Sogndalstrand Kulturhotell hosts courses, management meetings, kick-offs and team-building days for up to 35 people, and weddings, parties and other celebrations for about 55 guests. It occupies a row of restored 19th-century wooden houses in Sogndalstrand, in Sokndal, Rogaland, and can lodge groups in about 30 rooms.
Seminars and company events
The hotel presents itself as suited to small and medium-sized events, and in particular to management meetings, because the setting is sheltered and quiet. It lists meetings, courses, conferences, leadership meetings, team building and kick-offs among the formats it handles.
There are three conference rooms. The largest takes up to 35 people. Each is equipped with a projector and screen, connections for PC and Mac, a speaker system, writing pads and pens, wireless internet and a flipchart. From two of the rooms, participants look straight down into the Sokna river, known for salmon and sea trout.
Weddings and receptions
The hotel accepts all types of events: weddings, confirmations, birthdays, anniversaries, class parties and Christmas parties. Celebrations of up to about 55 people are possible, with small tables, long tables or a horseshoe layout depending on group size and wishes. The team helps with practical planning and offers a non-binding quote on request.
Rooms and capacities
The conference rooms are Sjøbua, Biblioteket and Bedehuset. Sjøbua is a renovated room on two floors decorated in an old maritime style. Biblioteket was once the village library and still holds about 3,000 books. Bedehuset is an old prayer house, now furnished as an airy meeting room. The site does not give a separate capacity for each room, only the 35-person maximum for the largest.
Accommodation
The hotel is made up of 11 houses, and the street serves as its lobby. Among them are Krambua, Kommunehuset, Folvikhuset, Skredderhuset, Sjøbua, Mydlandhuset and Løa. It counts 30 rooms. When 30 rooms are not enough for an event, the hotel works with other local operators and asks organisers to get in touch.
Catering
A sample conference package includes coffee on arrival, a fruit platter with coffee or tea in the meeting room, a light refreshment at one break, lunch, an aperitif, a three-course dinner and accommodation with breakfast in single or double rooms. After dinner, groups can use the hotel's own pub, Fengselet, which means the prison. The restaurant serves lunch daily and dinner by table reservation.
For breaks in the work session, the hotel arranges activities such as a maritime team competition in the village, a boat trip or deep-sea fishing on the retired shrimp trawler Sjødis, guided walks or bike tours, sea rafting, a yacht safari, salmon fishing, wine tasting and a cooking class.
History and setting
Sogndalstrand was an important seaport in the days of sail. It lies 30 kilometres south of the town of Egersund, and its wooden buildings from the 1800s have been restored. The hotel also points to the Magma Geopark and the Motorcenter Norway motorsport facility in Sokndal as nearby draws for groups.
