To spend two days up in the very north of Norway with its beautiful nature while working is fabulous! Could it be better? To earn money while enjoying the tremendous geography of Norway, I do not think so.In the middle of March Nidar had meetings with the sales force at three places in Norway divided into the north, west and east region. Nidar has such meetings three times a year to inform the sellers about upcoming news and happenings in the market. These days are really fun and exiting for all of us. It is great to meet colleges beyond them you usually meet at the same time as it is crucial for our organisation to give the salesforce continuously information. In addition, it is also nice for some of us to come out the office for two or three days.
It is the regional sales managers who decide where to arrange the meetings and this time the manager in north, Atle Kvamvold, decided to put the meeting in Lofoten. For me as a Swede it was really interesting to experience the northern part of Norway since I have not been there before. So I liked Alte’s decision of place to stay.
To reach Lofoten you fly to the small town Bodø from Oslo. From Bodø you fly to the even smaller town Svolvær. Svolvær has approximately 5000 inhabitants and has a tremendous nature. There are beautiful mountains surrounding the small town and the ocean is powerful. Today Lofoten earn most money on tourism.
The first day of our stay we spend on meetings. The second day we experienced the nature. Two hours on a rib boat, lunch at a sea restaurant, three hours on a sailing boat (the first picture shows Kersti and me enjoying the fishing trip) and summing up with dinner at a another sea restaurant. We eat fresh seafood to all dishes during our stay which was really nice. What can I say; this was an extremely different meeting but very fun!