Geilo Kulturkirken as seen in Hallingdolen
This evening, the Geilo community will lay the grunnsteinnedleggelse (foundation stone) for the new "Kulturekyrkje (Cultural Church)", also known as "Kulturkirken".
The church will be located in a lower area of the valley where Geilo is located, near the river and central to all of Geilo.
It is being built in an ecological and environmentally sensitive way. Much of the church will actually be underground and the church itself will seem to rise from the earth.
The church's web site has made a great slide show of the development of the church available.
Included in the ceremonies this evening will be Bishop Laila Riksaasen Dahl, Kvarts, Agnes Buen Garnås, Eilif Gundersen, Jørn Simenstad, Odd Sylvarnes Lund and three FRIKAR dancers (Sigbjørn Rua, Solveig Hårdnes and Martin Myhr).
