Experience Risør
in winter
Risør offers unique experiences and activities all year round - and winter is no exception.
It's all happening in Risør! 🎷🎸
🗓 The event calendar can be found further down the page.
Although the city is best known for its summer idyll, it has a lot to offer during the quiet winter months. Here are some of the best things to do in Risør when the cold sets in.
Risør Havbad and winter swimming
For the adventurous, Risør Havbad is a must. The combination of ice bathing and a hot sauna provides a unique experience that both energizes and relaxes. If you don't dare to swim, you can relax inside and enjoy the view of the sea.
Everythingthat's good for the body, soul - and taste buds
After you've challenged your body with an ice bath and found peace of mind in the sauna, it's time to indulge your taste buds at one of the town's excellent eateries.
Rådhusgata Spiseri and Promenaden are among those open throughout the winter, offering delicately presented food with seasonal menus.
Get an overview of all the town's eateries and bars here. 🥂🦐
Enjoy winter's best shellfish
Did you know that winter is the peak season for shellfish? At Risør Fiskemottak you can secure fresh shrimps, crabs and other top quality seafood. Take a shellfish platter home with you, or enjoy a good meal in one of the town's restaurants.
Intimate concerts at Stranden
Stranden Café in Risør has become known for its intimate Saturday concerts, and this winter you can look forward to artists such as Thom Hell and "The Bills".
The organizer is Arve Bøe, an acclaimed guitarist and musician from Bergen, who has now made Risør his home. With a long career in the Norwegian music industry, he has an impressive network, which he uses to bring talented artists to small-scale concerts at Stranden. You can't get closer to talent than that!
Give the gift of Risør!
Buy a gift card that can be used anywhere in Risør town; shops, restaurants, nightlife, accommodation.
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Welcome to an inspiration day at Risør Library! How can you get a better life and a safer everyday life with the right aids and smart measures?
Welcome to an eventful day with lectures, stands and socializing! Light refreshments Free, no registration, just show up
Contact: 992 89 729
Partners: Risør library, Council for the elderly and people with disabilities, Risør municipality, Pensjonistforbundet, Development center for nursing homes and home services, Agder County Council
Sidsel Hødnebø is a Risør-based textile artist. Several of her works are installations in which she experiments with different materials and sculptural elements. Art as therapy for grief, joy and creativity is a key element in Hødnebø's artistic practice. Follow us on Facebook for events during the exhibition: Artist talk with Lisbeth Skregelig and activities with the artist during the exhibition.
Sidsel Hødnebø is a Risør-based textile artist. Several of her works are installations in which she experiments with different materials and sculptural elements. Art as therapy for grief, joy and creativity is a key element in Hødnebø's artistic practice. Follow us on Facebook for events during the exhibition: Artist talk with Lisbeth Skregelig and activities with the artist during the exhibition.
Welcome to an inspiration day at Risør Library! How can you get a better life and a safer everyday life with the right aids and smart measures?
Welcome to an eventful day with lectures, stands and socializing! Light refreshments Free, no registration, just show up
Contact: 992 89 729
Partners: Risør library, Council for the elderly and people with disabilities, Risør municipality, Pensjonistforbundet, Development center for nursing homes and home services, Agder County Council
Welcome to an inspiration day at Risør Library! How can you get a better life and a safer everyday life with the right aids and smart measures?
Welcome to an eventful day with lectures, stands and socializing! Light refreshments Free, no registration, just show up
Contact: 992 89 729
Partners: Risør library, Council for the elderly and people with disabilities, Risør municipality, Pensjonistforbundet, Development center for nursing homes and home services, Agder County Council
Jon Løvland from the Innakva Cluster will present opportunities and challenges in aquaculture - the value chain both on land and at sea.
Business meetings are organized by the business manager and Risør City, everyone is welcome.
The aim of pruning is to give the plants new, fresh growth.
By pruning, we will strengthen the plants and achieve new growth, which in turn will result in healthier and fresher vegetation.
In the course, we cover pruning, trimming, removal of specific parts, to achieve a desired result.
The course consists of theory with a good review of the above, and you will receive a compendium of the course.
The course instructor is gardener Arnulf Garthe.
The course has a duration of approximately 3 hours.
The aim of pruning is to give the plants new, fresh growth.
By pruning, we will strengthen the plants and achieve new growth, which in turn will result in healthier and fresher vegetation.
In the course, we cover pruning, trimming, removal of specific parts, to achieve a desired result.
The course consists of theory with a good review of the above, and you will receive a compendium of the course.
The course instructor is gardener Arnulf Garthe.
The course has a duration of approximately 3 hours.
Wednesday, April 2 at 19:00 - Open to all
Artist talk between professor of art at UiALisbeth Skreglid and Sidsel Hødnebø.
A conversation based on Sidsel's master's thesis: PALIMPSEST.
How can trauma material contribute to self-actualization in an artistic process?
Wednesday, April 2 at 19:00 - Open to all
Artist talk between professor of art at UiALisbeth Skreglid and Sidsel Hødnebø.
