March 28th, 2022
Three incredible holidays including amazing saunas
Want to try the newest craze 'Sauna Holiday'? We'll hook you up with the best spots including complementary and breathtaking views.
Torunn Tronsvang
Founder©
November 14th, 2017
Up Norway celebrates its first year at Losæter
November 14th, 2017
Written by
Rita Paltiel
Food StudioIn October 2017, Up Norway celebrated its 1st anniversary. Food Studio together with baker Emmanuel Rang were invited to host the celebration, and the chosen location was Losæter.
The founder of Up Norway, Torunn Tronsvang, says; Losæter represents the type of experiences Up Norway prides itself in offering: Explorative design and architecture, sustainability and innovation, tasteful short-travelled food and drinks, and great hosts. We did not want an extravagant celebration, but an intimate event with friends and partners in a location which represents the type of experience we want to offer our guests.
The food expert
Torunn's colleague Agneta Linden Moen adds: "Sustainable tourism to me is to let the travellers take part in genuine experiences. The experiences should reflect the places they come from and respect the people who make them.
Losæter is an absolutely crazy and unexpected destination. Situated on a ‘pile of gravel’ in the middle of a highway intersection. I love the contrasts between the future and old traditions, and the simplicity of the baking house in contradiction to the futuristic architecture in Bjørvika. The feeling of being in the centre of Oslo, yet amidst a flourishing garden by the fjord is really nice. I also love the beautiful boat-shaped baking house!"
©
©
Agneta specialises in local food experiences. She grew up in a family where food always has been a joyful reason to get together. “I love when producers keep up with local traditions through generations because they see how valuable these traditions are to future generations. It is also so incredible when people have the guts to follow their dreams and create new food adventures. I see producers as artists who put a lot of pride and creativity into what they do. By doing so, they give us genuine products with an interesting story.”
Local traditions
Inside the bakehouse we were met by Emmanuel Rang in action, making pizza in the traditional stone oven. Emmanuel is one of the founders of Åpent bakeri, one of Norway’s most renowned bakery chains, and has been involved at Losæter from the beginning of 2012. The grains used were from Anders Næss in Økologisk Spesialkorn.
Anders also followed the project from the start together with farmer Johan Swärd, who has been one of the advocates for growing the almost extinct Svedjerug. This evening the menu was pizza with vegetables, herbs and flowers from the garden outside the bakehouse.
©
Guided architecture walk and Losæter visit
Join a curated architecture walk and learn more about the ideas and vision of central contributors in the emerging Bjørvika district. Your walk will start on the roof of the iconic Oslo Opera house, take you by the new Munch Museum and end up at Losæter urban farming community.
©
March 28th, 2022
Three incredible holidays including amazing saunas
©
You might have questions about our journeys? Here are some of the most common ones.
The word curator comes from the Latin word curare which means to take care of, and refers to someone who specialises in looking after another's interests. In the context of travel, this is a professional who is specialised in understanding the traveller's interests and preferences, mapping out opportunities, recommending, choosing and putting together personalised and comprehensive travel proposals. As travel curators, we specialise in choosing and putting together experiences in a journey that suits you.
Our most frequent travellers are quality conscious leisure travellers who want a meaningful holiday designed for their unique interests and preferences. Among these are couples, families, groups of friends and solo travellers, sometimes even four-legged friends. We cater to travellers with disabilities who we know from experience often have special needs. Many of our travellers are part of the LGBTQI community and we aim to demonstrate why Norway ranks high on equality.
We also cater to small group themed tours, for example foodies travelling with their own guide, and corporate travellers who travel for incentive trips, workations or bleisure purposes.
Danny Dodd
Travel CuratorHi! I'm Danny, and I'm a Travel Curator here at Up. Get in touch, and I'll do my best to answer any questions you might have.
© 2023 Up Norway. All rights reserved.
© 2023 Up Norway. All rights reserved.