Information about the Nordic Youth Conference 2025

When: 12th - 21st April 2025
Who: Youth from 11 - 30 years
Arrival: Friday, 11th April evening
Program start: Saturday, April 12th at 10 AM
Departure: Monday, April 21st
Venue: Galterud Skole (Solsvingen 80) in Drammen, Fjell neighbourhood

Accommodation, cost and payment

The cost of accommodations, meals and conference material has been significantly reduced to enable as many youth to participate in the conference.

No Accommodation includes registration, conference materials, and meals (excluding breakfast).
Home Stay / Gym Hall includes accommodation in private home or gym hall, registration conference materials and meals (including breakfast).
Hotel prices below include: accommodation, registration, conference materials , transportation to and from hotel in the morning and evening and all meals.

Please contact NYC@bahai.no if none of the options below apply.

Below are the subsidized rates that can be found on the registration link in the registration page. Participants are welcome to contribute to help off set costs.

No Accommodation = 100 NOK / 9 Euro per person / per day
Home Stay / Gym Hall = 100 NOK / 9 Euro per person per day (must bring own sleeping bag, towel, etc.)
Hotel Quadruple Room = 570 NOK / 50 Euro per person / per day
Hotel Triple Room = 670 NOK / 59 Euro per person / per day
Hotel Double Room = 800 NOK / 70 Euro per person / per day
Hotel Single Room = 1350 NOK / 120 Euro per person / per day

Extra night accommodation:

If you wish to come on 10 April or stay until April 22nd you can select an extra night’s accommodation. Departure date factors into room sharing. Those sharing rooms must arrive and depart on the same day.

Single room - 1280 NOK / 110 Euro per night per room
Double room - 1480 NOK / 167 Euro per night per room
Triple room - 1780 NOK / 153 Euro per night per room
Quadruple room - 1980 NOK / 170 Euro per night per room

Rules :

There are some rules and guidelines for the conference that has to be followed. Please read through them here:
Rules and guidelines

Guardian

If by April 11th 2025 you have not turned 18 years old, you must be accompanied by a guardian who is an adult (over 21). The guardian has formal responsibility for you during the conference in case any special circumstances arise. This is preferably another older participant, an older sibling or a person assigned by the National Spiritual Assembly of your country. In addition, you must bring the Parental Consent Form or send it to NYC@bahai.no.

Payment

Mark the payment with “Your name” + NYC

Payment is done by transferring the correct amount to the following account (Norway), and Payments should be made as soon as possible.

Account no.: 1506.21.95670 (for Norway)
Account name: Bahá’í Youth Conference
IBAN: NO3615062195670
BIC / SWIFT: DNBANOKK
Name: Bahá’í-samfunnet i Norge
Address: Hamang Terrasse 63, 1336 Sandvika

Financial support

If you need financial support, you can apply for this. We recommend Norwegian participants to first apply to the Local Spiritual Assembly in the city you live, otherwise, please contact Nordic Youth Conference at NYC@bahai.no. Youth from other Nordic Countries are kindly asked to apply to the National Spiritual Assembly in their respective country.

Note that the registration fee must still be paid in full even if you apply for financial support.

Transportation

There will be transportation arranged to and from the hotel and Galterud Skole during the conference, in addition to those who have home stay accommodation. To get to Drammen (the city where Galterud Skole is) by airplane, you need to take a flight to Oslo Airport Gardermoen (OSL).

Airport Express Train: For arrival and departure it is possible to take a train to and from the train station in Drammen (Strømsø Torg 1) to Oslo Airport Gardermoen. The easiest is to use the Airport Express Train which departs every 20 minutes. The journey takes 1 hour from Gardermoen. It is free for youth/children younger than 16 years old, as long as they travel with someone who is at least 16. Youth from 16 to 20 years pay half price (140 NOK, approx 13 EUR). Students up to 31 years old also pay half price by showing valid student ID (140 NOK, approx 13 EUR). Normal adult rate is 280 NOK, approx 26 EUR. Clarion Hotel River Station is next to the train station.

Note that if you are taking the Airport Express Train from Gardermoen, make sure to take the one that goes all the way to Drammen (there are others that stop earlier).

From Drammen Station you can take bus number 3 to Fjell, Galterud Skole, but please note that during the Easter holiday, the routes are different from normal. Please visit https://www.vy.no/en

Things to bring

Student / school ID for discounts on trains, buses, etc.
Sleeping bag (for those in home-stay accommodation)
Attached parental consent form (if you’re younger than 18 years old)
Towel, toothbrush, shampoo etc.
Medicines
Your favourite writing tools/arts materials
It might rain. So, bring enough change of clothes as we’ll be spending some time outdoors.
Sports clothes / equipment
Your musical instrument or items for arts performance

Do you wish to help?

If you wish to volunteer for service at the conference (ex. help with cooking, cleaning, medical care assistance etc.) you can inform the Youth Conference team at NYC@bahai.no.

Questions?

Don’t hesitate to contact the Nordic Youth Conference team if you have any questions: NYC@bahai.no