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Walking seminar on the care and arrangement of historic thoroughfares


  • Stalheim hotel Norway (map)

Hiking seminar on the maintenance and development of historic routes – Stalheim and Postvegen at Nærøyfjorden

Program on September 10 :

10.00 Attendance, registration, coffee

11.00 Welcome and presentation about Norwegian road history, different types of roads, tips and advice in working with historic paths and roads.

11.35 Leg stretching with coffee tears

11.50 Presentation on various challenges linked to historic roads in the region, linked to regrowth, care, preparation and use. How do you handle the challenges constructively?

12.30 Päsmurt lunch (must be ordered when registering and paid at the hotel)

13.05 Walk in Stalheimskleivi. : Orientation about Stalheimskleivi - history, conservation status, restoration project and care. We look at concrete examples of the work that has been done as we walk down the slope. Further use and maintenance work is also a topic.

                • Sivlebautaen

                • The Pavilion and Minesvingen

                • The path towards Sivlefossen

                • Older footpath on the way back to the hotel. (Bus transfer back to the hotel if necessary)

16.30 The seminar day ends at the hotel  

16.30 Soup 

17.30 Guided tour of the Stalheim Folk Museum

19.00 Rest time

19.30 Aperitif and art tour in the salon

20.00 Dinner

 

Program on 11 September:

8.45      Oppmøte på kaia i Gudvangen

9.00 Boat to Styvi 

9.30 Arrival Styvi. Orientation about Postvegen and Styvi as a post office, creation of

the landscape conservation area, landowner agreements and restoration projects linked to the post road.

10.15 I start walking along the post road towards Bleiklindi (5 km). Along the way, there will be information about care and restoration, organization and visitor management linked to the post road.

13.00 Boat ride Bleiklindi – Bakka

13.30 Coffee/tea and cakes Bakka World Heritage House (the old schoolhouse). Information about the World Heritage House project and various aspects of maintenance and traffic related to the Rimstigen road and the Bakkanosi and Breiskrednosi "viewpoints". Problems related to parking and toilets as adaptation measures.

 

14.45 Buss frå verdsarvhuset til Gudvangen

15.00 Pizza at Gamlo

16.00 Closing

 

NB: There is an opportunity to take part in the whole event and spend the night at the hotel, possibly just one of the days.

 

Intermediaries:

Jan Adriansen (Sweco), Bengt Erlend Skjerdal and Snædis L. Bjarnadottir ( Nærøyfjorden World Heritage Park), Marit Anita Skrede (Norwegian Public Roads Administration), Anbjørg Nornes and Jorunn Vallestad ( Nærøyfjorden protected area board), Trygve Dugstad (Stalheim Hotel), Berit Bruvik Drywall, Svein Tufte ( Bakka Village group), possibly

 

Prices :

- day visitor day 1 - free seminar including coffee/tea and fruit

Can be purchased at the hotel:

Packed lunch with juice/juice (150 NOK), afternoon soup w/ bread (140 NOK), tour Stalheim Museum (90 NOK), art walk in the salon with aperitif (200 NOK), dinner (450 NOK)

- day visitor day 2 - seminar fee NOK 850,-

inkl båt- og busskyss, bevertning Bakka verdsarvhus og pizzabuffet på Gamlo i Gudvangen (bet pr vipps eller faktura). (Deltakarane må ha med lunsj sjølv.)

- full seminar package - NOK 3000,-

incl. accommodation at the Stalheim Hotel, all meals, guided tour of the Stalheim Museum, art tour in the salon with aperitif, bus and boat transport (pay per tip or invoice)

 

Sign up before 03 September!

Contact person :

Anne Arneberg – Voss herad: anne.arneberg@voss.herad.no

Gry Mørk – Nærøyfjorden World Heritage Park: gry@naroyfjorden.no

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