
The
youth put all their effort in making Vardø a place for tourists. Saturday they
could proudly present the result. In just a few days they made 5 new enterprises
in the tourist industry. The workshop was run by Riitta Leinonen who is the
manager of Hexeria, a travel agency in Vardø. Besides from working the youth
visited the old fortress, the museum, watched a witch dance, went on a boat
trip, to a youth club and a disco. This is how the days went by :
Wednesday : Welcome and intro by Kathrine B. Green in the restaurant Naustet.
The young entreperneur Svein H. Holmen inspired the youth to be open minded,
creative and innovative. We had some pizza and got to meet eachother.
Thursday : Toril Olsen started the workshop by making the youth think about
identity and mirrors. What effects us ? Later a comedian came in pretending to
be a typical person from Finnmark. It was really funny. Then we splitted into
groups and started to think about our new enterprises. This day we also went to
the old fortress, the museum and went to Domen to see the witches dancing around
the fire like they did 400 hundred years ago.
Friday : The youth from Murmansk and Rovaniemi went on a boat trip surfing
the waves. Then they worked hard all day finishing their plans for the companies
and making the stand. In the evening the youth went to a youth club.
Saturday : Last finish before theTravel Fair in Vardø Hotel. A nice opening
by the Mayor. We had our last dinner together at The Thai Restaurant. Then the
youth went to the local Disco. Then it was time to say goodbye to everone ! The
youth in Vardø really enjoyed having visitors from Murmansk, Kirkenes and
Rovaniemi and they are more then welcome to come back again another
time.