Peer Gynt at Gålå
Enjoy your visit to the Peer Gynt Festival with Venabu
Dates
2026
13st July – 8th August 2026
How to book
- Choose your package: one or two nights
- This selection will take you into or online system
- In the booking system select your dates
- Choose your room type
- We can help you to get some of the best seats in the house. If you would like help from our Peer Gynt coordinator email us at: regnskap@venabu.no
Our booking system will guide you throught the process and we are here to help.
Travel to Venabu
Venabu is easily accessible from Oslo and Trondheim. Visit our travel page for more information on travel options.
a unique cultural experience
The Peer Gynt Festival at Gålå is one of Norway’s premier outdoor cultural events. The performance is staged in an outdoor auditorium with Gålåvatnet, Gålå’s lake, as the backdrop. This theatre was specially built for staging Peer Gynt and it incorporates the drama of the natural surroundings and summer light. Much creativity goes into creating an original set and staging for each cycle of shows to give a truly unique theatrical experience. For international visitors the performance has interpretation in a number of languages so that you can follow all the action.
For 2025 production Erik Ulfsby returns to direct along with the creative team responsible for the acclaimed 2014- 2016 production. Mads Ousdal also returns to the role of Peer Gynt.
Why choose Venabu’s Peer Gynt Experience?
More than a hotel stay, Venabu’s Peer Gynt packages add something special
Immerse yourself in the world of Peer Gynt when you visit the festival with Venabu Fjellhotell. Our Peer Gynt offers give you a choice of two complete wrap-around packages. We take care of the details so that you can relax and enjoy the performance. Our Ibsen expert accompanies you and shares his knowledge and passion for Ibsen and Peer Gynt. Enjoy the excitement of the festival and gain unique insights into the world of Peer Gynt.
The Peer Gynt programme for 2026
features two additional performances: The Wedding at Hægstad and Heil Ved!
This year the popular production of Heil Ved! returns to Ringebu’s vicarage garden and Rudi Gard hosts performances of “The Wedding at Hægstad”. See below for more information on these events and Venabu’s packages.
Peer Gynt package highlights
- Simplicity and ease of travel: Venabu’s bus takes care of travel to and from the event. Avoid parking queues and have priority access.
- Pre-theatre dinner and a post performance supper. All meals are included plus food for the show and a hot drink for a thermos flask. Find out more about dining at Venabu.
- Enrich your experience with insights into the historical and literary Peer Gynt. Our guide accompanies you and shares his expertise.
- Your choice of one or two nights’ accommodation.
- Join our package with your own tickets.
Choose either a one or two night Peer Gynt package:
2 night Peer Gynt package
Arrive at Venabu on the day before the performance and enjoy a delicious three course dinner. Spend time in the mountains before a pre-theatre dinner and departing for the show.
Example price: from 4400 NOK per person excluding ticket
1 night Peer Gynt package
Arrive at Venabu in time for the pre-theatre dinner before departing for the performance. Departure after breakfast the following morning.
Example price: from 2450 NOK per person excluding ticket
The Wedding at Hægstad
4th -5th August 2026
On Tuesday, 4th and Wednesday, 5th August, you are invited to “The Wedding at Hægstad,” which, for the occasion, will take place at Rudi Gard in Sør-Fron, a 30-minute drive from Venabu.
The Wedding at Hægstad is an unforgettable experience with food and theatre – right in the heart of Gudbrandsdalen! The performance brings Henrik Ibsen’s legendary Wedding at Hægstad from Peer Gynt to life. Here you will be served a three-course dinner, along with a live performance featuring professional actors and the folk music group Kvarts. The Hægstad farmer welcomes you to the farm and will ensure that everyone is well taken care of throughout the experience, which alternates between being served and enjoying good food, time to chat with those you are sitting with, theatre, and music. Please note that you will be outdoors for some of the time.
The package includes round-trip transportation to Rudi Gard, accommodation, and breakfast.
Please buy your ticket for the performance through Peer Gynt:
Heil Ved
7th -8th August 2026
The successful performance “Heil Ved” is back!
Friday 7th and Saturday 8th August, there will be “Heil Ved” on the field below Ringebu Prestegård (vicarage).
With a view of Ringebu and the Gudbrandsdalslaugen river, a tree will be felled using axes, chainsaws, and a tractor, to stack the wood during the performance. You will meet Lars Mytting, Stein Torleif Bjella, Pål Christian Eggen, Jon Bleiklie Devik, Frode Winther and Oddgeir Thune.
You don’t need to dress up, come in clothes that match the weather. The entire performance is outdoors. You must bring your own chair or something to sit on.
The package includes a dinner buffet, round-trip transport to Ringebu Prestegård, and dinner and accommodation with breakfast.
Please buy tickets for the performance through Peer Gynt:
Do you have questions about our Peer Gynt package?
Would you like to extend your stay?
Contact us, we are happy to help
e: regnskap@venabu.no
t: +47 61 29 32 00
Enrich your experience with our Peer Gynt expert
Truls Gjefsen
Cand. philol. fra Universitetet i Oslo
Truls Gjefsen is an author and choir conductor. He has taught Norwegian and history at Nord-Gudbrandsdal secondary school for 33 years. He has also been active in local cultural life, including in Kristin Lavransdatter at Sel, Peer Gynt at Gålå and the highland concert at Kvamsfjellet. He has also written five biographies, including about Hans Børli, Asbjørnsen and Moe and about the philosopher Arne Næss. He has been a guide to Peer Gynt in 2018, 2021 and 2025.
“People should see Peer Gynt simply because it is the best play in the world. It has endless facets and can therefore withstand many different interpretations and productions. At Gålå you will experience some of the most beautiful and exciting.”