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Once a year, we shut the laptops and disappear.

No agenda. No deliverables. Just the team, a secret destination, and whatever the weather decides to throw at us.

This year's blåtur took us to Fjøløy and Mosterøy, two islands off the coast of Stavanger that delivered on every front. Wild wind, unpredictable weather, and a boat journey that tested a few sea legs. We paddled in conditions we hadn't planned for, tried our hand at traditional cooking over an open fire, and made space for the kind of conversations that don't happen in a meeting room.

Why we do this

Strong relationships don't build themselves. They're built in the in-between moments, the uncomfortable ones, the funny ones, the ones you only get when you step away from the work and actually spend time together.

The blåtur is a Canoe tradition for exactly that reason. It's not a team-building exercise. It's not a strategy away-day. It's just time, together, somewhere new, with no particular outcome in mind. And every year it reminds us of something important: the work is better because the team is close.

The people who made it happen

Huge thanks to Annie Hjelmervik, Anders Instebø, and Irene Grastveit for organising the whole adventure. And to the full crew who made the trip: Trond, Rose, Shin, Tina, Mats, Anders A., Morten, Martin, and Linn.

Already counting down to next year.