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The Nordic Tradition: Woodworking & Design in Denmark & Sweden


Join Woodworking Travel Tours for an immersive journey through Denmark and Sweden, where woodworking tradition, modern design, and toolmaking excellence come together. Hosted by Phil Huber of Woodsmith and Logan Wittmer of Popular Woodworking, this eight-day tour offers behind-the-scenes access to renowned workshops, museums, and makers—from iconic furniture studios and bench builders to legendary axe and tool manufacturers. Along the way, you’ll explore Scandinavian craft culture, connect with fellow woodworkers, and gain inspiration you’ll bring back to your own shop.

Tour Dates

September 20 – September 27, 2026

Tour Prices

$7,250 (USD) per person, double occupancy

$8,270 (USD) per person, single occupancy

Tour Includes

  • Hosted by the editors of Woodsmith and Popular Woodworking — travel and learn alongside Phil Huber and Logan Wittmer, with insider insight, shop talk, and shared experiences throughout the journey.  
  • Explore Scandinavian woodworking heritage with exclusive visits to renowned workshops, factories, and craft institutions across Denmark and Sweden.  
  • Behind-the-scenes access to iconic makers, including PP Møbler, Sjöbergs Workshop, Gemla Fabrikers, and Gränsfors Bruk, seeing how world-class furniture, benches, chairs,
    and edge tools are made today.
  • Hands-on inspiration at Sätergläntan Institute for Craft, one of Scandinavia’s most respected centers for traditional woodworking and craft education.
  • Time to explore Copenhagen, Gothenburg, and Stockholm, with curated free time for museums, design shops, and local culture.
  • Comfortable 4-star accommodations, group meals, and private coach transportation, allowing you to focus fully on learning, conversation, and inspiration.
Viking Ship Museum
Viking Ship Museum

Itinerary

AT A GLANCE

Sunday, September 20 - Arrival Copenhagen airport, welcome dinner (location tbd).

Monday, September 21 - Viking Ship Museum, Roskilde Museum of Tools. Dinner (location tbd).

Tuesday, September 22 - Design Museum Danmark, PP Møbler, free time in Copenhagen. Dinner on your own.

Wednesday, September 23 - Gemla Fabrikers, Sjöbergs Workshop Supply AB. Dinner in hotel.

Thursday, September 24 - Röhsska Museum of Design and Craft, Sätergläntan Institute for Craft. Dinner in hotel.

Friday, September 25 - Gränsfors Bruk AB, Hedlunds Timber AB. Dinner in hotel.

Saturday, September 26 - Skansen Open Air Museum, free time in Stockholm. Dinner in hotel.

Sunday, September 27 - Departure.

DETAILS

Day 1, September 20, 2026: Arrival at Copenhagen airport and Welcome Dinner

Arrive at Copenhagen airport and check into the hotel before enjoying a welcome dinner at a local restaurant.

Day 2, September 21, 2026: Viking Craft & Historic Tools

Visit the Viking Ship Museum to explore historic boatbuilding, followed by the Roskilde Museum of Tools, showcasing traditional Scandinavian hand tools and trades. To end the evening, we will enjoy dinner at a local restaurant.

Day 3, September 22, 2026: Danish Design & Fine Furniture

Tour the Design Museum Danmark and visit PP Møbler, known for its exceptional craftsmanship and iconic furniture, with free time to explore Copenhagen in the afternoon. Dinner will be on your own this evening.

Day 4, September 23, 2026: Workshops & Workbenches

Travel into Sweden to visit Gemla Fabrikers, masters of bentwood furniture, and Sjöbergs Workshop, world-renowned for professional woodworking benches. End the evening with dinner at the hotel.

Day 5, September 24, 2026: Craft Education & Design Museums

Explore the Röhsska Museum of Design and Craft, then visit the Sätergläntan Institute for Craft, a leading center for traditional Scandinavian woodworking and handcraft. Dinner will be at the hotel to end the evening.

Day 6, September 25, 2026: Tools & Timber

Go behind the scenes at Gränsfors Bruk, famous for hand-forged axes, and Hedlunds Timber, learning how Scandinavian wood is selected and processed. End the evening with dinner in the hotel.

Day 7, September 26, 2026: Living History in Stockholm

Visit Skansen, the world's oldest open-air museum, before enjoying free time to explore Stockholm's museums, shops, and historic districts. Dinner will be at the hotel to end the evening.