A conversation based on Sidsel's master's thesis: PALIMPSEST.
How can trauma material contribute to self-actualization in an artistic process?
Together with Eskil Grendahl Sivertsen, an expert in digital influence operations, we dive into how disinformation spreads and affects our mood, who we trust and our very understanding of society.
Why you should attend this lecture:Learn to recognize fake news and propagandaUnderstand how troll factories and algorithms manipulate informationGain insight into how we can protect democracy against digital threatsEskil Grendahl Sivertsen is a special advisor at the Norwegian Defence Research Establishment (FFI) and one of the country's foremost experts on influence operations and cognitive warfare.
Together with Eskil Grendahl Sivertsen, an expert in digital influence operations, we dive into how disinformation spreads and affects our mood, who we trust and our very understanding of society.
Why you should attend this lecture:Learn to recognize fake news and propagandaUnderstand how troll factories and algorithms manipulate informationGain insight into how we can protect democracy against digital threatsEskil Grendahl Sivertsen is a special advisor at the Norwegian Defence Research Establishment (FFI) and one of the country's foremost experts on influence operations and cognitive warfare.
The best interpreters of Tom Waits are ready for a concert at Stranden. The last time they visited, the place was packed.
Bring your own bread dough and we have a hot oven so you can bake bread
Adults 250,-
Children u/15 years 150,-
Adults 250,-
Children u/15 years 150,-
Welcome to our Easter workshop on Saturday, April 12 at 11-13. We make Easter decorations. We paint and make nice figures and yarn showers. The children can also make nice cards with stamping.
Adults 250,-
Children u/15 years 150,-
One of Norway's best guitarists will fill Stranden with soul. Perhaps the best slide guitarist. Interpreting some of the biggest artists and his own fantastic songs.
Adults 250,-
Children u/15 years 150,-
Learn how to create personal and unique textile images using fabrics, needle and thread at Galleri Kunstparken! Explore colors, shapes and textures in an inspiring workshop, where you can develop your creative sense and create something completely unique.
Discover a creative technique where textile meets art. In this workshop, participants will have access to a wide range of beautiful fabrics and colorful threads to create their own picture embroidery. Through a calm and creative process, needle and thread become the tools that give life to personal expressions. No prior knowledge is required - just the desire to explore and create.
The course provides a relaxing experience where composition, colors and textures are in focus. This is an activity that is suitable for both adults and children, whether you participate alone or with family. With only eight participants per group, close follow-up and a pleasant atmosphere are ensured.
The highlights
- Create a unique textile image with fabric, needle and thread
- Explore colors and shapes in a creative workshop
- Suitable for both adults and children who have mastered basic needlework
Learn how to create personal and unique textile images using fabrics, needle and thread at Galleri Kunstparken! Explore colors, shapes and textures in an inspiring workshop, where you can develop your creative sense and create something completely unique.
Discover a creative technique where textile meets art. In this workshop, participants will have access to a wide range of beautiful fabrics and colorful threads to create their own picture embroidery. Through a calm and creative process, needle and thread become the tools that give life to personal expressions. No prior knowledge is required - just the desire to explore and create.
The course provides a relaxing experience where composition, colors and textures are in focus. This is an activity that is suitable for both adults and children, whether you participate alone or with family. With only eight participants per group, close follow-up and a pleasant atmosphere are ensured.
The highlights
- Create a unique textile image with fabric, needle and thread
- Explore colors and shapes in a creative workshop
- Suitable for both adults and children who have mastered basic needlework
Grafting is a form of cloning in which plant tissue from two different plants is joined together. Grafting is an ancient technique that probably originated somewhere in the Far East.
Grafting makes it possible to create many trees of the same variety, or several varieties of the same tree.
In the grafting course, you will learn which trees can be grafted onto what, how to grow your own rootstocks, grafting techniques, cutting exercises, and building and shaping a new tree.
Grafting is exciting to do in your own garden. At the same time, it is useful knowledge to spread, so that new trees can be made from scratch and old trees can be preserved.
The course runs over two evenings, March 26 and April 23.
The first course evening includes theory and practical grafting training. On the second course evening, we make our own fruit trees.
Included in the course you get 4 rootstocks and a compendium.
Duration approx. 3 hours both course evenings (total approx. 6 hours).
Grafting is a form of cloning in which plant tissue from two different plants is joined together. Grafting is an ancient technique that probably originated somewhere in the Far East.
Grafting makes it possible to create many trees of the same variety, or several varieties of the same tree.
In the grafting course, you will learn which trees can be grafted onto what, how to grow your own rootstocks, grafting techniques, cutting exercises, and building and shaping a new tree.
Grafting is exciting to do in your own garden. At the same time, it is useful knowledge to spread, so that new trees can be made from scratch and old trees can be preserved.
The course runs over two evenings, March 26 and April 23.
The first course evening includes theory and practical grafting training. On the second course evening, we make our own fruit trees.
Included in the course you get 4 rootstocks and a compendium.
Duration approx. 3 hours both course evenings (total approx. 6 hours).
