July 2011. A green grassy field outside the town of Kristianstad in southern Sweden has turned into a bustling town of more than 30 000 people.

Small tents, cooking fires, uniforms, music, nature, food, dancing, cafés, wood, adventures, singing, environment, orienteering, meetings, Scout scarves, letters from home, meditation, rock bands, patrols, ice cream, email, celebration, bicycles, pioneering, singing, cleaning, calm, water, sunshine, reunions, sleeping, laughter, solidarity...

This is the World Scout Jamboree - click here for more info.

KISC is part of the SCENES Programme - Scout Centres of Excellence for Nature and the Environment. The other SCENES Centres are:

Kandersteg International Scout Centre is also part of the Goose Network. The network is made up of Scout and Guide Centres that come together and aim to improve the quality of environmental, nature and cultural activities and Scout and Guide Centres throughout Europe.

The following are links to other Scout centres that are part of the network.

The other World Centres for WOSM are:

The World Guide Centres for WAGGGS are:

BP Trails - Back in Baden Powell's footsteps

BP-Trails offers organised tours for active and/or former Scouts that follow the footsteps of Baden Powell and visit the Centre while staying in Kandersteg.
For more details see www.bp-trails.com.

Some other interesting links:

Kandersteg Tourismus

Haus Sunneblick

You will find more Scouting links in Our Network.