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Easter vacation at Atlanterhavsparken

🔎 Behind the Scenes: Exciting behind-the-scenes tour of Atlanterhavsparken! 🔎

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🔎 Behind the Scenes: Exciting behind-the-scenes tour of Atlanterhavsparken! 🔎

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Fall break at Atlanterhavsparken 2024

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Lining islets and skerries

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LydLab

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Atlanterhavsparken and Tekna invite you to an exciting day of technology

Easter vacation at Atlanterhavsparken

Children's Engineering Day, March 9

The science centers and Tekna spread the joy of science

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Creation party December 10

We welcome Kjetil Aarseth as our new CEO

Researchers ´ Night 2024

🐣🥚🌸 Easter holiday for the whole family at Atlanterhavsparken ! 🌸🥚🐣 From Palm Sunday to Easter Monday, we invite you to an Easter full of exciting activities for both young and old! Come and get to know the animals that live along our beautiful coast, and experience an Easter holiday with lots of learning and fun! 🎉 Regular activities every day: ⏰ 9:30 AM – Doors open! 🐟 11:30 AM-12:30 PM – The activity room is open! Get to know the animals in the sea in an interactive way! 🌊 🦈 1:00 PM – Diving show and feeding show in the Atlantic tank 🐠 🐾 2:00 PM – Lunch with our European otters 🦦 🐧 2:30 PM – Penguin feeding in the penguin pond 🐾 🦭 3:00 PM – Feeding of kingfishers in the seal bay 🐋 Special activities throughout the holiday: 🎬 Behind the Scenes: Join us on a behind-the-scenes tour! Every day from Saturday, April 12th to Sunday, April 20th. (Limited space, free with entrance ticket. Places must be reserved via the website 🎟️) 🧠 Kahoot at the Atlantic tank: Test your knowledge of "Spawning and eggs" (Monday, April 14th and Tuesday, April 15th) 🏅 🐚 Feeding in Holmer and Skjær: Meet the spiny skate, the rarest lobsters in the world, and much, much more! 🐙 🎨 Drawing workshop: Make your own Easter eggs inspired by sea creatures! 🖍️🥚🐣 📝 Easter bus: Bring activity sheets from the ticket office and be entered into the draw for exciting prizes! 🎁 🧩 Lego room: Build sea creatures with Lego! 🌊🐠 Tickets and more info can be found in the program on our website! We look forward to sharing a magical Easter with you! 🌟 💙

Last week was full of exciting highlights in Atlanterhavsparken 🌊🐟 💙 We had the honor of hosting the official opening of the Ålesund Seafood Festival! 🎉🐟 A fantastic day, and as a fun ending we surprised with a cooking competition between politicians Geir Inge Lien (SP), Anne Marie Fiksdal (FrP), Monica Molvær (Høyre), and State Secretary Even Sagebakken (Ap)! In the end, it was the latter who came away with the victory and made the best fish burger 🏆🍔 💙 On Friday and Saturday, we organized the Children's Seafood Festival together with Ålesund Library and Sentrumsforeningen 😍📚 On Saturday, we were visited by a total of 73 children (!!) and their curious parents, who got to experience an exciting dissection of cod with our expert Maria. On Friday, we also had the pleasure of welcoming 50 kindergarten children! 🐟✨ 💙 Marthe, who runs "Men with fish on Tinder", took a deeper look at what really makes fish so cool. Together, she and Lars investigated why so many men choose to post fish pictures on Tinder - an entertaining and educational day! 🐠😄 💙 Joakim and Cathrin were in Bodø for the Nordic Travel Workshop, where they met tour operators from all over the world, and made important contacts and collaboration opportunities. We have an exciting time ahead! 🌍✈️ 💙 Heidi and Trond have been on a trip to Tromsø for the annual meeting of the Science Center Association together with the 12 other regional science centers in Norway. There they also got a tour of Polaria, and learned more about Arctic wildlife and the marine environment. Great inspiration to further develop our own communication ❄️🐧 💙 We had a fantastic day with the 7th graders who got to participate in feeding on islets and reefs 🦑🌊 💙 We also started Plastic and Sea Day, where the 7th graders got to participate in Lydlab. The students got to try their hand as both music producers and marketers for an hour! 🎶💻 💙 We have had high school students visit for an educational fish dissection with Lars 🧬🐟 💙 Our CEO, Kjetil Aarseth, was at the meeting of the European Association of Zoological Gardens and Aquariums - EAZA. The collection was added to Valencia, which has Europe's largest aquarium! 🤩 Aarseth was elected to the organization's council as one of only 40 representatives!

