Two excursions
Thanks to the generosity of Aremark municipality, the festival will offer two excursions on Saturday 05th August! Participants can choose to join one excursion; Either to the planned ecovillage, or to the art exhibition at Strømsfoss mill. There are limited places on these trips, and they will be leaving together at 9.30 from the carpark at Bøensætre.
A) Excursion to the planned ecovillage:
The veteran bus from the 1950s picks us up at Bøensætre and takes us down to a beautiful area which is in the planning phase to become an eco-village. We get an inspection with Aremark’s mayor Håkon Tolby and Egil Kortnes. Frederica Miller, who is an architect, will also be there.
After the inspection, we are picked up by the veteran bus which takes us down to Skotsberg brygge where we board the old canal boat MS Thor which was built in 1903. Thor and his friends will take us up the beautiful Halden Canal and we will see the upcoming ecotun from the waterway.
Tove Lervik gives us a guided tour along the way. The boat trip ends with sluicing through the Strømsfoss lock system. Here the veteran bus is waiting for us and will take everyone home to Bøensætre
Egil Kortnes, Håkon Tolsby,
Frederica Miller
Egil Kortnes, owner and manager of Bøensætre, is also a local politician who is passionate about creating an eco-village in Aremark.
Håkon Tolsby is mayor in Aremark municipality, one of Norway’s smallest municipalities with only 1,300 inhabitants.
Frederica Miller is architect from Gaia architects.
B) Excursion to the Halden channel with veteran bus, veteran boat and art exhibition at Strømsfoss old mill:
The veteran bus from the 1950s will pick us up from Bøensætre and take us down to Strømsfoss where board the old canal boat MS Thor which was built in the 1930’s. We The boat trip will begin with sluicing us through the Strømsfoss lock system, and ‘friends of Thor’ will take us down the beautiful Halden canal. Tove Lervik will give us a guided tour along the way.
About one hour later we will debark and get picked up by the veteran bus, which will take us back to Strømsfoss, and the artexhibition in the old mill.Strømsfoss mill is a typical village mill, which was active from 1897 – 1966. The mill has its own powerstation in the lower basement. In 1955 Strømsfoss was established as a national museum for mills. Elisabeth Due will receive us at Galleri Strømsfoss, at the mill.
The ground floor holds the national museum for mills. 1st and 2nd floor holds the art gallery where Elisabeth Due has her exhibition.
Due design and jewelry uses 98% recycled silver and gold, and is handmade in Norway.
Due is passionate about traditional crafts like goldsmithing and handcrafts. The exhibition features local artists and invited guests. There will be art in many formats, techniques and expressions. Glass art by Sigrid Rostad. Norwegian jewelry design by invited designers, as well as own handmade collections. It focuses on the enjoyment of art and provides space for ten performing artists at various stages. There will be a guided tour of the gallery.
Hedda Kortnes
Hedda Kortnes owns and runs Bøensætre together with her husband Egil. She has a great passion for the holistic relationshio between body, mind and soul.
She is a gardner, therapist, instructor and course facilitator. In 2022 she received a permaculture diploma for her design; «How to unite old homesteading culture and permaculture».