Work with us

Do you want to work as a Tourist Guide in Bergen and the Fjords of Norway? Do you also want to obtain the Norwegian Official Authorisation Certificate granted by the Norwegian Guide Federation? If so, this is the study portal for you. Study part time this winter/spring and start working as a guide in Bergen, Norway in May.

Admission is open for 2026. Apply by sending us your Europass CV and a description of your language skills. 

After passing the next scheduled exam in May 2026, you will start working as a tourist guide. You will be formally employed by Bergen By Expert, ensuring compliance with legal standards while providing you with job security, statutory benefits, and a straightforward employment and work process that fully adheres to Norwegian labor regulations.
After one season of successful work, you will obtain the official Norwegian Certificate granted by the Norwegian Guide Federation. The guide course is approved by the Norwegian Guide Federation.

Guideskolen.no (the Guide School) is operated by Bergen By Expert, (BBE) a leading tour and guide company in Norway and the largest independent guide supplier in Western Norway.
We have been educating Authorised guides for many decades, and our teachers and mentors are all certified by the Norwegian Guide Federation.

The course is a combination of lectures, practical exercises, assignments and self study. You can, to some extent, study at your own pace and customise your course work allowing you to combine it with work or other studies.

This page gives you a taste of what the guide course covers and how it is to work as a guide. If you are already a registered participant and have started the guide course, you will find the student portal by logging in at the top of this page. There, you will find the course material, tools for practical exercises etc.

Please feel free to contact us for more information. You can email us on kurs@guideskolen.no, or give us a call + 47 55706088.