Travelling with ISI Sports Folk High School

Outdoor trip in Denmark

The autumn outdoor trip is an essential part of the introductory programme at ISI and a great way to begin your Danish adventure. Over several days, you'll explore a beautiful corner of Denmark - an area chosen specifically to challenge you on land, on water and even in the air.

Beyond the outdoor challenges, the trip is designed to help you connect with all of your new friends. Spending time together away from campus creates countless opportunities for teamwork, shared experiences and the kind of conversations that often lead to long lasting friendships.

You can look forward to cooking meals over a campfire, discovering local traditions, taking part in friendly competitions and enjoying cosy evenings under the open sky. With a mix of adventure, learning and social bonding, the outdoor trip promises to be both memorable and genuinely fun - a perfect start to your time at ISI.

Club La Santa, Lanzarote

Experience an entire week dedicated to sport, movement and sunshine at Club La Santa, a world-famous training oasis set in the dramatic volcanic landscape of Lanzarote.

For this special week, we quite literally move the folk high school from Ikast to the Spanish island, where you'll practise your main sport in professional facilities and take part in a wide range of new and exciting activities together with your fellow students. The surroundings make it easy to stay active from early morning until late evening - and even easier to enjoy every moment of it.

Throughout the week, you can dive into a rich programme that includes swimming sessions, yoga on outdoor decks overlooking the mountains, athletics on a professional track, road cycling along the coast and off-road biking across striking volcanic terrain. You'll also have the chance to hike on real volcanoes, join energising group training sessions, test new sports and experience fun activities and evening entertainment.

Club La Santa truly has everything: state-of-the-art sports facilities, endless opportunities to try both familiar and completely new activities, warm weather all year round and delicious meals to round off active days. Whether you're a dedicated athlete or simply enjoy staying active, it's an inspiring playground - an energising oasis for sports lovers at every level.

El Cambio Academy, Uganda

Imagine travelling more than 6,000 kilometers to a country unlike anything you know from home. Here, you'll encounter a new culture and meet new people up close - people who leave an impression, express themselves and make a lasting impact. That's exactly the journey you can become part of when ISI Sports Folk High School travels to Uganda again.

Together, we experience an exciting country and a different culture as we meet locals while visiting schools, families and orphanages. Our base in Uganda is the El Cambio Football Academy. Here, we get close to the young boys and girls as we play sports, laugh, have fun and talk about differences, similarities and Lionel Messi. In addition to showing us their everyday life at the academy, the boys will also take us to their homes so we can meet local families first-hand. The trip also includes a two-day safari - both on land and on water - where we'll sleep outdoors in the middle of nowhere.

The trip is a shared trip for the entire school, so if you dream of travelling with your friends and you're passionate about sport, travelling and experiencing new cultures - this is your chance for an experience beyond the ordinary!

Programme days

During your stay, each programme has dedicated days where students and teachers plan the content together.

For the football programmes, the trip goes to the football capital, London. Here, we visit the Danish club Brentford and get unique access to the club - an experience only very few people ever get. Together, we learn more about what they have done to reach the top - both as a club, and as coaches and players.

For handball players and coaches, the programme trip goes to Berlin, where we visit Füchse Berlin - one of the top teams in the Bundesliga, featuring Danish stars Lasse Andersson and Mathias Gidsel in the squad.

For the volleyball programme, the dedicated programme days focus on exploring volleyball from new angles - both on and off the court. Together with your teacher, you design the content yourselfes, which can include specialised training sessions, tactical workshops, video analysis and guest input.