PROGRAM: WEEK OF THE MIDDLEAGES 2012
Welcome to Numedal – the Medieval Valley. Culturally unique and naturally beautiful, and situated in the middle of Eastern Norway.
Take a trip through scenic Numedal, where the Numedal River flows from Hardangervidda to Kongsberg. Visit Norway’s largest collection of medieval buildings – including four stave churches – and explore the art and heritage dating back to The Middle Ages.
Week of The Middle Ages
Every summer the valley hosts “Week of The Middle Ages” – a week filled with both cultural events and experiences in nature. This year it takes place from July 23rd – 29th.
You can visit stave churches, open-air museums and privately owned medieval buildings. Stave churches and open-air museums also offer guided tours during “Week of The Middle Ages”. They are the perfect historic backdrop for many of the activities, concerts and cultural evenings that take place. Vangestadloftet in Flesberg, Alfstadloftet i Rollag and the medieval farms of Søre Kravik and
Mellom Kravik in Nore are open every day. At these lofts (traditional storage houses) and farms you
can see characteristic and decorative woodcarvings from medieval times up close, and learn more about their history.
For more information, see www.visitmiddelalderdalen.no (in Norwegian) Monday July 23rd Noon Noon 2 pm: 4pm: 5 pm: 5:30pm:
Trip to Deleslie Summer Farm in Nore. See how traditional foods are made, and have a taste. Hike starts at Breiset. To sign up, contact the Visitor Information Centre on tel. +47 32 74 13 90. Price incl. food. Adl NOK 150, Chd NOK 75. Nore og Uvdal Open-Air Museum. Draw with charcoal and pastel chalks – for artists of all ages. Try different tools and styles. Artist Bente Fønnebø will help. Pony rides with Stall
Numedal.
Opening of the Festival Exhibition at Dåset, Flesberg Open-Air Museum. Festival artist Jan Fekjan will be present. Painting, drawing, illustration and digital graphics. Café is open. Medieval ballads at Bergtun Nursing Home, Rødberg. Local band “Mot Normalt” sings medieval ballads from Numedal, accompanied by Kravik lyre and traditional flute.
Official opening at Søre Kravik farm, Nore. Mayor of Nore and Uvdal and Dagfinn Claudius from the Directorate of Cultural Heritage will attend.
Family show “The Last Dragon” by Teater Proserpina together with the local children. Tickets: Adl NOK 80, Chd Nok 50. Dress in a
7 pm:
medieval costume and get in free! Food available.
Concert with “Mot Normalt”, medieval ballads. Tickets: NOK 100, child free. Bring a chair! Tuesday July 24th 10am – 3pm: Noon – 4pm: 6 pm: Noon – 6pm: 11am – 3pm: 7pm:
Excursion to Vrågåvarden in Rollag. Visit one of the few wood cairns left in Norway. Hike starts at Veggli. BYO food and drinks. Price: NOK 100 incl. bus.
Nore og Uvdal Open-Air Museum. Silversmith Anita Eriksen shows filigree work, and Britt Prestrud demonstrates a unique wood weaving technique. You can also get to know our plants and flowers better.
Medieval building techniques – Alfstadloftet, Rollag. Lecture by Gry Charlotte Lj. Andersen from Lågdals Museum and Tore Sønju from Buskerud Building Protection Society. Even Traaen plays the violin. Entry: NOK 50.
Medieval Workshop at “Snekkerbua” in Rollag and Veggli Open-Air Museum. Try different craft traditions. There are classes every day Tuesday to Friday, finishing with a medieval market on Saturday at Rollag Open-Air Museum. See list of courses on www.visitmiddelalderdalen.no. To sign up, contact the Visitor information Centre tel. +32 74 13 90. Cost NOK 800 per day. Colouring with plants at Kollandsrud Farm, Nore. With Gro Kollandsrud and Gunn Elise Nørstebø. Showcase and workshop. To sign up, contact the Visitor Information Centre tel. +32 74 13 90. Max 10 participants. Cost: NOK 150 incl. wool.
”VEVEN” (“WEAVE”) – Play about Nume Vardebygger at Dåset, Flesberg Bygdetun. The author Ola Grøvdal has transformed an old legend from Numedal into a gripping and suspense-filled drama. Love, intrigue, sword-fighting and bloody vengeance abound in a special outdoor performance first performed in 2010. Bring your own seat! Entrance: kr. 170,-/50,-
Wednesday July 25th
Noon – 6 pm: Medieval Workshop at “Snekkerbua” in Rollag and Veggli Open-Air Museum. Try different craft traditions. There are classes every day Tuesday
Noon – 4 pm: 2 pm: 4 – 7:30pm: 5 pm: 6:30 pm: 5:30 pm: 6 pm: 7 pm: 8 pm:
to Friday, finishing with a medieval market on Saturday at Rollag Open-Air Museum. See list of courses on www.visitmiddelalderdalen.no. To sign up, contact the Visitor information Centre tel. +32 74 13 90. Cost NOK 800 per day. Nore og Uvdal Open-Air Museum. Get to know our plants and flowers.
