Study tour
memphis/new orleans
Join us in God’s own country! We are heading south where the sweet scent of barbecue blends with the sounds of blues and jazz. A thick Southern accent asks you, ‘How y’all doin’?’ And you are doing great because you have just fired up 200-horsepower rental car.
TENNESSEE AND LOUISIANA
Our destinations are the American states of Tennessee and Louisiana, where the cities of Memphis and New Orleans are located. These are two very different cities – one has struggled during covid but has a history like few cities in the world. The other is full of life, though with a significant gap between the upper and lower classes.
In many ways, the U.S. feels familiar to so many Danes but at the same time entirely foreign. Why must you be 21 to buy a Bud Light when you can drive a car at 16 and buy a shotgun on the street at 18 years old?
MEMPHIS STATION AND THE GREAT MISSISSIPPI RIVER
During our stay in the states we will follow in the footsteps prints of Johannes V. Jensen at Memphis station. We shall listen to jazz and blues, meet local politicians, explore the famous cuisine, sail on the Great Mississippi River, and of course, visit Graceland; the home of eternal King of Rock’n’Roll, Elvis. You are in for a host of experiences that a standard tour of the USA will not provide.
O’er the land of the free and the home of the brave! God bless the United States of America.
Application
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Facts
The Memphis and New Orleans study tour takes place in the autumn semester 2025
DATES
September 16 to 25, 2025.
PRICE
DKK 14,000
The price includes travel tickets, accommodation and activities. Vaccinations, VISA and meals are not included in the price.
Use our price calculator to find out how much your folk high school stay will cost including this study trip.
Teachers
Simon Nielsen
Mads Mygind
Travel costs on study tours abroad may increase
Silkeborg Højskole study tours are planned well ahead. However, in the current global economic climate price setting has proven difficult. Due to the uncertainty surrounding rising transport costs, some international study tours may suffer a price increase. We aim to adapt the total costs of the study tours to the changing circumstances and any price increase will be announced well in advance of departure.