Events all year round

With a destination consisting of six municipalities, there is always something going on; Femundløpet and Rørosmartnan in February, Elden and Opera Di Setra in the summer season, Local food day, Tolga in the autumn season and Christmas market Røros in December, just to name a few. Many of the events are also created with a background for the preservation of traditions and history, royal privileges or the dissemination of culture.

A selection of annual events

 

The Femund race

Femundløpet is a long-distance sled dog race that takes place every winter, starting in the historic mining town of Røros. The dog teams drive through eight municipalities and the spectacular landscape of Sør-Trøndelag and Hedmark, before returning to the finish in Røros.

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The winter market

The second last Tuesday in February starts the traditional Rørosmartnan (The winter market), which was first held in 1854. Combined with street life, commerce, culture and traditions in a way you can't experience anywhere else. The world heritage site Røros bergstad forms a unique setting for the festival, which is first and foremost a shopping enthusiast, with about 250 exhibitors, but martnan also abounds with cultural performances all week and around the clock. Welcome!

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The winter play

When Bergstadens Ziir with its spectacular church space opens up, the sight of thousands of tulips strikes you.

The intimate concert experiences and the glowing joy of communicating are felt on the body. The contrasts in a varied program invite play. The concert breaks are used for local food experiences and good human encounters.

The Winter Festival in Bergstaden is an annual chamber music festival in the heart of the world heritage site Røros bergstad and the Circumferensen. Here, outstanding national and international musicians meet an enthusiastic audience.

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Opera Di Setra

Join Opera Di Setra to the mountains 800 meters above sea level. In Tylldalen for a truly unique experience the first weekend in July each year. At setervangen in Svarthammerlia we put on an opera performance where music, traditions, nature, people and animals meet for an experience you will never forget. Our motto: Opera can be played anywhere, anytime and for anyone.

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Olsok in Tolga

A week-long cultural festival with events throughout Tolga. Olsok week is a unique cultural experience with lots of small and large events, ranging from concerts, gallery exhibitions, mountain walks, village walks, youth gatherings, market day, auction, bonfire, bicycle races and Egeberg's memorial race. Experience some of the finest the Røros region has to offer in terms of people, culture and nature. Join us and find the world on your way!

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Elden

On Norway's most spectacular outdoor stage, the interaction is sparkling and the theme eternally relevant: War threatens young hopes and dreams, but many are those who never then less carry a fire in their heart. Written by Arnfinn Strømmevold and Bertil Reithaug.

A musical theatre about love and hate – hope and despair in the Nordic region's greatest war tragedy.

The sledgehammer mounds form a majestic stage for the drama that unfolds in the evening hours at the end of July/August. Elden takes us back to 1718–1719, when 10,000 Swedish soldiers under the command of General Carl Gustaf Armfeldt went towards Trondheim to take Norway, by order of Charles XII. Under the command of General De la Barre, several hundred of the soldiers were sent to Røros – where much of the action unfolds. When Charles XII was shot, the Swedish soldiers' return to Sweden began. The death march – where 4,000 soldiers died on their way across the winter mountains towards Sweden – is a central part of the music play Elden.

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Christmas market

Røros' charming shopping streets are filled with pleasant market stalls, Christmas food and traditional pre-Christmas activities these four days. Founded on the real and close, we hope to give our guests an charming Christmas feeling. There will be atmospheric Christmas shopping in the streets and shops, horse and sleigh rides, Christmas carols, santas in the streets and other activities for young and old.

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An overview of several markets, sports events, performances and other events can be found here.