Jazz concerts and film clubs are also popular. Oregon students who have participated in the Bergen program recommend that students become active in clubs and committees at the beginning of the year. These include the student orchestra and choir, religious groups, film club, and a folk dance club where many foreign students have had great fun folk dancing. In general, each Oregon student finds a circle of friends and attends the various activities the student finds enjoyable and personally appealing. Students often have social activities with other students who are taking a mellomfag or grunnfag since they are all together every day for several months.
Winter sports are superb and are easily accessible by train or bus.
Most Norwegians are cross-country skiers, but downhill skiing is also popular. Ice skating is done mostly on frozen lakes in the mountains, or at an indoor rink near one of the dormitories. In general, individual sports are most popular, such as skiing, skating, hiking, and jogging. The Bergen Turlag is a hiking organization similar to the Sierra Club which has mountain huts and cabins available for use by its members, and organizes weekend hikes. Taking a backpack, sleeping bag and other gear for winter sports with you to Norway will open all kinds of travel opportunities.