National Park Days

In honor of Hallingskarvet and Hardangervidda!

Geilo is a National Park Village and therefore organizes the National Park Days every year. For two weeks, the program offers a varied offer with mountain hikes, dining experiences and much more in honor of the national parks. These are just some of the activities that take place in Geilo and near the two national parks Hardangervidda and Hallingskarvet. Also take the opportunity to take a (bike) trip to one of the many cozy restaurants in the mountains.
1 August - 10 August 2025

Program for the National Park Days 2025

Every day

Theatre story Geilojordet
Every day, live storytelling theatre is arranged, where a farm boy or a farm girl takes you back to the 1850s and shares the stories of life on the Geilo farm. Join us inside the various buildings and hear about life and anecdotes from that time. Free. Geilojordet has a café with homemade food such as sour cream porridge and patches and is open from 11 am - 4 pm every day. The performances are free and are held daily between 11:00 - 16:00. Specific times will come.

"Stolpejakten" also known as pole hunting
Download the Stolpejakten app and explore Geilo’s rich history and cultural heritage! The Geilo Sentrum map offers several themed routes, including an audio tour created by tourism students, available through the Voice of Norway app. Discover historic sites, visit traditional craft workshops on the Fabrikksrunden, and walk through Fekjo Cultural Heritage Park to the scenic Tuftebrui – each stop includes background info to enrich your experience.

Open farms in Ostebygda
More information about this will come.

Fly fishing course on Hardangervidda
This course gives you good training in everything from casting techniques, the right choice of equipment, tying flies and how to choose the right fishing spot. For beginners, the fly fishing course will give you great benefit on how to learn to fly fish. For more information and booking, see here.

Gallery exhibition at Café Mocca
Stop by Café Mocca in Geilo and look at the exhibition of Tahle Minde Østby, also known as Tahle Illustration. The pictures offer humorous and lively drawings that put Norwegian culture and nature under a sharp edge. Her work is inspired by national romanticism from the early 1900s, and she uses iPad as her main tool to create detailed caricatures that capture both the typically Norwegian and the everyday. Opening hours for Café Mocca can be found here.

Friday 1st of August

Gourmet fishtrip at Ustaoset
Experience a tasteful and close to nature experience with the Winter Night - gourmet fishing trip at Ustaoset from 11 am to 3 pm. Here you get to pull nets from the canoe, gutte and prepare your own catch together with the guide Hilde - all with a view of Hallingskarvet. The tour includes dinner, dessert, coffee and hot chocolate for the children. More info about registration here.

Saturday 2nd of August

Peasant Wedding Holsdagen
Experience how a wedding took place in the 1800s. Holsdagen starts at 11:00 in Hol Gamle Kyrkje with a mass, then the bridal procession starts at 11:30 along Holsfjorden to Hol Bygdemuseum where the party continues with a wedding party from 12:45. At 18:00 there is a separate Holsdag party at Vestlia Resort. For more information and tickets see here.

Norseman
The Norseman Xtreme Triathlon is an annual triathlon competition. The event starts in Eidfjord at 05:00 with a 3.8 kilometer swimming leg in the Hardangerfjord. This is followed by 180 kilometers of cycling from Eidfjord, over Hardangervidda towards Geilo. The cyclists will pass Geilo between 07:00 and 10:00, the trip continues to Austbygde by Tinnsjøen. Here starts the last part, which is a running stage of 42.2km, towards Rjukan and up to the top of Gaustatoppen at 1883 meters above sea level.

Shared sauna and swimming at Ustaoset
Experience a 90-minute sauna ritual with essential oils, steam and music – a sensory journey for body and soul. The sauna and bath are shared, and there are only 6 places per session, so here it is important to be fast! Vinternatt invites you to a communal sauna and bath at Ustaoset in the evening from 19:00 - 20:30, more info about booking here.

Sunday 3rd of August

Farm day at Langedrag
Travel back in time, join the farm day and experience farm life as it was in the old days. Go to the mountain farm with the goats, along the way you will learn all about mountain farming and you get to make your own cheese. The trip is 1.5km. Registration via Langedrag Nature Park's own pages. Read more here.

Wednesday 6th of August

Farm day at Langedrag
Travel back in time, join the farm day and experience farm life as it was in the old days. Go to the mountain farm with the goats, along the way you will learn all about mountain farming and you get to make your own cheese. The trip is 1.5km. Registration via Langedrag Nature Park's own pages. Read more here.

Friday 8th of August

The Cormorant Game
Skarvespelet is an innovative historical play and the only one of its kind in Hallingdal. Based on an old legend, written down on a quick lunch box, it tells the story of a mysterious female voice that bewitches those who find themselves at Hallingskarvet during the full moon. The performance takes place outdoors, at the foot of Hallingskarvet National Park, near Prestholtseter, and is suitable for the whole family. There is a road (for a fee), and tickets can be purchased online, read more here.

Gourmet fishtrip at Ustaoset
Experience a tasteful and close to nature experience with the Winter Night - gourmet fishing trip at Ustaoset from 11 am to 3 pm. Here you get to pull nets from the canoe, gutte and prepare your own catch together with the guide Hilde - all with a view of Hallingskarvet. The tour includes dinner, dessert, coffee and hot chocolate for the children. More info about registration here.

