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Specialty Modernist Architecture Tours USModernist® is a nonprofit hosting the world's largest educational archive for mid-century Modernist residential architecture. In 2016, we created wildly popular specialty European tours - exclusive to Modernist architecture. - but they were only offered once a year. Now, through an alliance with Firebird, one of Europe's largest specialty tour agencies, you can experience unique USModernist® architecture itineraries all year long! Did you know that Scandinavia is home to some of the world's best Modernist buildings? It's no secret that Danish, Swedish, and Norwegian design has influenced architectural style for the last century. You will see - and visit - incredible architecture, art, design, and furniture in three countries. This is a truly thrilling opportunity to see some of the world's best architecture plus the stunning natural beauty of Denmark, Sweden, and Norway.
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Day by Day Schedule
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Day 3 - Explore Modern Copenhagen! After breakfast, you will meet your guide and visit the brilliant Copenhagen
Opera House, attracting both opera and architecture lovers from all over the
world. See buildings by the one of the most famous architects in
the world, Denmark's Bjarke Ingels, including 8 House, VM Houses, Tietgenkollegiet, and Mountain Dwellings.  Mountain Dwellings  Copenhagen Opera House  8 House  Tietgenkollegiet Day 4 - Sweden and Malmo! In the morning, after having a delicious breakfast, you go to Malmo, Sweden, to explore the country-spanning Oresund Bridge and the Turning Torso by Calatrava. After lunch (on your own) visit sites in Malmo including Moderna Museet, University Hospital, Hyllie Water Tower, and the Emporia shopping area. On the way back to Denmark from Sweden, you will visit the fantaastic Blue Planet, the National Aquarium.  Turning Torso by Santiago Calatrava  Ankarspelet Public Housing  Blue Planet | |||
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Day 5 - More Copenhagen then Cruise to Oslo, Norway! After breakfast you'll go for touring more great modern architecture: the Crystal Building, the Denmark Architecture Center, Frosilo, and the Black Diamond.
Lunch is on your own. Then you will go to more Bjarke Ingels projects such as Amager Bakke (a ski slope built on a power plant), Urban Rigger, and Superkillen. That afternoon you board a romantic overnight ferry to Oslo, Norway. Dinner is on your own on board from one of several restaurants. There's also a casino and wellness area.  Urban Rigger  The Crystal Building  Superkillen  Frosilo  The Danish Jewish Museum  Amager Bakke  Ferry to Oslo |
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Day 6 - Oslo! In the morning, after having a delicious breakfast on the ship (provided), you arrive in Oslo and start touring Tjuvholmen, which contains the highest concentration of intriguing outdoor design in the entire city. Then you will see the MAD building in the Opera Quarter. The tour ends at your hotel, the modern Radisson Blu, right in the center of Oslo! The afternoon is free time for exploring the city. Lunch and dinner are on your own.  Tjuvholmen  MAD Building  Sandvika  Radisson Blu Hotel |
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Day 7 - More Oslo! After breakfast, you see the Oslo Opera House, Statoil Office building
(considered one of the best office buildings in the world), and Westerdals School of Communication. Lunch and dinner are on your own. The Westerdals School of Communication  Oslo Opera House  The Statoil Headquarters |
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Day 8 - Fjord Train to Flam! Following breakfast you walk across the street to the central Oslo railway station for the scenic train to Myrdal - into the mountains towards Bergen. You'll then connect to the world famous Flam Railway. The Flam Railway is a spectacular train journey of Norway's magnificent nature and fjord landscape. The journey runs through 20 tunnels and 863 meters in altitude in the span of an hour.Lunch is on your own en route, available on the train. You will have an unbelievable train trip admiring the nature and picture-postcard scenery of Norway. The fjords are the soul of Norway, considered the best preserved attraction on the UNESCO World Heritage List. Upon arrival you are greeted and walk to the Aegir Hotel to rest and relax. Have dinner that night at Aegir Brewery (it's the only restaurant in town, and it's very good!).
 Flam Railway  Aegir Hotel and Brewery |
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Day 9 - Onward to Bergen! After your morning breakfast you'll take the hydrofoil for a 5-hour journey through the beautiful fjords to Bergen. Pack a light lunch from the general store in Flam (there's only one), and there is also food on board. You have free time that afternoon and evening to explore the city.
The Flam Fjord
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Day 10 - Beautiful Bergen. Following breakfast you go on the Floibanen Mountain Train 1000 feet above sea level with amazing views over Bergen. Then you tour Bergen University College, Gronneviksoren student apartments, Norwegian School of Economics, the Documentation Center, and Kranen.
 Floibanen Train  Kranen |
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Day 11 - The Flight Home, or the Journey Onwards. After an early breakfast, you shuttle to the Bergen airport to fly out, or you may stay in Bergen to continue your journey. You will leave with fabulous memories, lots of photos, and a heart full of exciting Scandinavian architecture, wonderful people, and natural beauty!
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The Fine Print:
This tour requires a valid US passport expiring no later than a year after the tour ends. There are no travel visas necessary to Scandinavia of Sept 2019; however, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, or the EU may change this requirement and you are responsible for attaining any required visas in advance. Effective Oct 2020, you are required to have a REAL ID form of driver's license to fly in the US domestically (passports and other certain kinds of ID's will also work).
All participants must sign a Firebird/USModernist liability release in order to travel. Architects can get self-reported CEU hours if arranged in advance with the AIA. USModernist® curates the tour itinerary; however the tour is staffed entirely by personnel employed or contracted by Firebird. Hotels are chosen for modernist style, comfort and affordability, walkability, and and central location; other luxury accommodations may be arranged through Firebird for an additional fee. The itinerary and order of trip events are subject to change without notice or refund.
There is a small but possible risk of overnight stay if flights are delayed from weather, labor unrest, or other causes beyond reasonable prediction, in which case participants are responsible for any additional costs of meals, lodging, transportation, and incidental expenses.
USModernist® is a division of the 501C3 nonprofit educational archive Modernist Archive, Inc. Proceeds from these tours benefit USModernist's ongoing documentation, preservation, and promotion projects.