Day 8, September 27, 2026: Departure

Depart and travel home, bringing back inspiration drawn from centuries of Nordic craftsmanship.

Contact 800-444-7527 or WoodworkingTravel@aimmedia.com for more information.

Stockholm
Stockholm

Pricing

$7,250 (USD) per person, double occupancy

$8,270 (USD) per person, single occupancy

Tour price includes:

  • 4-star hotels: Hotel SP34 Copenhagen (3 nights), Hyatt Place Gothenburg Central (2 nights), Green Hotel Tallberg (1 night), NOFO hotel Stockholm(1 night).
  • All breakfasts, 4 lunches and 6 dinners.
  • Coach transportation.
  • Admission as per itinerary.
  • Professional tour leader.
  • Woodsmith and Popular Woodworking staff members.

Tour price excludes:

  • Airfare. Each tour member books their flight individually to arrive at Copenhagen Airport on 9/20/2026.
  • Travel insurance.
  • 1 dinner, 2 lunches, and all drinks and snacks.
  • Tips to coach driver and tour coordinator.

Payment Schedule:

A deposit payment of $1,170 (USD) is due when you book your tour or by June 19, 2026 for each tour member. This deposit is to reserve your spot on the tour.

Final payment, in full, is due July 31, 2026 for each tour member. If you sign up for the tour after the June 19th deposit deadline the full tour payment is due on July 31, 2026.

NOTE: Woodworking Travel Tours offers thoughtfully arranged tours. Each tour is guaranteed to proceed as soon as the minimum of 15 reservations has been met. If our reservation minimum is not met, Woodworking Travel Tours reserves the right to cancel the tour. Deposits/payments will be refunded in full if the tour is canceled. 

If you need to cancel your reservation, the deposit and final payment are fully refundable until the deposit deadline, June 19, 2026. After June 19, we are not able to refund the deposit. After July 31, 2026, no refunds for deposit or final payment will be issued. 

Please DO NOT make your airline reservations until Woodworking Travel Tours has guaranteed (by email) that the tour will proceed.

Contact 800-444-7527 or WoodworkingTravel@aimmedia.com for more information.

Accommodations

4-star relaxation and comfortable coach travel. 

Hotel Accommodations: 

After full days of touring, we will retire to the comfort of 4-star hotels. 

Coach Travel: 

Coach travel will be provided daily by a modern, comfortable coach operated by an experienced driver.

Contact 800-444-7527 or WoodworkingTravel@aimmedia.com for more information.

Terms & Conditions

Responsibilities: 

As the hosting organization, Woodworking Travel Tours provides reservation services and has chosen Garden Tours, a professional tour operator, as its designated tour operator. As the designated tour operator, Garden Tours arranges for the actual tour of the all sites. Garden Tours also acts as an agent for services connected with specific tours hosted by Woodworking Travel Tours, such as ground transportation, lodging, accommodations, and meals. Each service provider is solely responsible to the participant for providing their respective services. 

By making a reservation for a tour hosted by Woodworking Travel Tours, the participant certifies that she/he does not have any mental, physical, or other condition or disability that would create a hazard for themselves or other participants. Woodworking Travel Tours and Garden Tours reserve the right in their sole discretion to accept, decline to accept, or remove any participant on a tour hosted by Woodworking Travel Tours.

Liabilities & Booking Conditions: 

Garden Tours is established in the Netherlands, and rights and responsibilities for all tours operated by Garden Tours will be governed by Dutch laws only. Garden Tours will have responsibility only for the proven negligent acts and omissions of its employees or agents and suppliers, subcontractors, servants, and/or agents of the same while acting within the scope of or in the course of their employment in respect of claims arising as a result of death, bodily injury, or illness caused to the signatory to the contract and/or any other named persons on the booking form.

Smoking: 

All participants in tours operated by Garden Tours agree to comply with a non-smoking policy on all coaches, in restaurants, gardens and in all lodging places.

Liability: 

Garden Tours has no responsibility or liability to any person for loss of baggage, money, or other property whatsoever. Garden Tours has no responsibility or liability for any loss or additional expenses caused by delay or interruption to travel services through weather conditions (such as rain, wind, or fog) civil disturbance, riot, illegal acts of third parties, strikes, wars, floods, sickness or any circumstances amounting to Force Majeure.

Complaints: 

In the unlikely event that you or your tour members have a complaint, you or they must promptly inform the Garden Tours tour guide directly, so he/she can take remedial action on the spot. If the matter cannot be solved directly, any complaints must be submitted in writing to Garden Tours within 7 days after the last day of the tour.

