Festspela are focused on good accessibility for everybody and continue to work for this. Here, you will find information that we hope you will find useful.
If you have other questions, please contact Gunnar Inge Eide on tel. +47 93 04 91 85, or e-mail mailto:post@festspel.no
Companion pass
The Festspela in Geiranger accepts companion passes for all events. Companions with valid companion passes can book tickets at ticketco.no and will not be charged for them. Please feel free to contact us in advance if you are a wheelchair user so that we can prepare a space for you.
Tickets can be purchased at www.ticketco.no,on our website www.festspel.no and during the festival, also from the information booth in the reception at Hotel Union and in the festival street during the market on Saturday.
Induction loop
See information under each venue. If there is nothing stated, there is no induction loop available.
OUR VENUES:
HOTEL UNION, GEIRANGERSALEN
You can find Geirangersalen, the Geiranger hall, in the Hotel Union. The two biggest concerts will take place here. Entrance from Vinjevegen, and there is HC-parking right outside the entrance. There is stepless access from the entrance door to the concert hall, but some ascent from the main road to the entrance door. The distance to the nearest bus stop, by the main entrance of Hotel Union, is 150 metres. It is also possible to enter via the main entrance of the hotel, which has a ramp. Please contact the infostand or the hotel reception for stepless entrance to Geirangersalen.
There are HC-toilets innermost in the foyer outside the concert hall, the opposite end of the entrance from Vinjevegen.
Teleloop has been mounted in the forwardpart of the hall.
HOTEL UNION, THE FOYER
The foyer is right outside he Geirangersalen. Entrance from Vinjevegen, and there is HC-parking right outside the entrance. There is stepless access from the entrance door to the concert hall, but some ascent from the main road to the entrance door. The distance to the nearest bus stop, by the main entrance of Hotel Union, is 150 metres. It is also possible to enter via the main entrance of the hotel, which has a ramp. Please contact the infostand or the hotel reception for stepless entrance to Geirangersalen.
There are HC-toilets innermost in the foyer outside the concert hall, the opposite end of the entrance from Vinjevegen.
DALSNIBBA / Geiranger skywalk
For the concert on the mountain Dalsnibba there will be buses with HC-spacing arranged. The bus will depart from outside Norsk Fjordsenter. The nearest stop for public transport is outside Hotel Union, approx. 100 metres walking distance.
At Dalsnibba, there is stepless entrance via a ramp to enter the café/store. If the concert is played in “Storstova”, there is access via elevator from the store. Access to HC-toilets is also via elevator from the store.
NORSK FJORDSENTER
There is stepless entrance to Fjordsenteret, and both HC and other toilets can be found in the innermost part of the locale. For happenings inside the cinema hall there is wheelchair space on the highest row, by the entrance. The nearest stop for public transport is outside Hotel Union, approx. 100 metres walking distance.
M/F GEIRANGERFJORD
The boat is docked by pier 1 in Geiranger village center. The nearest bus stop is 140 metres away, on the nort-east side of the road, across from Hydro. There is wheelchair access onboard the boat, both in the salon and on the rear deck, but not on the upper deck. Take direct contact beforehand if you have a big wheelchair (e.g. electric). There are HC-toilets in the rear end of the salon.
HAVILA HOTELL GEIRANGER
We mostly use the 7th floor of Hotel Geiranger as a concert venue. The best entrance for wheelchair users is the stepless entrance via the reception and taking the elevator to the 7th floor. Other members of the audience walk via the entrance from Geirangervegen. This is marked with signs.
HC-toilet is on the 6th floor, you are free to use the elevator.
The nearest bus stop is 220 metres away, on the north-east side of the road, across from Hydro.
GEIRANGER CHURCH
Geiranger church has a wheelchair ramp, and the doorstep inside the church is low. There is space for wheelchairs in the left anterior part of the church. The gravel path from the road and down to the church is about 70 meters long. The closest stop for public transport is by Hotel Union, roughly 300 meters away by foot. HC-toilets can be found in a building 40 meters from the church, still by a gravel path. Teleloop has been mounted in the church. It is used for speeches, but normally not for acoustic music.
THE PEDESTRIAN STREET/MARKET
The market is in the pedestrian street in the centre of Geiranger. The stands are accessible without stairs and the street is paved. The closest bus stop is about 140 meters away, on the northeast side of the road by Hydro.
PARKING
Parking can be found both in the village centre and by Hotel Union and Norwegian Fjord Centre. There are no handicap spaces in the village centre.