Host Draken

What hosting Draken can include

Each stopover can be shaped around the host location, audience, and goals. Depending on the format, hosting Draken may include:

• Public arrival and departure moments

• Open ship experiences and deck tours

• Guided interpretation and storytelling

• Talks and panel discussions

• Cocktail receptions and networking

• Hosted dinners and smaller gatherings

• Educational programmes

• Partner and client events

• Brand and media activations

• VIP, press, and invited guests’ experiences

• Supporting shoreside activation around the ship, such as exhibitions, sponsor activity, ticketing, merchandise, and local food and beverage elements

Indicative capacities and formats

Draken offers a flexible onboard setting for different events and hosting formats while in port.

Capacity examples

• Cocktail reception: up to 100 guests

• Seated lecture / cinema-style: up to 45 guests

• Panel talk with audience: around 35 to 40 guests

• Boardroom/roundtable discussion: around 15 to 25 guests

• Seated dining: around 25 to 35 guests

• Open house / hosted visits: up to 180 guests per hour

Space examples

• 137 m² of deck space available for events

• 53 m² speaker-facing audience setup available

Final setup and capacity depend on event format, catering, AV, operational requirements, and port conditions.

Practical planning

Events on board Draken are planned case by case in collaboration with the client, host, or event agency. The vessel is provided with operational crew and onboard oversight, while elements such as catering, AV, décor, security, and guest flow are adapted to each occasion.

Hosting on Draken is unlike hiring a conventional venue, and that is part of the appeal. At the same time, there are practical considerations that are important to plan for in advance, including weather cover, onboard access, restrooms, footwear, deck surfaces, and accessibility.

Why it works

Draken offers something rare: a venue with real presence, visual power, and a genuine sense of adventure. More than a spectacular backdrop, the ship helps create atmosphere, focus, and memorability.

For hosts, that can translate into public attention, memorable visitor experiences, educational engagement, and wider destination value. Because Draken is both a vessel and a storytelling platform, a stopover can reach several audiences at once: the general public, schools, media, invited guests, and local partners.

Guests can experience not only the ship itself, but also the people behind it. Encounters with crew members help bring Draken to life through seamanship, storytelling, and first-hand experience.

What hosts and visitors say

Draken’s stopovers create strong responses from host institutions, destination partners, and the public alike.

A flexible platform for hosts

Draken can support a range of hosting formats, from public visits and museum stopovers to festival appearances, educational activity, and hosted guest experiences. The exact format can be adapted to the site, audience, and the host's goals.

That flexibility is part of what makes Draken valuable to institutions and destinations looking for something distinctive, memorable, and difficult to replicate in more conventional settings.

Hosting brochure

For a more detailed overview of event formats, onboard capacities, deck layout, and practical considerations, see our hosting brochure.

The brochure includes examples of event use, indicative capacities, and planning considerations for events on board Draken, from talks and receptions to hosted dinners, educational programs, and open-house visits.

Interested in hosting Draken?

We welcome enquiries from ports, museums, festivals, destinations, event organizers and other institutions interested in discussing future stopovers and hosted experiences.