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Where to Party in Geilo

By Felice Hardy | on August 30, 2012 | 0 Comment
Ski Resorts
Where to Party in Geilo | Welove2ski

Bowl & Dine. Photo: © Dr Holms Hotel

Star of the show is Dr Holmes Hotel, which is highly rated: “Dr Holms in Geilo is without a doubt the best apres-ski in the world. I thought I’d died and gone to heaven – a truly amazing place,” said a reporter. The hotel also features Bowl&Dine: Norway’s highest-altitude bowling alley. This is a 50s-style American Diner complete with red leatherette seats, lots of chrome, black-and-white floor tiles, and six modern bowling alleys.

Essentially a family resort and not the place to find wild apres-ski

Apart from this, the village has a few bars such as Jegerbaren and Lille Bla, which are both popular. The Pianobaren in the Highland has lots of ambience. Highdance is the disco and Off-Pist Lounge features parties and karaoke.

As Norway in mid-winter can be bitterly cold, a lot of people chose to ski for half days and try some of the alternative activities on offer. These include husky-sledding across the frozen lake, horse-drawn sleigh rides, snowscooter safaris, and ice-fishing through a hole bored into the lake.

The resort organises some exciting and often unusual events. These include the World Chair Sledge Championships in January which has a fancy dress category, the Norwegian Cup Snowboardercross in February, a Biathlon competition in March, the Geilo Grand Prix ski race which is open to everyone in April, and the Skarverennet 38km long-distance cross-country race also in April.

Where to Party in Geilo | Welove2ski

The Ice Music Festival. Photo: © Visit Norway

Come to Geilo for an extremely unusual experience

Most unique is The Ice Music Festival, held annually at the end of January, which is the world’s only music festival with all instruments made from ice. The festival takes place in an outdoor arena high above Geilo, with two large igloos housing the stage. The ice is taken from a small lake 100m away and artists include jazz musician Terje Isungset who crafts his own instruments from Norwegian natural elements such as arctic birch, granite, slate, sheep bells and – in this case – ice.

Other activities include nature safaris with Geilolia Aktiv through the Norwegian fauna, where you can see elk, wolves, reindeer, lynx and other wild animals. You can also join dog-sledding trips.

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Felice Hardy

Felice is one of the three editors at Welove2ski and contributes on skiing to a range of publications, including The Evening Standard, The Guardian, Conde Nast Traveller, Tatler, Harpers Bazaar, Country Life, BA Highlife and House & Garden. She started skiing at the age of three. She also enjoys hiking with her dogs and mountain biking in the Alps.

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