The sixth annual Seven Hills Walk is June 6. It's modeled after a similar tradition of Seattle's sister city Bergen, Norway, pictured here.
The Seattle-Bergen Sister City Association is hosting its sixth annual Seven Hills Walk Saturday, June 6 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Walk the Seven Hills of Seattle with sister city association. The event is modeled after a similar tradition in Bergen, Norway.
Sites include:
- A view of Seattle from Queen Anne Hill
- The old Norway Hall on Denny Hill
- Capitol Hill
- A Swedish retirement home on Renton Hill
- Swedish Hospital on First Hill
- Yesler Community Center on Profanity Hill (Yesler Hill)
- Amazon.com campus on Beacon Hill
The association invites walkers to join the seven-mile 900 foot elevation gain walk, which will convene at Kerry Park on Queen Anne at West Highland Drive between 2nd Avenue West and 3rd Avenue West.
Guides will discuss Seattle's history and point out Scandinavian landmarks as we climb all seven hills.
Lunch is at Swedish Hospital cafeteria or bring your own. The tour will finish on Beacon Hill, where a Metro bus will take participants back to Kerry Park.
For more information, contact Olaf Kvamme, president of the the Seattle-Bergen Sister City Association, 206-363-3966 or Nancy Olsen, 206-760-2666.