Sing-along at Rollag Open-Air Museum. Åsmund Reistad plays the accordion. Coffee/cake sales. Cultural Wednesday at Lågdals Museum, Kongsberg. Showcasing old crafting techniques. Schoolroom and shop are open; the main street is filled with activities. Bread baking.
Tour of the main street and the old houses from Numedal
Traditional dancing, presentation of national costumes and sale of sourcream porridge. Storytelling at Vangestadloftet, Flesberg. The tale of Sigurd Fåvnesbane and Gunnar I
Ormegården by Tove Heidi Hanssen. Entry: NOK 50 incl. coffee.
The church room in the Middle Ages, Uvdal Stave Church. Art History professor Gunnar Danbolt gives a lecture on the decoration and furnishing of the church room in The Middle Ages. Entry: NOK 100.
”VEVEN” (“WEAVE”) – Play about Nume Vardebygger at Rollag Open-Air Museum. The author Ola Grøvdal has transformed an old legend from Numedal into a gripping and suspense-filled drama. Love, intrigue, sword-fighting and bloody vengeance abound in a special outdoor performance first performed in 2010. Bring your own seat! Entrance: kr 170,-/50,-
The Music of the Baroque – concert in Svene Church. Martine Bæver Larsen performs on the church organ. She is one of our very talented church musicians, and received the Gloger scholarship in 2011. Entry: NOK 150, chd free. Thursday July 26th
1 – 5 pm: Children’s Day at Dåset, Flesberg Open-Air
Museum. The day is filled with activities for children – games, stilts, dress-up, crafts and lots more! Café open. Entry: adl NOK 50, chd NOK
Noon – 6 pm:
4 – 7 pm:
5 pm:
7:30 pm:
7 pm:
20, incl. guided tour.
Medieval Workshop at “Snekkerbua” in Veggli and Rollag Open-Air Museum. Try different craft traditions. There are classes every day Tuesday to Friday, finishing with a medieval market on Saturday at Rollag Open-Air Museum. See list of courses on www.visitmiddelalderdalen.no. To sign up, contact the Visitor information Centre tel. +32 74 13 90. Cost: NOK 800 per day. Labro Thursday – Labro Museum, Kongsberg. Activity day showcasing old road machinery, nature and culture walks, painting for children. Café and shops are open.
Guided tour
Stonecraft – concert at Stasjonsfruene Café, Rollag. Andy Morgan and Viil Hov Fjøse are a Norwegian/Welsh duo playing traditional celtic music. Celtic instruments, cittern and bouszouki are accompanied by guitar and song creating a unique style of music. Food and drinks for sale. Entry: NOK 200.
”VEVEN” (“WEAVE”) – Play about Nume Vardebygger at Nore og Uvdal Open-Air Museum.
The author Ola Grøvdal has transformed an old legend from Numedal into a gripping and suspense-filled drama. Love, intrigue, sword-fighting and bloody vengeance abound in a special outdoor performance first performed in 2010. Bring your own seat! Entrance: kr 170,-/50,-
Friday July 27th Noon – 4 pm:
Noon – 4 pm:
5 pm:
Medieval Workshop at “Snekkerbua” in Rollag and Veggli Open-Air Museum. Try different craft traditions. There are classes every day Tuesday to Friday, finishing with a medieval market on Saturday at Rollag Open-Air Museum. See list of courses on www.visitmiddelalderdalen.no. To sign up, contact the Visitor information Centre tel. +32 74 13 90. Cost: NOK 800 per day.
Nore og Uvdal Open-Air Museum – Children’s Day with Circus Cibylla.
Outdoor church service at Veggli Mountain Church
7 pm:
7:30 pm:
5 pm:
8 pm:
”VEVEN” (“WEAVE”) – Play about Nume Vardebygger at Lågdals Museum, Kongsberg. The author Ola Grøvdal has transformed an old legend from Numedal into a gripping and suspense-filled drama. Love, intrigue, sword-fighting and bloody vengeance abound in a special outdoor performance first performed in 2010. Bring your own seat! Entrance: kr 170,-/50,-
Ensemble La Chimera, concert in Flesberg Stave Church. Tonos y tonadas (tones and ballads). National premiere! Star ensemble La Chimera is led by the Argentinean guitarist Eduardo Egüez, and consists of musicians from Italy, France, Norway and Argentina. Early Spanish music and ballads from Latin America as well as modern pieces. Tickets: NOK 250, chd free.
