Activities for a successful conference
Would you like to bring more energy into your meeting or turn your conference into something a little different? Book an activity – either as a creative break from work or as a fun way to round off a rewarding day. Tell us about the purpose of your meeting and what you hope to achieve, and we’ll help you find the right activity for your group.
Exiting activities for conferences and kick offs
We offer a wide range of activities and are happy to share experiences rooted in culture, nature and knowledge. Right on our doorstep lies Billingen Hill, offering a wealth of natural experiences and outdoor adventures. Would you like to challenge each other to overcome a fear of heights at the Upzone adventure park, or would cycling or hiking be a better fit for your group? We have excellent local contacts and are delighted to assist with bookings.
Active adventures
High-altitude track
Time required: 2.5 h
Bring your group on an adventure where you climb from platform to platform, up to 14 metres high among the treetops. An activity designed to challenge one another and build a strong team. You can explore different courses and tackle varying levels of difficulty at your own pace. There are challenges for both the thrill-seeker and those who are a little more cautious of heights.
MTB at Billingen
With us, you have the perfect starting point for exceptional cycling on Billingen hill. Here you’ll find the Billingen Mountain Bike Arena and a wide range of MTB trails in varying levels of difficulty. There’s something for everyone – from beginners to the more adventurous rider.
Photo: Daniel Breece for West Sweden
Walking and strength training
Billingen’s outdoor recreation area features the municipality’s largest network of running trails, with several different routes to choose from. All trails start from the stadium just outside our hotel, with distances ranging from 2.5 to 57 km.
A tip for a shorter run is the exercise trail around Lake Hållsdammen, where there are also five cross-training stations where you can train strength.
Photo: NEXT Skövde, Hiking
Yoga class
Time required: 30-60 min
Take a break from your meeting and join a relaxing yoga class with our instructor. We offer both calming and more challenging sessions, and can tailor the class to suit your group’s preferences.
Get an extra kick in your training
Would you like to try something new and fun together, or perhaps refine your technique and boost your training? Work with the professional coaches at Träningskonsulten, who can help with everything from improving your running form on the trails to mastering cross-country skiing techniques. Bicycles, skis and more are also available for hire.
Climbing
Try top-rope climbing with a guide, suitable for both beginners and more experienced participants. Perfect for groups who enjoy a challenge or are looking for a nature experience out of the ordinary. We’ll be happy to help you book.
Photo: Sweden Outdoor Festival, Next Skövde
Walk & Talk
The running trails on Billingen are just a few minutes from the meeting room. Take a break with a walk & talk – a simple way to boost energy and let ideas settle.
High-altitude track
Time required: 2.5 h
Bring your group on an adventure where you climb from platform to platform, up to 14 metres high among the treetops. An activity designed to challenge one another and build a strong team. You can explore different courses and tackle varying levels of difficulty at your own pace. There are challenges for both the thrill-seeker and those who are a little more cautious of heights.
MTB at Billingen
With us, you have the perfect starting point for exceptional cycling on Billingen hill. Here you’ll find the Billingen Mountain Bike Arena and a wide range of MTB trails in varying levels of difficulty. There’s something for everyone – from beginners to the more adventurous rider.
Photo: Daniel Breece for West Sweden
Walking and strength training
Billingen’s outdoor recreation area features the municipality’s largest network of running trails, with several different routes to choose from. All trails start from the stadium just outside our hotel, with distances ranging from 2.5 to 57 km.
A tip for a shorter run is the exercise trail around Lake Hållsdammen, where there are also five cross-training stations where you can train strength.
Photo: NEXT Skövde, Hiking
Yoga class
Time required: 30-60 min
Take a break from your meeting and join a relaxing yoga class with our instructor. We offer both calming and more challenging sessions, and can tailor the class to suit your group’s preferences.
Get an extra kick in your training
Would you like to try something new and fun together, or perhaps refine your technique and boost your training? Work with the professional coaches at Träningskonsulten, who can help with everything from improving your running form on the trails to mastering cross-country skiing techniques. Bicycles, skis and more are also available for hire.
