How to make international touring sustainable This video is the result of the project and circus tour "Ripples" created in collaboration with Acting for Climate & Festival Norpas. “With the wind in our sails, the sound of the sea around us on a wooden ship without an engine, we [...]
How to turn climate anxiety into climate action “Recognise that your grief is rooted in something you love” This video is the result of the summer tour "Ripples - the sailing circus show" aboard "Swallow" created in collaboration with Acting for Climate & Festival Norpas. The performance, which took [...]
Into calm waters With the work on the frames above the waterline now completed, the team has been working on the internal vessel structure to ensure structural integrity before the craning operation. The remaining bilge stringers and beam shelves were installed in the last weeks of January and the beginning of February. [...]
Reality check The new year came with great energy after we obtained the land for building our future shipyard and craning out the ship, and with this came many ideas, meetings and conversations. At the end of January, the Hawila core team organised a whole planning weekend at our friends in the [...]
The final reports of our summer collaborations Part of the cooperation with Acting for Climate and Festival Norpas were the last two joint meetings where we compiled the results of the big summer tour with "Ripples - the sailing circus show". One meeting took place in Finland, the other in Norway, both times we experienced stormy [...]
A place with many possibilities Those who have been following us for a while know that we have been trying to get Hawila permanently ashore since last summer. This is to make our work on the ship more flexible and independent, but also to give us space for workshops, events and other [...]
Teamwork makes the steam work! Since returning from the Christmas holidays, we have been focusing on the rest of the work in the stern, meaning finishing the last frames and stanchions. We have also added more bilge stringers to the bow and stern. They are strengthening the inside of the ship more [...]
Hawila needs you! Hawila needs many hands, brains, a lot of time, some money, and a huge load of love! Hawila is funded by individuals who share our vision of sustainable maritime transport and education. We are an independent and sustainable organisation that is aiming for a stable economic base. We do [...]
Hawila visiting Copenhagen If you follow us for a while, you might know that before the refit started in Holbæk, Hawila was located in Denmark's capital city Copenhagen. So, it's only natural that our visit to the Kultur Caféen in Christiania felt like coming home. The cosy interior, homely vibes and the many familiar faces [...]
"That's not the bow of the ship", he said sternly... Initially, we had planned to keep Hawila’s stern intact as it appeared healthy and had received massive work in the 90s. However, things are not always as they appear on wooden ships, and while trying to fit our beam shelves aft we [...]
