The choir trained in Arbeideren. They practised mainly three songs: Heaven by Bryan Adams, Every breath you take by the Police and then an African song. They also improvised music as well as adding rythm and movement.

Árný Arnarsdóttir, 17 from Iceland

Àrný chose the choir because she really loves singing and would like to learn more. She sings in a school choir in Akureyri. She likes these songs they have been singing because they aren´t boring, just normal pop songs but she liked the African song the best.

Harley Foged, 18 from Danmark

Harley regretted not choosing the choir last year in NOVU and so she decided to choose it this year. She has also sung in her school choir but she has never performed on the street before. She really likes the songs but she thinks the improvacing is the most fun. She also likes the singing teacher a lot because she has alot of energy.

Riku Järvinen, 18 from Finland

Riku has been in a choir for ten years. He likes the songs very much because everyone knows them. He thinks the most entertaining song is Every breath you take.

At the end of the day the choir performed beautifully at Brosundet.

Text: Karen Jóhannsdóttir and Bettina Salminen

Pictures: Karen Jóhannsdóttir and Bettina Salminen

In watersport the NOVU teenagers get a chance to try things like a kneeboard, canoes and a tube, just to name a few. There were three leaders who helped with the equipment. This took place in a beautiful beach in Giske. Altough the sun didn´t shine the air was warm so it was good to be able to jump into the cold sea.

We were able to talk to a few teenagers right before lunch.

Charlotte Gaba, 16 from Danmark

Charlotte had only tried the tube but she wanted to try the kneeboard as well. She had never tried anything like this before. She was scared at first but it ended up being a lot of fun.

Bech, 20 from Danmark

Bech had tried the tube and the kneeboard and she liked both very much. This wasn´t her first time trying watersports. She loves everything extreme. She said she wasn´t scared more excited.

Natalie Skaaden, 17 from Norway

Natalie had tried the tube and the canoe but she had tried canoe and surfboarding before. She was a little scared in her second trip in the tube becauce they went very fast, but despite of that the tube was still her favorite.

Everybody enjoied themselves and were looking forward to the rest of the day.

Text: Karen Jóhannsdóttir and Bettina Salminen

Pictures: Karen Jóhannsdóttir and Bettina Salminen

37 participants joined the day activity "The tree boat" where they spent the day on the little island called "Hundsvær"

• Don't stand in the boat
• Use a lifewest
• If you want to switch oars, don't stand up in the boat at the same time
• When you row, use your whole body
• Follow the one who rows in the front

In this workshop the NOVU-teenagers were split up into three groups. Every group had to make a performance based on a piece of music and objectes. In the end these performances made up one play. All the groups used wests as customs.

Group 1

They got a very dramatic music and umbrellas to use as props. They decided to make their part about, when the pirates come to attack. They used their piece of music when the pirates attacked the ship. They got the idea of the performance all together.

Group 2

They got happier music than group one and a picture of a couple as a prop. Their part was about different stages of a relationship. This was also a group effort.

Group 3

They got a very flat piece of music and megafone. They didn´t like their music. It was hart to come up with a idea but they worked it out together. In this part they play people on a ship that then dronws.

At the end of the day they performed the play at Brosundet. About a hundred people came to see the show both locals and tourists. People seemd to enjoy it and there was alot of applaus.

Text: Karen Jóhannsdóttir and Bettina Salminen

Pictures: Karen Jóhannsdóttir and Bettina Salminen

In the underwater photography the teenagers began with finding a wetsuit as well as snorkels and glasses. Then they dove into the cold water and tok pictures.

Good to know when you are taking pictures unterwater:

-You need wetsuit, flippers, a snorkel, glasses and of course a camera.

-Make sure your glasses are clean.

-One of the important rules is to stay together when you are diving.

-Remember to use the light and stay close to your subject.

Anna said "It wasn´t easy to wear the wetsuit. It´s like another skin. This was a good opportunity, that is to mix together diving and photography. She wanted to get a  picture of when a fish jumps to the water."

Thorsteinn said "It was easy to wear the wetsuit. He hadn´t done this before and he hoped that it would be be fun. He wanted to take a picture of his friend Gisli and also of a wolffish."

After lunch they worked on their pictures on a computer.

Text: Karen Jóhannsdóttir and Bettina Salminen

Pictures: Karen Jóhannsdóttir and Bettina Salminen

Erik Olofgørs and Linnéa Ohman were two of the 23 participants who spent the day learning how to cook all kinds of fish dishes from the very beginning. They even caught their own fish!



It was a windless day in Ålesund when the participants on the day mission "Alt godt fra havet" arrived at Slinningen. The sun was shining and the sky was clear. Some of the participants decided to start the day with a nice but cold swim.  

- I wanted to go on this day mission because fish is a local product for Ålesund. I just want to have a nice time, cook some nice meals and maybe get a little tan, smiles Erik Olofgørs (19) from Sweden, who has just gotten out of the water.
Linnéa Ohamn (17) from Sweden has also been looking forward to the cooking. 
- I think it's cool to see the process from a living fish to a cooked meal. "


Both of the adolescences went on the fishing trip yesterday. 
- We got lots of fish. In Västerås, where I live you'll catch like one fish and that is uneatable. We were 12-13 people on the boat and we all got fish. I didn't think it was grouse to rinse the fish. I felt a bit bad for it, but we're humans and we need to eat.
Linnéa thought it was a bit awful to cut the head off the fish. 
- But it was a very cool tour. It was awesome to get bite all the time. That was fun.



Both Linnéa and Erik like fish. 
- My favorite  is mackerel, says Linnéa, but Erik?s favorite is zander.
- I really like to cook but we?ll see today if I?m a good chef.

Elin Margret Hallgrimsdottir is an Icelandic politician who has come to watch the adolescences. 
- I think this is a very exiting task. All the Nordic lands have a strong connection with the ocean. A lot of the Icelandic economy is controlled by the fishermen. 
Elin also thinks it?s important for young people to get to know the Nordic culture. 
- Today adolescences get lots of things handed to them, so I think it?s important that they learn to not take things for granted and to do things themselves.



After about four hours of preparation a six course meal was served. 
- I thought it was fun to make the filet. We have learned a lot today. Like how to make different fish dishes, says Linnéa.
Erik is also satisfied with the meals today. 
- I thought all the food was good and the fishcakes were really great. I think this has been a very nice day mission. I thought it was better than the activities we did yesterday. We got to try more different things.















Text and photo: Maria Vevang and Cecilia Liu

Some of the participants in NOVU have today been at the work mission "Where the photographer stand" where they had to compare old and new photos of the town.

Text: Maria Vevang
Photo: Cecilia Liu

We will tell you how you can do it and how NOVU-teenagers made it!

At first they made their own patterns with a compass on a piece of paper. They then drew the patterns on a plasticpaper which they then cut out with a knife. In the end they painted the patterns on a wall.

Some teenagers knew how they were going to do their patterns but the rest of them needed some more time to think. Everyone made beautiful patterns and had a lot of fun.

Casper Christiansen, 17 from Danmark

Ellinor Grapp, 17 from Sweden