Thorbjørnrud Hotel is more than meeting rooms and dinner. Together with our partners, we offer a wide range of activities, teambuilding and entertainment for groups of all sizes.
Whether you want competitions, nature experiences, cooking classes, cultural experiences or social activities, we help you find activities that suit your conference or event.
Join a tasty experience led by our sommelier. Through carefully selected combinations of wine and cheese, you will explore new flavors and learn more about how food and drink work together. Here, the focus is on the experience around the table, with less theory and more taste.
Price: 690 NOK per person
Duration: Approx. 1.5 hours
Number of participants: Max. 60 people
Period: All year round
A social and educational tasting where you will learn about Norwegian beer history, raw materials and different beer styles. Through tasting, smelling and good stories you will experience how different flavors complement each other, combined with suitable food.
Price: 690 NOK per person
Duration: Approx. 1.5 hours
Number of participants: Max 60 people
Period: All year round
Gather your colleagues around the pizza oven and learn the art of real Italian pizza. Under the guidance of our local food manager, everyone gets to make their own pizza from scratch, before it is baked in a stone oven. A social activity that combines cooperation, food enjoyment and good flavors.
Price: 690 NOK per person
Duration: Approx. 1.5 hours
Number of participants: Max 30 people
Period: All year round
Join a practical cooking course where local ingredients, craftsmanship and the joy of eating are at the center. Together with Karin and Liza from Finnerud Gård, you will learn traditional techniques through doing it yourself, whether it's sausage making, sourdough baking, fermentation or Norwegian tapas. The courses combine learning, good flavors and pleasant company, and provide an insight into life on the farm and the thinking behind the food we eat.
Organizer: Karin & Lizas Småbruk
Price: From 690 kr per person
Duration: Approx. 1.5 hours
Number of participants: Max 40 people
Period: All year round
Try your hand at glassblowing at Hadeland Glassverk. Together with experienced craftsmen, you will shape your own glass and experience one of Norway's oldest crafts up close. A unique activity that gives you a personal memory to take home.
Price: 595 NOK per person
Duration: 1–2 hours
Period: All year round
Experience some of Norway's most skilled glassblowers at work. See how glowing glass mass is transformed into works of art while a guide explains the process from start to finished product. The activity provides a fascinating insight into a craft with long traditions.
Duration: Approx. 45 minutes
Number of participants: 10–100 people
Period: All year round
Learn about the history of Hadeland Glassworks through a guided walk in the area. Here you will hear the stories behind Norway's oldest industrial enterprise, visit the museum and see how glass is still produced today.
Price: 200 NOK per person
Duration: 30 minutes
Number of participants: 10–30 people
Period: All year round
Come behind the scenes and see how the glassblowers work. Here you will experience the production up close and learn more about the craftsmanship, techniques and experience behind each product.
Price: 125 NOK per person
Duration: 30 minutes
Number of participants: Minimum 5 people
Period: All year round
Explore one of Norway's largest collections of glass and design. Through three floors you will gain insight into Hadeland Glassverk's history, development and significance for Norwegian industry and design.
Price: 125 NOK per person
Duration: 30 minutes
Number of participants: Minimum 5 people
Period: All year round
A creative experience where participants design and make their own art glass together with professional glassblowers. The activity combines storytelling, creativity and hands-on work in the glass hut.
Duration: 2 hours
Number of participants: 10–16 people
Period: All year round
Combine creativity and teamwork in an activity that engages the whole group. The teams each develop their own design proposal, before one of them is chosen as the winner. Then you will see professional glassblowers produce the design live. A fun and different experience that gives insight into a traditional craft.
Duration: Approx. 30 minutes
Number of participants: 10–100 people
Period: All year round
Price: On request
Kamp Fossen is one of the most popular teambuilding activities from Fossen Friluft. Through a series of practical and logical challenges, participants are tested on their cooperation, communication and problem-solving skills. The activity is suitable for all levels and combines competition, mastery and good reflections. The teams compete against each other before the winning team is chosen.
Organizer: Fossen Friluft
Duration: 2–2.5 hours
Number of participants: 12–150 people
Period: All year round
Join Eventproduction on a team building activity that will make you open your eyes to details. The dinner is unexpectedly interrupted when hotel owner Greger Faber Nilsen is murdered. The investigation begins and clues and the crime scene are examined. Can you solve the murder mystery together?
Organizer: Eventproductions
Duration: 2–3 hours
Number of participants: 10–450 people
Period: All year round
Military team building with a twinkle in the eye. Participants are divided into teams and sent on missions with maps, compasses and various challenges that require cooperation, communication and team spirit. Along the way, both practical and mental tasks await before the best team is finally crowned. The activity is suitable for everyone, regardless of age and physical level.
Organizer: All Onboard
Duration: 1.5–3 hours including introduction and conclusion
Number of participants: 10–1000 people
Team size: 5–8 people per team
Period: All year round
Pentathlon is a fun and social activity where collaboration, creativity and communication are at the center. Teams compete through various tasks that challenge both practical skills and the ability to think smartly together. The activity is adapted to the group's wishes and level, and ends with a final and prize giving. A sure winner for groups who want to have fun together.
Organizer: All Onboard
Duration: 2–4 hours
Number of participants: 10–500 people
Team size: 5–10 people per team
Period: All year round
Deadline is a mobile escape room where teams must work together to solve puzzles, crack codes and find the password that can stop a digital disaster. A former IT manager has locked down the systems and put the company's secrets at risk. Now it's up to you to find the solution before time runs out. The activity offers high engagement, creative problem solving and teamwork under time pressure, and is equally suitable for small and large groups.