Climbing
Try top-rope climbing with a guide, suitable for both beginners and more experienced participants. Perfect for groups who enjoy a challenge or are looking for a nature experience out of the ordinary. We’ll be happy to help you book.
Photo: Sweden Outdoor Festival, Next Skövde
Walk & Talk
The running trails on Billingen are just a few minutes from the meeting room. Take a break with a walk & talk – a simple way to boost energy and let ideas settle.
Winter on Billingen
There is something to enjoy on Billingen all year round. As an Official Vasalopp Centre, it offers excellent cross-country skiing tracks in a variety of difficulty levels. If you prefer downhill skiing, Billingebacken is located just outside the hotel, and there is also a covered ice rink for those who want to test their skating skills. We’re happy to help you hire equipment or arrange instructors if you wish.
Wine tasting
Book an exciting wine tasting for an extra tasty and educational activity. The theme can be customized according to your wishes. Some of the theme tastings we have had in the past are: Bubbles outside Champagne, Modern Spain and the History of Wine. Suitable snacks are served with the tasting.
Over an open fire
Meet up for a delicious meal over an open fire outdoor. Our chef will take care of you and serve a meal from our wood-fired OFYR grill. Invite to a barbecue and choose from one of the kitchen’s selected barbecue menus.
After work, after bike or after ski?
Whatever you’ve filled your meeting day with, it’s always a pleasure to end on a high. Bring the group together and round off the day with a shared after-work – indoors or outdoors, with drinks served hot or cold.
Wine tasting
Book an exciting wine tasting for an extra tasty and educational activity. The theme can be customized according to your wishes. Some of the theme tastings we have had in the past are: Bubbles outside Champagne, Modern Spain and the History of Wine. Suitable snacks are served with the tasting.
Over an open fire
Meet up for a delicious meal over an open fire outdoor. Our chef will take care of you and serve a meal from our wood-fired OFYR grill. Invite to a barbecue and choose from one of the kitchen’s selected barbecue menus.
After work, after bike or after ski?
Whatever you’ve filled your meeting day with, it’s always a pleasure to end on a high. Bring the group together and round off the day with a shared after-work – indoors or outdoors, with drinks served hot or cold.
Relaxing at the spa
Time required: 2 h
After a day of conferencing, take your conference participants on a unique and grounding spa experience. Enjoy hot and cold baths, relaxation, and a variety of sauna experiences at Earth & Elevation Spa (subject to availability).
Lectures
We have many contacts to good speakers and are happy to help you book.
Wine & Vintage
An inspiring lecture where we dive into history, fashion and style. What does slow fashion mean, and how do you know when a garment is vintage? Theresa Skjolden – sustainable stylist – clarifies the concepts and invites you to a colorful and glamorous world of vintage and personal style.
Afterwards we enjoy a glass of wine with snacks.
Exciting guest speakers
Enhance your conference with an exciting guest speaker – someone who is passionate about their subject and can present it in a fun and interesting way. Or maybe you want to learn about the latest developments in a particular subject area?
We have many contacts and will help you book.
Team building – fun exercises and games
When it comes to team building, there are a variety of fun activities to choose from. From helping each other overcome the fear of heights in the Upzone adventure park at Billingen in Skövde, to challenging each other in the “Battle for Treasure” or other team-building games that we offer together with our partners.
Mission Completed
Time required: 1.5 h | Number: 4-1000 people
In teams, you will be given a backpack and a tablet, which you will use to navigate to around 40 points in the area. You will be faced with a variety of tasks, ranging from logical thinking, tricky questions and creative tasks. Some missions even require you to take photos or videos – all to collect as many points as possible. Beware of customs zones, if you enter them your team will lose points.
The activity is outdoors.
