Climbing Articles: Norway, Bulgaria or Belarus

Tue, Oct 20, 2026Events Bulgaria

Bulgaria’s climbing events: October–December 2026

Verified dates for climbing socials, workshops, national championships, films and bouldering competitions in Sofia, Plovdiv and Varna.

Joe Rushton

Sun, Oct 18, 2026News Belarus

Mogilev opens a 17-metre outdoor climbing wall

Skalodrom Viktoriya, a 17-metre outdoor speed and lead wall at a Mogilev sports school, opened on 24 June 2026. BelTA calls it the tallest outdoor climbing wall in Belarus, and the public can now book climbing sessions there three days a week.

Joe Rushton

Fri, Oct 16, 2026News Norway

New climbing walls in Norway: what's opened and changed

Fredrikstad, Oslo, Lørenskog, Bergen, Trondheim, Sauda and Arendal have new climbing centres, Klatreverket Torshov has grown, and Høyt Under Taket's centres join Skimore on 16 November 2026. Here's what has changed.

Joe Rushton

Fri, Oct 16, 2026Advice Norway

Brattkort explained: belaying at Norway's climbing walls

To belay on a rope at a Norwegian climbing wall you need a Brattkort, the national belay certificate. Here's what the three levels mean, how a visitor gets one, what it costs, and when you can climb without one.

Joe Rushton

Fri, Oct 16, 2026Advice Norway

Outdoor climbing in Norway: Flatanger, Lofoten, Setesdal and more

From Flatanger's granite cave, home of the first 9c, to Lofoten's granite and Rjukan's ice, here are Norway's best-known climbing areas, when to go, and the right-to-roam rules climbers need to know.

Joe Rushton

Fri, Oct 16, 2026Events News Norway

Norway's 2026 climbing championships: the results

Sunniva E. Haave and Leo Chiba won the bouldering titles in Fredrikstad in February, and Ingrid Kindlihagen and Leo K. Bøe took lead gold in Oslo in September, where para-climbers competed for titles in seven classes.

Joe Rushton