Atlanterhavsparken are incredibly proud to be part of the Ålesund Seafood Festival! 🎉 Yesterday we had the pleasure of hosting when Ålesund Sentrumsforening opened the festival here in the park! For the kick-off, our own chef, Ole, had prepared a feast for the taste buds: poke bowls with trout from Hofseth, salmon from Mowi and halibut from Nordic Halibut 🐟🍴 Throughout the day, engaging lectures and political debates were held on important topics such as fisheries, aquaculture and sustainable development, arranged by Sentrumsforeningen and Næringsforeningen 🌍 As a fun ending, Ole surprised everyone with a cooking competition between politicians! There they had 15 minutes to make the best trout burger – in the end, it was State Secretary for the Ministry of Fisheries and Trade Even Sagebakken who came out on top 🍔👩🏽‍🍳 Thank you very much for visiting and have a great day 💙 ENG: Atlanterhavsparken is incredibly proud to be a part of the Ålesund Seafood Festival! 🎉 Yesterday, we had the pleasure of hosting when the Ålesund City Center Association kicked off the festival here in the park! To start things off, our head chef, Ole, treated everyone to a delightful feast for the taste buds: poke bowls made with trout from Hofseth, salmon from Mowi, and halibut from Nordic Halibut 🐟🍴 Throughout the day, there were engaging lectures and a political debate on important topics such as fisheries, aquaculture, and sustainable development, organized by the City Center Association and the Business Association 🌍 To cap off the day in a fun way, Ole surprised everyone with a cook-off between the politicians! They had 15 minutes to make the best trout burger – and in the end, it was Even Sagebakken, the State Secretary for the Ministry of Fisheries and Seafood, who claimed victory! 🍔👩🏽‍🍳 A big thank you to everyone who visited and for a wonderful day! 💙

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Yesterday was a big day! 🤩🙌 We actually had the entire educational †visiting us – from kindergarten and primary school to middle school, high school, and university students! We had visits from Skåthaugen kindergarten, 7th grade from Brattvågen, 9th grade from Blindheim middle school, VGS Stranda biology doing dissections, and not least, students from NTNU on work placement/internship 🔬👩‍🔬 It was amazing to see the whole educational journey gathered here on the same day! 💥🏋️‍♂️ ENG: Yesterday was a big day! 🤩🙌 We actually had the entire educational †visiting us – from kindergarten and primary school to middle school, high school, and university students! We had visits from Skåthaugen kindergarten, 7th grade from Brattvågen, 9th grade from Blindheim middle school, VGS Stranda biology doing dissections, and not least, students from NTNU on work placement/internship 🔬👩‍🔬 It was amazing to see the whole educational journey gathered here on the same day! 💥🏋️‍♂

The weather forecast shows perfect aquarium weather, and we're ready for the weekend! 🌟😌 We've got lots of new and exciting things lined up - here's some highlights of what you can look forward to this weekend 🤩 🦭 Say hello to our new seal, Maja! 🐙 Admire the octopuses in their spectacular new home! 🔍 Behind the scenes – Join us on an exclusive behind-the-scenes tour! 🍴 Feeding in Holmer and Skjær - 11:30 - 11:45 Saturday and Sunday 🤿 Diving show in the big tank 🐟 Check out our exciting new residents - rockfish and wolffish! + much more!! You can see the full program on our website 🙌🏻 Hope to see you! 🥰 ENG: The weather forecast is showing perfect aquarium weather, and we're ready for the weekend! 🌟😌 We've got lots of new and exciting things lined up – here's some highlights of what you can look forward to this weekend 🤩 🦭 Meet our new seal, Maja! 🐙 Admire the octopuses in their spectacular new home! 🔍 Behind the scenes – Join us for an exclusive tour behind the scenes! 🍴 Feeding at Holmer and Skjær – 11:30 - 11:45 AM on Saturday and Sunday 🤿 Dive show in the large tank 🐟 Check out our exciting new residents – stonefish and wolf fish! + much more!! You can find the full program on our website 🙌🏻 Hope to see you here this weekend! 🥰