Welcome to Risør Market at Torvet! Risør Market is a lively marketplace in the heart of Risør! Once a month from April to September, we bring together local farmers, artisans and food producers to give you a unique experience filled with fresh produce, unique products and genuine commitment.
Welcome to Risør Market at Torvet! Risør Market is a lively marketplace in the heart of Risør! Once a month from April to September, we bring together local farmers, artisans and food producers to give you a unique experience filled with fresh produce, unique products and genuine commitment.
It has become a tradition to end the season with Bergen's evening. Sturle and Arve have worked together since they were nineteen years old. And since then there have been countless record releases. This will be presented this Saturday at Stranden.
In 2025, Swedish poet and singer Dan Fägerquist goes on tour. He has previously released two albums with lyrics by Russian singer Vladimir Vysotsky and made several critically acclaimed tours in the Nordic region. Now he sings his own songs in his own way, but with a tone reminiscent of the truly great ones. Don't miss this!
"With a magnetizing presence, Dan Fägerquist enchants the entire room. You can almost touch the air. Image-rich and enigmatic stories, as introspectively brooding as they are whimsical. Searching, painterly, lingering and ambiguous." HYMN (SE)
"Dan Fägerquist is about to enter the great Swedish music tradition." STRÖMSTADS AVIS (SE)
"Raw, naked, vulnerable, sucking, roaring and strong. And funny." SUNDSVALLS AVIS (SEE)
"Fägerquist sings as if his life depended on every syllable." PITEÅ AVIS (SEE)
"Fägerquist mesmerizes from the first to the last chord". SHANSON (RUS)
"In the middle of existence. The voice drips with existential fervor, sometimes cracking, hissing. Desperate, nauseous and wistful, but above all as a great declaration of love to the real and tormented life, to the dirty and naked truth, to weakness and lack."
HUFVUDSTADSBLADET (FIN)
www.facebook.com/danfagerquist
www.instagram.com/danfagerquist
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Ticket sales at the door: NOK. 250,-
The bar opens at 19:00, the concert starts at 20:00.
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Foreningen Finstemt is a music series artistically led by Eirik Dørsdal, Ingunn Lien Gundersen, Ånon Egeland, Erlend Eriksen Skarvang and Mari Nymoen.
Foreningen Finstemt thanks our supporters Kulturrådet, Agder County Council and Risør Municipality.
In 2025, Swedish poet and singer Dan Fägerquist goes on tour. He has previously released two albums with lyrics by Russian singer Vladimir Vysotsky and made several critically acclaimed tours in the Nordic region. Now he sings his own songs in his own way, but with a tone reminiscent of the truly great ones. Don't miss this!
"With a magnetizing presence, Dan Fägerquist enchants the entire room. You can almost touch the air. Image-rich and enigmatic stories, as introspectively brooding as they are whimsical. Searching, painterly, lingering and ambiguous." HYMN (SE)
"Dan Fägerquist is about to enter the great Swedish music tradition." STRÖMSTADS AVIS (SE)
"Raw, naked, vulnerable, sucking, roaring and strong. And funny." SUNDSVALLS AVIS (SEE)
"Fägerquist sings as if his life depended on every syllable." PITEÅ AVIS (SEE)
"Fägerquist mesmerizes from the first to the last chord". SHANSON (RUS)
"In the middle of existence. The voice drips with existential fervor, sometimes cracking, hissing. Desperate, nauseous and wistful, but above all as a great declaration of love to the real and tormented life, to the dirty and naked truth, to weakness and lack."
HUFVUDSTADSBLADET (FIN)
www.facebook.com/danfagerquist
www.instagram.com/danfagerquist
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Ticket sales at the door: NOK. 250,-
The bar opens at 19:00, the concert starts at 20:00.
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Foreningen Finstemt is a music series artistically led by Eirik Dørsdal, Ingunn Lien Gundersen, Ånon Egeland, Erlend Eriksen Skarvang and Mari Nymoen.
Foreningen Finstemt thanks our supporters Kulturrådet, Agder County Council and Risør Municipality.
On April 29, 2025, the municipalities of Risør, Tvedestrand, Gjerstad, Vegårshei and Åmli invite you to the business conference Framoverlent - a day filled with inspiration, insight and opportunities for both established businesses and entrepreneurs.Framoverlent is not only about inspiration, but also about creating relationships and collaboration across industries. This is a unique opportunity to meet other business people, discuss challenges and opportunities, and get valuable input from both experts and colleagues.
On April 29, 2025, the municipalities of Risør, Tvedestrand, Gjerstad, Vegårshei and Åmli invite you to the business conference Framoverlent - a day filled with inspiration, insight and opportunities for both established businesses and entrepreneurs.Framoverlent is not only about inspiration, but also about creating relationships and collaboration across industries. This is a unique opportunity to meet other business people, discuss challenges and opportunities, and get valuable input from both experts and colleagues.
True to tradition. This year's Jump in the Ocean is held the day after Culture Night. Are you in? Do you dare? Get in touch at post@risorby.no and sign up!
