CITY/REGION: Drammen
MEETUP PLACE: Bragernes torg 1, Drammen
DATE: 3 June 2023
TIME: 7am or 5.30pm
MEETUP PLAN: Hike and have a celebratory dinner afterwards, or be our cheerleaders and join in for a celebratory dinner
Soooo I hope all of you are ready for a little bit of an adventure!
This is a 2-part meetup. The hikers among us do the Top 7 hike, and those who don’t hike have a beer, cheer for the hikers when we finish, and then we all have dinner and write cards together!
Top 7 is a 24 km all day hike. Estimated time is 8 hours. You don’t have to be an athlete to do this, but you should be used to some forest path walking and like spending time outdoors. Some crazy people run this event and finish in 3 hours, others like me take their time, take long breaks and just make sure to finish by the 6pm deadline! There is a participation fee that covers the bus from Bragernes torg to the starting point of the hike. The bus leaves at 7am. Signup for the event opens March 15 here. See some pictures and read a description of the hike here (in Norwegian).
UPDATE 15 MARCH: Signup is open now here. Note that deadline for signup is May 31.
This is the height profile (highest “summit” is 607 meters and the last 10km are almost all downhill):
This is the map:
The hike ends back where we started, at Bragernes torg.
There is not a lot of postcard shopping to be done in this town, but they have some cards at the bookstore at the downtown mall (Magasinet) if the non-hikers want to get some postcard shopping in. They also sell some postcards at the town museum, which also has free entry on Saturdays but unfortunately closes at 4pm. Please feel free to organize your own adventure while the hikers are busy being lost in the woods
UPDATE: I booked a table at the restaurant Pigen (a relaxed place with good food located at Bragernes torg) now from 6pm on Saturday. I hope we’re done with the hike by then Pigen is located at Bragernes torg 8, see map. If you’re not doing the hike, I look forward to seeing you at Pigen! I’m sure it’s fine if you show up there a little earlier and have some beers while waiting for the hikers to finish their adventure.
Please note the early start of the hike. If you don’t live in Drammen and plan to do the hike, you may want to arrive Friday night (and maybe stay till Sunday).
Hikers:
- KAS +1
- LeishaCamden
- baguetta
Cheerleaders:
- Rundstykket
- Perlia