The battle for taxes
Time needed: 1.5-2 h | Number: 8-500 people
We start with an auction where teams can bid on different items that will later have more or less importance in the competition. Then a multiplayer match starts with various cooperation exercises where the teams that bid on the “right” things get an advantage in certain events. With the clues won, the teams then compete for the treasure. It’s not over until the lid of the treasure chest is opened and the winning team is announced.
The activity is outdoors.
Mingle bingo
Time required: 20-60 min | Number: 10-500+ people
With playful challenges and a personalised bingo card in hand, participants are given a natural reason to approach one another. No one needs to invent the conversation – the game does it for them. Suddenly, it becomes easy to approach a stranger, easy to ask a question, and easy to share that first laugh. And as a bonus, there’s an exciting competitive element too!
The activity is both indoors and outdoors.
All for the team
Time required: 1.5 h | Number: 8-500 people
All for the team is a nerve-wracking three-part competition that initially challenges collective memory. Teams then compete in a series of sub-competitions where cooperation and communication are crucial to the outcome. The activity ends with a final where the fastest team to connect the clues is the winner.
The activity is outdoors.
Domino effect
Time required: 2 h | Number: 9-200 people
The challenge is to build each part of a track, which the whole group will then put together. The goal is to move a movement, e.g. rolling a ball from start to finish, similar to a “domino effect”. The teams must first sketch how to solve their part in the best and most creative way, to contribute to the group’s common goal. Can also be conducted in English.
The activity is indoors.
Cooperation and communication
Time required: 3 h | Number: 4-100 people
The instructor formulates the problem to be solved and gives the conditions. The group plans and talks about when they are ready to start, after completing the exercise the group reflects together. We place great emphasis on goal setting, trust and communication in the conversation and draw connections to everyday work. Can also be conducted in English.
The activity is outdoors.
Mission Completed
Time required: 1.5 h | Number: 4-1000 people
In teams, you will be given a backpack and a tablet, which you will use to navigate to around 40 points in the area. You will be faced with a variety of tasks, ranging from logical thinking, tricky questions and creative tasks. Some missions even require you to take photos or videos – all to collect as many points as possible. Beware of customs zones, if you enter them your team will lose points.
The activity is outdoors.
The battle for taxes
Time needed: 1.5-2 h | Number: 8-500 people
We start with an auction where teams can bid on different items that will later have more or less importance in the competition. Then a multiplayer match starts with various cooperation exercises where the teams that bid on the “right” things get an advantage in certain events. With the clues won, the teams then compete for the treasure. It’s not over until the lid of the treasure chest is opened and the winning team is announced.
The activity is outdoors.
Mingle bingo
Time required: 20-60 min | Number: 10-500+ people
With playful challenges and a personalised bingo card in hand, participants are given a natural reason to approach one another. No one needs to invent the conversation – the game does it for them. Suddenly, it becomes easy to approach a stranger, easy to ask a question, and easy to share that first laugh. And as a bonus, there’s an exciting competitive element too!
The activity is both indoors and outdoors.
All for the team
Time required: 1.5 h | Number: 8-500 people
All for the team is a nerve-wracking three-part competition that initially challenges collective memory. Teams then compete in a series of sub-competitions where cooperation and communication are crucial to the outcome. The activity ends with a final where the fastest team to connect the clues is the winner.
The activity is outdoors.
Domino effect
Time required: 2 h | Number: 9-200 people
The challenge is to build each part of a track, which the whole group will then put together. The goal is to move a movement, e.g. rolling a ball from start to finish, similar to a “domino effect”. The teams must first sketch how to solve their part in the best and most creative way, to contribute to the group’s common goal. Can also be conducted in English.
The activity is indoors.
Cooperation and communication
Time required: 3 h | Number: 4-100 people
The instructor formulates the problem to be solved and gives the conditions. The group plans and talks about when they are ready to start, after completing the exercise the group reflects together. We place great emphasis on goal setting, trust and communication in the conversation and draw connections to everyday work. Can also be conducted in English.
The activity is outdoors.