Saturday 9th of August

The Norwegian Theatre: Skarvespelet
Skarvespelet is an innovative historical play and the only one of its kind in Hallingdal. Based on an old legend, written down on a quick lunch box, it tells the story of a mysterious female voice that bewitches those who find themselves at Hallingskarvet during the full moon. The performance takes place outdoors, at the foot of Hallingskarvet National Park, near Prestholtseter, and is suitable for the whole family. There is a road (for a fee), and tickets can be purchased online, read more here.

Shared sauna and swimming at Ustaoset
Experience a 90-minute sauna ritual with essential oils, steam and music – a sensory journey for body and soul. The sauna and bath are shared, and there are only 6 places per session, so here it is important to be fast! Vinternatt invites you to a communal sauna and bath at Ustaoset in the evening from 19:00 - 20:30, more info about booking here.

Sunday 10th of August

Farm day at Langedrag
Travel back in time, join the farm day and experience farm life as it was in the old days. Go to the mountain farm with the goats, along the way you will learn all about mountain farming and you get to make your own cheese. The trip is 1.5km. Registration via Langedrag Nature Park's own pages. Read more here.

The Norwegian Theatre: Skarvespelet
Skarvespelet is an innovative historical play and the only one of its kind in Hallingdal. Based on an old legend, written down on a quick lunch box, it tells the story of a mysterious female voice that bewitches those who find themselves at Hallingskarvet during the full moon. The performance takes place outdoors, at the foot of Hallingskarvet National Park, near Prestholtseter, and is suitable for the whole family. There is a road (for a fee), and tickets can be purchased online, read more here.

The program is updated continuously, with both individual events and ongoing activities.

Restaurants and open farms

There are several tourist cabins with easy access on Hardangervidda, where you can order something to eat or drink. Hakkesetstølen is accessible by chairlift and a short walk, as well as by car from road 40. You can also reach Tuva Turisthytte via toll road from road 40, in addition to Torsetlia. Halne Fjellstue is located right by main road 7.

Tourist cabins with dining at Hallingskarvet include Kafe Presttun in Ustaoset along road 7, Prestholtseter via Havsdalen and a toll road. Finse1222 can only be reached by train or bicycle. A fantastic place along road 50 is Storestølen Fjellhotell.

Open farms in Ostebygda

In the summer, you can visit farms in the mountains to buy local food and handicraft products spread across Hol municipality.

Gurostølen - Sudndalen
Monday to Thursday there is a self-service farm shop.
Friday to Sunday, opening hours are from 11:00 am to 4:00 pm
FV50 between Hagafoss and Aurland, Ragsteindalvegen

Fagerdalen - after the mountain road between Bergsjø and Hovet (toll road from Hovet)
Open every day until August 18 from 12:00 to 16:30
From FV50, take Grønsetlivegen up,

Hamarsbøenstølen - Havsdalen (toll road towards Prestholt)
Open every day until 30 August from 14:00 to 20:00
Via Prestholtvegen in Havsdalen, toll Vipps, cash

Prestholtstølen - Hallingskarvet
Open every day until August 30 from 11:00 to 1800
Via Prestholtvegen in Havsdalen, toll Vipps, cash

Jakobsplass - Skurdalen
Open if the farm owner or the farmer is home, so call in advance. Phone 97 08 07 48
FV 40 direction Dagali and Kongsberg

Activities throughout the week

There is a lot to do in Geilo in July. During the National Park Days, there are several activities that are worth trying. Book your experience here!

Farm visit In connection with the National Park Days, Gurostølen in Hovet, Fagerdalen on Bergsjø and Jakobsplass in Skurdalen have open farms this week, welcome for a visit to a living farm and get to know each other.

Glacier guide on Hardangerjøkulen Friday 26 July to Sunday 11 August.
Taking the train from Geilo and driving up to Finse is an experience in itself. At the train station, you will be picked up by a tour guide and provided with equipment for a trip up the Blue Ice on Hardangerjøkulen Vy.no. Read more here.

Langedrag Nature Park with the five exotic animals from Norway: moose, reindeer, arctic fox, wolves, and lynx. They also have a wide variety of Norwegian livestock. Throughout the season, great other activities with animals are arranged at Langedrag Read more here.

Horse riding with one of Geilo's two skilled activity providers, Geilo Horse Center and Stall Brusletto - Geilo Activity Center. Both offer horseback riding both summer and autumn, here you can choose between 1-4 hour horseback riding, horse riding for the little ones and horses as a means of transport. Registration is required. Read more here.

Geilojordet is a village museum in the middle of Geilo center that is open from 11 am to 4 pm with a café and theatre storytelling every day between 12 noon, 13:30 and 3 pm. Here the children can play, and pet goats, at the same time see an exhibition of national costumes and old tools.

Art If you like, you can look at a permanent art exhibition at Vestlia Resort and changing exhibitions in Geilo cultural church. In Huldeskogen behind Geilo Kulturkyrkje you will find an outdoor exhibition about the Huldre people.

Canyoning with lunch. Get closer to nature with canyoning, where you rappel and slide through a river gorge. Registration is required for the activity. Read more here.

Canoe rental On the Ustedalsfjord and Veslefjord, try your luck at fishing, explore the small islands or just enjoy the silence of the water. Choose between two providers. Canoes must be booked via the website. Read more here.

Halnekongen is a boat trip straight into Hardangervidda, take it one-way as a start to the trip or as a round trip. Book your trip here.

Geilojordet

At Geilojordet there is an open café and theater storytelling every day between 11 am and 4 pm.