🌟 Exciting times for the Science Center 🌟 The Science Team has been in Trondheim to work closely with our mentors at the Science Center there, who are assisting us in the development of our new talent center! 🤩 The Talent Center will be an offer for students with high learning potential and is an important measure to prevent school dropout. Here, young people who think outside the box will be able to meet each other and participate in adapted teaching programs - an important social and educational platform for those who may fall outside for various reasons ❤️ We have had planning meetings, participated in teacher training courses and met schools that have already started similar learning programs. We also got to visit the Newton Room and NTNU's chemistry laboratories at Cecilie's old workplace, and got lots of inspiration for a new chemistry program with us 🧪🔬⚗️ In addition, we explored the planetarium and got lots of inspiration for future exhibitions and learning programs at Atlanterhavsparken ! This is going to be so good 🤩 ENG: Exciting times for our Science Center! 🌟 The Science Center team has visited Trondheim to work closely with our mentors at the Science Center there, who are helping us develop our new talent center! 🤩 The talent center will offer a program for students with high learning potential and is an important initiative to prevent school dropouts. Here, young people who think outside the box will meet and engage in tailored educational programs – a vital social and educational platform for those who might otherwise fall behind for various reasons ❤️ We've had meetings, participated in teacher courses, and met with schools that have already implemented similar educational programs. We also visited the Newton Room and NTNU's chemistry laboratories at Cecilie's old workplace, where we got inspired for new chemistry programs🧪🔬⚗️ In addition, we explored the planetarium and gathered tons of inspiration for future exhibits and educational programs! This is going to be amazing 🤩

Wow – what a week it has been Atlanterhavsparken ! 🌟 Here are some highlights: 🐧 The penguins have new houses! A great upgrade, and Tottiz has really been a hero to make it happen! 🏠 📣 New residents have moved in! We have both wolffish and new types of catfish in the park! They are so cool, and are really worth a visit to see 🐠 🐙 The octopuses have officially moved into their new home, and we could have watched them for hours! Insanely fascinating how they move - and change their colors 🤩 💙 We have had lots of nice visitors this week, both guests from Norway and abroad, school classes and kindergartens - always fun to see you experience the park! ✨ 🎥 Maria took us behind the scenes at the Science Center. This video is just something to look forward to! 🧇 We called in the weekend with bingo and waffle Friday - a great success! 🍔 Ole and Joachim held a cooking class for Italian exchange students, who impressed with their skills in the kitchen. Here fish burgers were made from trout from Hofseth👨‍🍳✨ 🎉 The weekend was also full of life in Atlanterhavsparken ! In addition to our regular program, we held "behind the scenes" tours, where participants got an exclusive insight into what goes on behind the scenes here at the park 🏞️ On Saturday we had the pleasure of collaborating with Nito to organize Children's Engineering Day, and it was a great success! 🚀👷‍♂️ Thanks to everyone who made the week absolutely wonderful! We are looking forward to new memories this week 💙

Some highlights from the recent time in the park! ✨ 🎥😍 Earlier this winter we had a visit from Visit Ålesund who made a fantastic new video with "all of Norway's" Yvonne! The video is now out, and the result is so good! Here you get a little insight behind the scenes! 💖🤭👶🏻 It was a great pleasure when our wonderful marketing coordinator Celine stopped by, together with a very special little guest of honor. ✨🌍 Several of our employees are on a study trip to The North Sea Oceanarium in Hirtshals to get inspiration for the further development of the park. Fascinating to see how they work with the aquarium there! 🎙️ Cecilie was a guest on NRK Radio in the program "Abel's Tower" at Parken Kulturhus. Fantastically delivered! Photo: Eli Anne Tvergrov / NTNU 🔬💡 Maria had kindergarten children on a dissection at Havlab, with both film and our cool black light flashlights. An educational and exciting experience for the little ones! 👀🐙 On Friday we were visited by a group from Borgund Vg1. We took them on a little tour of the park and showed them our octopuses, and their new home! 😌 We had a biology class for a high school class with dissection of seafood - including the famous fact-finder Lars! 🥰 Week 10 was the first week with (free) booking of Storfjord Visningssenter (psst: still available places in the future!) 🎶🌊 Many 7th graders have participated in our new program about plastic and the ocean, including an activity trail, music production and a kids' lab! 🍞👩‍🍳 Did you know that we bake our bread here at the house every week? During the summer season, we actually bake bread every single day! 🐟🔭 We have had several theme days such as "Food from the Sea" with 9th grade and "Sea Day" for 5th grade, with a diving show and star orientation! Thank you to everyone who has visited us and helped make this week fantastic! 🙏💙

We have had the honor of having a visit by this legend, and what a result! 😍 ENG: We have had the honor of having a visit by this legend, and what a result! 😍

Happy weekend from this guy! 🥰 The weather forecast is showing perfect aquarium weather, and we're open from 09:30–16:00 all weekend 😌 Check out our website for all the activities you can join. Hope to see you! ENG: Happy weekend from this guy! 🥰 The weather forecast is showing perfect aquarium weather, and we're open from 09:30–16:00 all weekend 😌 Check out our website for all the activities you can join. Hope to see you!

