Do you have a tear in your hiking pants, a broken zipper on your favorite jacket, or a frustrating hole in your sweater? Trondhjems Turistforening's ReTuren, is here to help!
We take sustainability seriously and have opened our own repair workshop at Sandgata 30. We accept items for repair every weekday, and you can stop by anytime during opening hours to drop off what needs to be fixed. This way, you can enjoy your outdoor clothing for much longer.
Our textile artisan, Margit Seland, has an extensive education and background in both textiles and ceramics. She lives and breathes zero-waste and circularity—two of ReTuren's core values. She also hosts workshops on redesigning, repairing wool, and fixing outdoor garments.
Margit Seland, ReTuren Trondheim.
"With Margit's love for and inspiration from nature, you can rest assured that the items you hand in will be well taken care of."
ReTuren Workshops
We regularly arrange repair workshops at the TT pier (TT-brygga). Here, you will learn different techniques for patching holes and tears, mending woolen clothing, and redesigning outdoor gear. Welcome to a practical and enjoyable evening with us!
We welcome donations of outdoor clothing that you no longer use. Parts of these items can be used to repair other outdoor gear. Our goal is to only use materials that already exist in the world to perform our repairs—without destroying functional gear—and to buy as little new material as possible. We view discarded clothing as a spare-parts bank, keeping items whole until we see exactly what components are needed for a repair.
A Major Societal Challenge
The ReTuren repair workshop is a vital initiative for the entirety of DNT. Overconsumption, the pressure to always buy the latest equipment, and a widespread lack of knowledge regarding how to mend clothing and gear represent a major societal challenge. On average, Norwegians spend three times as much on outdoor clothing and gear as other Europeans. We cannot continue this way. The outdoor life of the future must be built on far lower consumption and solutions that extend the lifespan of what we already own.