Organizer: All Onboard
Duration: Approx. 1.5 hours including introduction and conclusion
Number of participants: 10–1000 people
Team size: 5–8 people per team
Period: All year round
iPad Race is an interactive team competition that combines puzzle racing, technology and team building. Using a digital platform, teams navigate their way through the local area and solve tasks that challenge creativity, collaboration and problem-solving. Along the way, teams collect points through GPS-based tasks, photo and video challenges and fun competitions. The activity ends with a prize ceremony and a display of the day's best photos and videos.
Organizer: All Onboard
Duration: 2–4 hours
Number of participants: 20–250 people
Team size: 5–8 people per team
Period: All year round
Build, design and decorate your own olabil before it all ends with a fast-paced race. Here, cooperation, creativity and strategy are important ingredients for success. The teams compete for both the fastest car and the best design, which allows everyone to contribute in their own way. An activity that creates great engagement and lots of laughter.
Organizer: All Onboard
Duration: 1.5–2 hours
Number of participants: 10–3000 people
Team size: 4–10 people per team
Period: All year round
Inspired by the popular TV series, The Master challenges participants through a series of physical and mental tasks. Here, teams are tested on their strength, cooperation, balance, concentration and problem-solving in fun competitions. The activity is suitable for groups that want high engagement and friendly competition. At the end, the champion of the day is crowned.
Organizer: All Onboard
Duration: 2–4 hours
Number of participants: 10–500 people
Team size: 6–10 people per team
Period: All year round
Take your colleagues out on the water for an experience that combines cooperation, mastery and nature experiences. Whether the trip is on a calm forest lake or along the Randselva, it's about working together and finding a common rhythm. Along the way, there will be time for both challenges, good conversations and nature experiences. An activity that builds unity in a natural way.
Organizer: Fossen Friluft
Duration: Approx. 3 hours
Number of participants: 5–100 people
Period: All year round
An experience-based gathering that combines nature, collaboration and practical exercises to strengthen communication and feedback culture. Through reflection and concrete tasks, participants are given tools that can be taken back to the workplace. The activity is particularly suitable for leadership groups and teams that want to develop together. The goal is stronger collaboration and better communication.
Organizer: Fossen Friluft og Vidde
Duration: Approx. 8 hours
Number of participants: 1–15 people
Period: All year round
Film Award gives participants the opportunity to create their own short film, from idea and script to filming and premiere screening. Teams are assigned roles as actors, directors and cameramen, before creating their own commercial, comedy, action film or another chosen theme. The evening ends with a film screening, award ceremony and the opportunity for a real Oscar ceremony with statuettes and red carpet moments.
Organizer: All Onboard
Duration: 3–4 hours
Number of participants: 10–40 people
Team size: 6–8 people per team
Period: All year round
From conference hosts and speakers to live music, shows and complete event productions. Through our collaboration with All Entertainment, we can offer professional entertainment and tailor-made concepts for conferences, company parties, anniversaries and larger events. With extensive experience from both small and large productions, they ensure experiences that engage and bring participants together.
Organizer: All Entertainment
Suitable for: Conferences, company parties, anniversaries and kick-offs
Period: All year round
Showgruppen Grace combines singing, music and humor in an entertainment concept that is suitable for conferences, company parties and anniversaries. In addition to shows, they can offer activities such as music quizzes, sing-alongs and simple team building programs that create engagement and a good atmosphere. The entertainment is always adapted to the event and the participants.
Organizer: Showgruppen Grace
Suitable for: Conferences, company parties and anniversaries
Period: All year round
Think – Do – Create is a well-known concept and a popular edutainment performance and concert lecture by Lene Selmer. The concept combines music and theater with academic content, and the purpose is to give the audience the tools they need to unleash their own potential and perform better in everyday life.
Duration: 1.5 hours
Period: All year round
SnippSnapp consists of Jon and Espen Lysebo, a party duo with extensive experience from stages all over the country. With well-known songs from several decades and genres, they quickly create a good atmosphere and get people out on the dance floor. The repertoire ranges from Norwegian hits to rock, pop and newer hits.
Suitable for: Conferences, company parties and anniversaries
Duration: Upon request
Period: All year round
Combine your conference with art, architecture and history at Kistefos, one of Norway's most visited cultural destinations. Here, the group can experience the award-winning building The Twist, the sculpture park and changing art exhibitions through a private tour tailored to their interests. An inspiring activity that provides new impressions and good conversations.
Price: From 210 NOK per person in season
Activity: Private guided tour
Period: May–October
Distance from hotel: Approx. 3 km from Thorbjørnrud Hotell
Randsfjord Waterpark is located just a few minutes walk from the hotel and is one of Northern Europe's largest inflatable water parks. Here, participants can challenge themselves through climbing, jumping, balancing elements and obstacle courses on the water. The activity is perfect as an energetic break between meetings or as a social end to the conference day.
Price: From 100 NOK per person
Number of participants: Adaptable to the group
Period: 15 June–15 August
Distance from the hotel: Approx. 400 meters on foot
Explore creativity with artist Anita Korneliussen. It's not about being good at painting, but about daring to try. With the motto "Everyone can paint, everything can be painted", participants are invited to a social and creative experience that is equally suitable for beginners and those who have painted before. The activity can be used as team building, relaxation or a pleasant break from the conference program.
Duration: 1–2 hours
Number of participants: Up to 20 people
Period: All year round
Give your group an unusual break with a sauna, fjord bath and good conversations by the water's edge. The experience combines the heat of the sauna with a refreshing bath in the Randsfjord, creating space for both relaxation, togetherness and new impressions. The lavatory serves as a natural gathering point before and after the bath, either as an energizing start to the day or a pleasant end to the conference.
Organizer: Fossen Friluft
Duration: 1.5–2 hours
Number of participants: Adaptable to the group
Period: All year round