Travel Slow

Time to do something crazy?

How can you travel slower, better, and more meaningfully—and in a way that’s good for your body? We want to focus on slow travel and how you get to and from our trips in the best possible way. The slower you travel, the better it gets.

This summer, we’re giving away a few sailing trips to those who make it all the way from their starting point to the SeilNorge harbour with the smallest possible footprint. Will it be on foot? By bike? Or maybe on roller skis?

Welcome to a slow, tiring, and meaningful journey to and with SeilNorge!

Do you take the challenge?

With SeilNorge, the journey begins long before we hoist the sails. We love the nature we sail in. So we want to do more than simply use the wind when we can.

It might be a train through Europe, a bus along the coast, a bike ride over the mountains, or thousands of steps on foot. Maybe the journey to the departure point becomes the greatest adventure of all?

With our “Slow Travel” challenge, we invite you to find new ways of getting to your departure point—without flying or taking trains, or buses, and with as much use of your body as possible.

Every year, we give away a few free spots with SeilNorge.

Do you want new adventures without leaving a footprint? Can you reach your SeilNorge departure point without flying? Will anyone take on the challenge of biking, paddling, or walking all the way to were the trip starts?

Challenge: Travel Slow to the starting point of the trip

Join the draw for a free summer voyage!

Send your project description to flaskepost@seilnorge.no

Feel free to get creative! Describe how you plan to make your way to the trip departure as slowly and strenuously as possible, and when you would like to take part in the trip. Our summer voyages in Northern Norway depart from the Helgeland coast, Lofoten, or Tromsø.

We have two categories:

Creative; From Oslo to the departure point without flights, trains, or buses.
With bicycle; Longest journey on two wheels to where the trip starts.

This is the holiday version of biking to work.

Emil, SeilNorge founder, who bikes to work every day.

Green Travel

At SeilNorge, we continuously work to reduce our own footprint.

This is what we already do:

We sail as much as we can—but sailing is slow. Sometimes it’s demanding
Sailing is sustainability in practice: we work with nature, adjust our plans to make the most of wind and weather, and it requires knowledge, patience—and hard work
We sail when we can, and use the engine when we must
We repair and maintain our equipment whenever possible instead of buying new—even when it costs more, and even when we have to argue with the workshop to make them fix things
We catch our own dinner
We travel in small groups, minimizing impact on nature and the places we visit
We collaborate and shop with local suppliers
We pick up trash wherever we go—together with our guests and in collaboration with Elv & Hav (River & Ocean)