, student kitchen ... yes, all we need to do well. Our accommodation kitchen is one of the best, and we are spoiled by skilled chefs and good food all year round.

Another thing we emphasize is to have employees who are not only proficient in their subject but mean something more for the students. With us you will find people who have energy and humor, and teachers who want to bring out the best in you. Our students should feel included and appreciated, and we are all concerned that our students should feel at home and have a good time.

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