Buried treasure at Skjønne Farm, Nore. Your hosts tell the story of discovering ancient items from The Pilgrim Era, Germanic Iron Age and Viking times, and the history of the storage building from 1160 A.D.
Musical evening at Sevletunet in Nore. Norwegian champion of the mouth harp, Tov Wetterhus, entertains. Professor Gjermund Kolltveit tells the story of the discovery of a unique mouth harp at Nedre Sevle Farm. Hear the story of the boy from Sevle. Traditional dancing later in the evening accompanied by local accordionists. To sign up, ring +47 97 66 56 38. Tickets: NOK 475, incl. buffet dinner.
Saturday July 28th Noon – 4 pm:
Noon – 4 pm:
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Medieval feast/market at Rollag Open-Air Museum. A whole week of medieval workshops has come to an end, and it is time to display the results. Market, musical entertainment, sale of food and crafts. Activities for the children include archery, basic outdoor cooking and lots more. Dress in medieval costumes and get in free! Entry: adl NOK 50, chd NOK 20.
Nore og Uvdal Open-Air Museum. “Traps, trade food and hunting”. Display of old traps and hunting tools. See how lures for fly-fishing are made, and learn the special casting technique. It is also trading day at the museum.
11 am – 7 pm:
7 pm:
An exciting show by the robbers Mattis and Borka and their men and horses. Try your hand at sword fighting, plant dying and making food on the campfire. Also available are children’s horse rides, horse-and-carriage trips or try balancing on horseback. Join us on a tour of the farm and see wolves, lynx, arctic foxes, reindeer and moose. Talk with members of staff who live with the wolves as a member of the pack and even speak their language! See twenty-five different species in one day! Entrance: NOK 180,-/125,-
Excursion through the medieval valley of Numedal. Visit the medieval farms at Nordre Vangestad in Flesberg, Alfstad in Rollag and Mellom og Søre Kravik in Nore. See stavkirkene (the stave churches) in Flesberg, Rollag and Nore. Traditional food served at Sevletunet in Nore. Local stories and folk tales. Bus from Lågdals museum, Kongsberg. Book by tel: 32733468 or [email protected]. Tickets NOK 800,-.
”VEVEN” (“WEAVE”) – Play about Nume Vardebygger at Lågdals Museum, Kongsberg. The author Ola Grøvdal has transformed an old legend from Numedal into a gripping and suspense-filled drama. Love, intrigue, sword-fighting and bloody vengeance abound in a special outdoor performance first performed in 2010. Bring your own seat! Entrance: kr 170,-/50,-
Stein Torleif Bjella & Band – outdoor concert at Kjemhus Farm, Veggli. Open-air concert with one of Norway’s best folk singers. He released the album “vonde visu” in 2011, and won the Spellemanspris in 2012 (Norway’s most
prestigious music award). Bring a chair! Tickets: NOK 250, chd 12 – 16 NOK 100.
Sunday July 29th Noon – 4 pm:
1 pm:
Arts and crafts day at Dåset, Flesberg Open-Air Museum. Stalls, exhibitions and displays of craft. Guided tour, traditional foods for sale. Entry: NOK 50, chd free.
Concert with trio Lyra – “Eleanora of Aquitana – queen and legend”. The Queen of France and England was at the heart of medieval musical culture and was also the mother of Richard Lionheart. Through songs of the time, ballads and storytelling Anne Louise Lien, Marit Johanne
6 pm: 5 pm: 6 pm: 8:30 pm: 5 pm: 6 pm: 6:30 pm: 7:30 pm: 8 pm:
Høye and Anne Helgadottir present their take on this fascinating woman.
Olsok at the Labro museums in Kongsberg. Olsok church service organised by the Hedenstad congregation.
Olsok in Flesberg
Traditional celebrations at Haugen Farm. Timber floating exhibition and schoolhouse is open. Musical entertainment, sale of sourcream porridge and waffles. Tombola and bonfire. Lecture by Even Traaen on timber floating on the river.
Olsok wake at Flesberg Stave church. We celebrate Olsok through words and song. Kveding (traditional singing) by Gro Bratås Borge.
Olsok in Rollag
Medieval mass in Rollag Stave Church. “From warrior Viking to Christian saint” –
conversation between religious historian Øystein Morten and priest Audun Opland about Saint Olaf, then and now. In the church hall. Olsok in Nore Stave Church
Church service Coffee
“Runartromma” – concert with Øyonn Groven Myhren and Sisu Percussion ensemble. The show centres around a Scandinavian version of the myth of Orpheus and Eurydice. Beautiful and dramatic: features ballads, harps, chimes and “runar” drum. Tickets: NOK 250, chd free.