🎙️🌟 We are incredibly proud to have had our talented scientist, Cecilie, as a guest on NRK Radio's Abels tårn this Wednesday! 🎧💡 Cecilie participated in an exciting and engaging broadcast in front of a packed Parken Kulturhus, contributing her broad knowledge in biochemistry (and her infectious enthusiasm). It was an evening filled with fascinating science, great conversations, and plenty of inspiration 🌍🔬 Well done, Cecilie! 🙌✨ ENG: 🎙️🌟 We are incredibly proud to have had our talented scientist, Cecilie, as a guest on NRK Radio's Abels tårn this Wednesday! 🎧💡 Cecilie participated in an exciting and engaging broadcast in front of a packed Parken Kulturhus, contributing her broad knowledge in biochemistry (and her infectious enthusiasm). It was an evening filled with fascinating science, great conversations, and plenty of inspiration 🌍🔬 Well done, Cecilie! 🙌✨

Children's Engineering Day at Atlanterhavsparken ! On March 15th, you can join us for an exciting and educational day for the whole family! Explore the engineering profession through fun activities such as construction projects, drawing and photo competitions 🤩 Program: 🛠 Build your own project, led by NITO students (10:00 - 13:00) 🎨 Draw an engineer (10:00 - 14:00) 📸 Photo competition with prizes! 🦭Animal feeding, Kahoot, and much more! See our Facebook event for more info and registration 🎟️ We look forward to seeing you and your family! 🦦🦑

There have been exciting times in Atlanterhavsparken , and here's a little bit of what's been happening lately! 🌟 🤭 We've had a great visit here at the park, great to meet this legend! 🦦 It's not long now until the otter gang is released on Oterøya. In the meantime, we're having a blast inside 🥰 🦑 The guys have been working like heroes to make a new home for our octopus. Now it's ready, and it turned out so nice! The octopus moves in this week 💪🏻 👨‍🔬 Jørgen, our science center facilitator, has tried his hand at uncharted waters: he's fed the penguins! This is what he dressed up as, or what? 😏 ❄️ The winter break offered lots of exciting activities here at the park. Among other things, we arranged a number of behind-the-scenes tours, a science show, kitchen chemistry and a sea animal workshop. It was great how many people took the trip, the winter break was a great success! 😍 🍦 We visited Lamella and got to see the whole process when they make the ice cream we sell here in the park. Incredibly educational and impressive, and wow what a taste! ☕ The sink in the cafe is ready, and the coffee station has become so nice! Psst: with an annual pass you always get free coffee ✨ # atlanterhavsparken #ålesund #sunnmøre #activities #otters #penguins #seals #weeklysummary

Winter holidays in Atlanterhavsparken was a week filled with life, smiles, learning and lots of activities for both young and old! ❄️🐠 This week the fun continues for those on winter vacation in Trøndelag, Bergen and the Inland. We have a new and exciting program in place, and we look forward to welcoming you! 🎉 The program includes activities such as Behind the Scenes tours and Kitchen Chemistry, in addition to our regular program with feeding seals, otters and penguins, diving shows and the activity room! 🤩 See the full program and opening hours on our website - here you can also reserve places for individual events 🎟️ We hope to see you here! 💙 Here are some glimpses from last week 🕺 ENG: Winter break at Atlanterhavsparken was a week filled with life, smiles, learning, and exciting experiences! ❄️🐠 This week, the fun continues for those on winter break in Trøndelag, Bergen, and Innlandet. We have an exciting program in store and look forward to welcoming you! 🎉 The program includes activities such as Behind the Scenes tours and Kitchen Chemistry, in addition to our regular program with seal, otter, and penguin feedings, diving shows, and the activity room! 🤩 Check out the full program and opening hours on our website – here you can also reserve spots for individual events 🎟️ We hope to see you here! 💙 Here are some snapshots from last week🕺

Weekend and winter break? That means lots of exciting activities in Atlanterhavsparken ! 🎉 Join us for diving shows, feeding sea creatures, quizzes, fish dissections, and experiences for the whole family! We've got something for every age 💙 Note: Don't forget to reserve your spot for the fish dissection with Maria, limited space available – link in bio! 🐟 We can't wait to see you! 😍 ENG: Weekend and winter break? That means plenty of exciting activities at the Atlantic Sea Park! 🎉 Join us for diving shows, feeding sea creatures, quizzes, fish dissections, and experiences for the whole family! We've got something for every age 💙 Note: Don't forget to reserve your spot for the fish dissection with Maria, limited space available – link in bio! 🐟 We can't wait to see you! 😍 # atlanterhavsparken #ålesund #activities #winterholiday #weekend #seals #otters #penguins #divingshow