Hei hei Rovers! This is Roverposten, the official newspaper for Roverway 2024. We will be with you on the way to Roverway, and of course during the 10 days of camp!
Throughout Roverway, you can count on us to provide you with information about Norway and Norwegian (Guiding and Scouting) culture, essential tips for your preparation for Roverway and much more. During Roverway, our goal is to serve as an archive of your own favourite Roverway moments but also to give you insights into what other participants did. We want to make sure you make the most of the Roverway and get the total experience!
Let’s get going on the way to Roverway together!
Paths are the first half of Roverway and are composed of many different mini-camps and exciting activities. Hundreds of volunteers are already in Norway, Sweden, and Denmark organising amazing programmes for the Guides and Scouts, and we are highlighting some of the amazing Path Leaders who make the Paths possible.
On Wednesday and Thursday, the International Service Team (IST) and Planning Team had the opportunity to go explore the programme on site for themselves, before the participants will arrive on Saturday! We share five of the many activities offered to ISTs.
Norway has a perfect environment for canoeing activities, with many lakes, fjords and calm rivers. Canoeing can be done along the coast of Norway from the top point of Nordkapp to the lighthouse in Lindesnes, the most Southern point of the country. It is also a popular activity in the islands of Svalbard, all the way up north.
While the participants are enjoying their Path programme, the International Service Team (IST) is having a bit of fun on their own! On 23 July, all of the IST and planning team members gathered around at the Community Stage for the IST opening campfire.
Paths have begun at Roverway! Participants have arrived in Norway and got to meet other Guides and Scouts, started setting up tents and getting to know one another. We were there to witness some of the interactions: How did arrival and the first day go? Read further!
On the campsite, things have changed rapidly, as only four days ago there was nothing but grass. Now there are big tents, they are finalising the last plumbing to the toilets and showers at the top of the field and tractors are delivering equipment to a waiting team.
Roverway is made possible by the hard work of volunteers from across Europe and the world. They make up the Planning Team and the International Service Team.
Undeniably, there is no better way to connect with another culture and to learn about it than through its food and traditional meals. Food is a way to understand a country’s culture.
Welcome to the NORTH of the Ordinary country of Norway, where fjords, trolls and epic adventures await!
If you are new to international Guiding and Scouting, you might not be familiar with what WAGGGS and WOSM are – and even if you are, it might be nice to refresh your memory, as you will come across the two a lot during Roverway.
Header photo: Tomas Isbjørn Liberg Foshaugen