Be ready for something breathtaking!
Møre and Romsdal County Council are excited to host the second partner’s meeting and belonging study visits in the EDIN project between 21st to 24th of October. We can’t wait to welcome our European project partners and our regional stakeholders to the majestic Geiranger fjord in Norway.
The fjord is one of the two fjords making out the UNESCO World Heritage site that is the West-Norwegian Fjord Landscape. The fjord is among the world’s longest, deepest, and most scenically outstanding. The village of Geiranger, at the fjord’s very end, is a tourist hotspot and landing area for many cruise ships.
The village and this fjord region are nearly sold out during the summer season. Meanwhile, as a small community, Geiranger struggles to attract the people and talents needed to maintain itself. As a curiosity, Geiranger has only 230 inhabitants, but during the year around 1 million people are visiting this village.
Digital nomads can be a part of the solution, providing an opportunity to attract visitors during the low season while also rethinking what these visitors can contribute with to the community. During the visit we will explore how we can attract digital nomads in the first place, while also exploring how their talents and competences can be harnessed for the development of the area they are visiting.
One of the highlights of the visit will be our "cowork in small places" initiative and good practice, which showcases how coworking spaces in rural areas can foster collaboration and innovation among remote workers who need a place to work in peace and with others, while travelling or as a part of a more flexible hybrid work life.
You’ll have the opportunity to see Geiranger’s coworking space with your own eyes, while also hearing about how the wider initiative and how different coworking locations collaborate across the region.
Can these coworking destinations also be used by digital nomads in the future? We hope so!