Farm Activities at Aa-Gård
Back to LAVANGEN‘s authentic roots
Aa-Gård’ sheep farm is proud be have a history that can be track back 400 years old ago.
For history enthusiasts that would like to know more about heritage of our place, we offer to share bits of our history through a guided cultural walk around the old buildings. For those looking for a ludic way to learn about Norwegian culture, we offer to organised traditional and authentic games once played on the farm. And those not so keen to rumble through the past, an other way to discover our nordic ways, is participate to our sheep farm activities: bottle feeding the lambs or sheep herding.
How about finishing your exploration of Lavangen history and culture with an authentic lamb stew right from its place of origin?
Authentic ACTIVITIES
A fun and ludic way to learn about our history and our roots is to play the farm games adults and kids played back in the days!
Horse shoe throwing, milk churn throwing (where you see who can throw a milk churn the furthest!), potato race bag, hay bale rolling races, sheaf toss and tug of war are a few examples
Photo from the Digital Museum
Our Cultural WALK
Let us guide you on our Cultural Walk around the farm of Aa-Gård. We will show you the exciting history of the farm through different century-old well preserved-buildings: the old boat house, the cows summer pasture, the underground cellar, the old butter house, the old forge, the old mill & the old summer barn.
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Our Cultural WALK
Let us guide you on our Cultural Walk around the farm of Aa-Gård. We will show you the exciting history of the farm through different century-old well preserved-buildings: the old boat house, the cows summer pasture, the underground cellar, the old butter house, the old forge, the old mill & the old summer barn.
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Meet our SHEEP
From May to early June
You have the possibility to come meet the new arrivals at our farm! Around 80 lambs are born and some need attention and bottle feeding. You can book your group for an hour in the barn taking care, play and feed the new lambs.
Second week of September
The sheep have been grazing all summer in the fells, and it’s time for them to come back down to the barn before winter comes. It’s a fun and collective activity mixing hikes in the mountains and listening for sheep bells.
All year around
We have a couple of pet sheep we keep with us. Brownie and Cinnamon are the friendliest sheep you can meet. They love a big hug, a good stretch and tasty treats. If you would like to go on walks with them, contact us!
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