Your Tour Canceled by Us: 

Garden Tours aims to provide your tour as booked. We reserve the right to cancel your tour under any circumstances, but if we cancel your tour, except where this is because you have not paid, you will receive a full refund.

Changes in Itinerary Details: 

Woodworking Travel Tours and Garden Tours strive to operate according to the published itinerary. However, in the event of unforeseen circumstances beyond our control or opportunities that would enhance the itinerary, adjustments may be necessary or appropriate. Woodworking Travel Tours and Garden Tours reserve the right, without penalty, to make changes in the agreed-upon itinerary whenever, in their judgment, conditions warrant or if they deem it necessary for the comfort, convenience, or safety of participants. Woodworking Travel Tours will let you know about any significant changes as soon as possible if there is time before your departure. Otherwise, we will announce changes on the tour.

Cancellations: 

If a tour member should need to withdraw from the tour for whatever reason you must notify Garden Tours in writing. Cancellation becomes effective when written notice is received. After June 19, 2026, there will be a 75% refund from Garden Tours due to cancellations. After July 31, 2026, there will be no refunds from Garden Tours due to cancellations. See “Insurance” item below.

Insurance: 

Travel insurance is strongly recommended for each tour member in case they have to cancel their trip, have health emergencies while traveling, personal property lost or stolen, and other unforeseen issues arise that prevent them from joining or staying on the tour. Medical costs will not be paid for by your national medical insurance. Therefore we strongly recommend to have travel insurance. Your travel insurance will give you peace of mind and should cover the costs of medical treatment, repatriation, loss of property and cancellation charges. Tours members are asked to provide evidence that you have obtained travel insurance by July 31, 2026.

Health & Safety: 

Woodworking Travel Tours follows COVID-19 safety updates from the CDC and our destination country.

Photography Notice: 

Woodworking Travel Tours will be taking photos and videos of the tours for future editorial and promotional use. Tour participants may occasionally appear in these images.

Contact 800-444-7527 or WoodworkingTravel@aimmedia.com for more information.

Reserve A Spot

Secure Your Reservation:

To reserve your spot on this tour:

  1. Fill out and submit the online reservation form.
    Reservation Form
  2. Submit your tour deposit of $1,170 USD by calling 800-444-7527 or completing a checkout through our online store.
    Pay Deposit Online

Questions? Contact us at WoodworkingTravel@aimmedia.com or 800-444-7527. We would love to chat with you about this exciting trip!

Note: After July 31, 2026, please contact us to confirm that there are still spots available on this tour. If we are able to accommodate your reservation, full payment, reservation form and proof of insurance will be due immediately.

Payment Details:

Deposit amount: $1,170 USD

Full payment:
$7,250 (USD) per person, double occupancy
$8,270 (USD) per person, single occupancy

Note: For reservations made after June 19, 2026, the full payment will be due immediately.

Additional information about the tour costs, including details about inclusions and exclusions, can be viewed under “Pricing”.

PLEASE NOTE: Woodworking Travel Tours reserves the right to cancel the tour. Deposits/payments will be refunded in full if the tour is canceled.

Woodworking Travel Tours follows COVID-19 safety updates from the CDC and our destination countries.

Contact 800-444-7527 or WoodworkingTravel@aimmedia.com for more information.

Tour Hosts

Portrait of Logan Wittmer

Logan Wittmer

Editor in Chief, Popular Woodworking

Logan’s true love, apart from his family, is the craft of woodworking. Having caught the woodworking bug in middle school, Logan attended the University of Northern Iowa studying Graphic Communications with the intent of, one day, working at a woodworking magazine. After spending a portion of his career in the print industry, Logan became an Assistant Editor at Woodsmith magazine before taking the reigns at Popular Woodworking. During the spring and fall, Logan’s often found on the water or in the woods hunting and fishing. When summer rolls around, Logan’s often found outside, late into the evenings, covered in sweat and sawdust, running his sawmill.

Portrait of Phil Huber

Phil Huber

Executive Editor, Woodsmith Magazine

Phil Huber is the host of the Woodsmith Shop television show and the executive editor of Woodsmith. He teaches woodworking classes for the Des Moines Woodworkers club in central Iowa. In his garage workshop, Phil enjoys building furniture projects, boxes, and carving bowls & spoons for friends and family.

Contact 800-444-7527 or WoodworkingTravel@aimmedia.com for more information.