Pre-congress Tour
PRICE: THE PRE-CONGRESS TOUR IS FULLY BOOKED
14. - 15. JUNE
This is a tour for them that want to see some more from Norway and visit some places that we are proud to show. The tour will start from Gardermoen airport were the participates will be picked-up by the bus. The bus will depart from Gardermoen to Gjøvik at 11:30 AM, where we will visit the word largest rock cavern, the Gjøvik Olympic cavern, that has a span of 62 m. We will have a guided tour and lunch here.
After the visit, we will be transported by the bus to Hundefossen where the Norwegian Mountain Blasting Museum is situated. The museum won in 2018 the "Innovative Underground Space Concept of the Year" by the International Tunnelling Association (ITA). We will have guided tour in the museum, and afterwards will the bus go to Thon Hotel at Vinstra where we will have the dinner and stay for the night.
After the breakfast, the bus will take us to Sohlbergplassen, the viewing point at Atnsjøen lake, curves gently around slender pine trees. The platform frames the view towards the lake and the rounded peaks of the Rondane massif almost exactly as they appear in Harald Sohlberg’s famous painting “Winter’s Night in Rondane”.
The next stop will be at Folldal Mines that is one of 15 works included in the Directorate for Cultural Heritage’s national program for industrial heritage. It consists of 70 buildings, slag heaps and tips. Today, it is a vibrant museum with exhibitions, way-marked trails, café, accommodation and the main attraction - the mine. The group is divided into two, where one group travels into the mine by a mine train and the other can visit the museum, and then they switch. Before we travel on, lunch is served at Gruvekroa, which serves traditional food based on regional flavours.
Program
Saturday 14. June
| 11:30–13:00 | Bus from Oslo airport Gardermoen to Gjøvik |
| 13:30–15:00 | Presentation and guided tour in the Gjøvik Underground sports hall |
| 15:00–16:00 | Bus from Gjøvik to Hunderfossen |
| 16:00–17:00 | Guided tour in the Norwegian Rock Blasting Museum, Hunderfossen |
| 17:00–18:00 | Bus to Peer Gynt Thon Hotel (Vinstra) |
| 19:00 | Dinner at the hotel |
Sunday 15. June
| 11:30–13:00 | Bus from Peer Gynt to the viewpoint Sohlbergplassen |
| 13:30–15:00 | Short stop at Sohlbergplassen |
| 15:00–16:00 | Bus from Sohlbergplassen to Folldal |
| 16:00–17:00 | Visit to the Mining Museum in Folldal |
| 17:00–18:00 | Lunch at “Gruvekroa”, Folldal |
| 19:00 | Bus from Folldal to Trondheim with short stops at Dovrefjell/former Hjerkinn underground mine, Brattset hydropower plant and Soknedal road tunnel. |
Guide to EUROCK 2025 Pre-Congress tour
You can download a more detailed guide to the precongress tour here