A Christmas greeting

Photo: Verimedia. From the behind-the-scenes footage of the new panoramic film about Jostedalsbreen.

2019 is coming to an end and we are saying goodbye to a year where 78,000 guests came to the museum to learn about glaciers and climate. This was a slight decrease from 2018, but still a solid number of visitors.

The 2010s have been a good decade with an increase in guests and new exhibitions. For us, this decade was topped off with the Sogn og Fjordane Tourism Award for 2019 - the last of its kind before the county becomes part of Vestland. We received the award for, among other things, continuous good work in the market, innovations and being a driver of tourism locally and in the region over several years. In 2019, we were also certified as an Environmental Lighthouse, which was important for us in terms of being a sustainable and environmentally friendly business.

What has happened before should be a motivation for the further efforts and operations of the museum. We are building stone by stone, and the success over almost 30 years has resulted in us presenting our brand new panoramic film about Jostedalsbreen in 2020. We are releasing the fantastic film that Ivo Caprino made for us in the 90s, to make room for new technology and a new real-time image of Jostedalsbreen and the spectacular national park that protects nature. The local film producer Falkeblikk is making the film for us.

In addition to a new film, work awaits on the entrance gate to Fjærland, continuous improvements to the exhibitions and a new director in 2020. Reflections on the old year suddenly transition into the new!

With this, we wish all friends and visitors of the museum a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

Meet us at the Norwegian Glacier Museum in Fjærland