A group of people in silhouette on a rocky summit, looking out over an archipelago with low sun on the water.

Livsta | Expedition Studio

Hosted journeys, from 78°N southward.

The places we go. The people who take us there.

Livsta is an expedition studio designing and hosting curated journeys to extraordinary places.

We create our journeys around places, people, and the relationships that bring them together.

We work at the intersection of travel, architecture, design, gastronomy, lifestyle, and storytelling — with an interest in how people live, create, and experience a place. These are the elements that transform a journey into something far beyond an itinerary.

Chapters

Journeys shaped by people, places, and the desire to return.

A small group and their snowmobiles on sea ice, dwarfed by the blue face of a glacier.

01

Svalbard

Livsta's flagship Chapter. Over a decade of polar expeditions at 78°N, taking small groups on snowmobile journeys into the heart of the Arctic.

Svalbard isn't just a destination. It's an unforgettable journey into the heart of the Arctic.

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Five people in silhouette walking across snow at dusk, with a column of rainbow-coloured light rising from a dark mountain into the cloud behind them.
Eight people sitting and standing around a large lichen-covered rock, with autumn poplars and a granite mountain behind them.

02

MAPU | Patagonia

Journeys rooted in the landscapes and people of Chilean Patagonia.

From horseback riding through the wilderness to exploring its extraordinary landscapes and gathering around the table, each journey brings us closer to the nature, gastronomy, and people that define this place.

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A convoy parked on a gravel road that curves around a rock face beside a long dark lake, under heavy cloud.

03

On The Road | Patagonia

Created with our friends at MAPU, an expedition across Patagonia with the freedom of the open road.

Traveling by motorhome through remote landscapes, stopping along the way and discovering the region at our own pace. A journey designed to be shared, bringing together friends, families, and different generations.

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A man in a brown jacket stands on a rocky ledge beside an angular glass-and-timber cabin, looking out over the sea, small islands and jagged mountains in low sun.

04

Bergtatt | Northern Norway

An architectural destination in Steigen, where four cabins designed by Snorre Stinessen meet the extraordinary Arctic landscape.

A different way to experience Northern Norway — through architecture, nature, hospitality, and journeys shaped around the people who come together.

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Black-and-white photograph of people walking along a wet stone promenade beside Oslo's harbour, with a small striped lighthouse and moored boats on one side and restaurant awnings on the other.

Cities Along the Way

Not every journey begins in the wilderness. From Oslo to Copenhagen and beyond, cities often become part of our Chapters — through architecture, design, gastronomy, and the people who give each place its character.

Sometimes a stop along the way becomes a journey of its own.

People

The people make the place.

Explorers, photographers, architects, chefs, and friends. People we've known for years, and others we've met along the way. Each brings a different perspective to the journeys we create.

André and Snorre Stinessen talking on a mossy rise between two timber-clad cabins in low evening sun, with the sea and distant peaks behind them.
Odd Harald grinning in close-up under a black helmet, with frost on the neck gaiter and the fur of the hood.
Seen through a weathered red and blue doorway, two men in bright orange oilskins stand either side of a huge halibut hanging in a boathouse.
Close view of weathered hands resting on a horse's neck, a coarse wool poncho and sheepskin saddle pad, with braided leather reins.
An angular glass-fronted building glowing warm against blue dusk, set on a rocky rise between dark mountains.
In low warm light, a chef's hand spoons sauce over a risotto topped with shaved mushrooms, with more plates waiting along the table.
Black and white: two Patagonian horsemen in flat caps and sheepskin chaps on dark horses among tall forest trees, with a dog sitting at their feet.
Close view of a helmet visor covered in frost, with blue goggles and a red neck warmer just visible behind the ice.
Two men with cans in hand talking on a grassy ridge, one tipping his hat, high above a bright lake and a forested valley.
A dark timber lodge with a glass front glowing with warm light at dusk, set into a grassy slope among forested mountains, with a fire burning among log stools and people scattered across the lawn and deck.
Aerial view of a polar bear sitting on snow and looking straight up, its long shadow stretching away across the surface beside a thin crack in the ice.
A smiling man in a mustard beanie crouching on a mossy hillside, feeding red berries to a shaggy sheep with a black and white face.
A grilled steak on a green-striped plate beside a glass of red wine and olive oil on a lakeside table, with two small boats pulled up on the shore and snow-dusted mountains beyond.
André, in a dark wool coat, looking through binoculars from a tall window in a dim lounge, with a snow-patched mountainside outside and a glass of red wine on the sill.
A lone fisherman casting from a stony riverbank in morning mist, framed by willow branches, with a mountain rising out of the fog behind.
A long wooden table at night, set with woven placemats, plates and wine glasses, as a guest reaches across to pour red wine.
Close view of Børge Ousland's hand signing the title page of his book The Great Polar Journey, in warm low light.
A metal-clad cabin with a glass end, raised on stilts above rock, under a starry sky with green northern lights.
A whole lamb splayed on an iron cross, roasting upright in front of an open wood fire in a stone hearth.
André and Børge Ousland smiling at a bar table with drinks, one holding up a copy of Børge's book The Great Polar Journey.
A small group in winter jackets and sunglasses walking together along a gravel road in Longyearbyen, past a timber building, with snow-covered mountains under a blue sky behind them.
Five men in waders and wool jackets around a red aluminium fishing boat in the shallows of a lake, with steep forested mountains behind.
Two horsemen, one in a black hat and wool poncho, the other in a red beret and padded jacket, on frosty ground beside a lake with mist rising off the water.
André, in a black Livsta fleece, looks down at an antique globe in warm raking light against a worn canvas backdrop.
André Lucchesi, founder of Livsta.

Studio

From an idea to a journey.

We bring together people, places, and different perspectives to create our Chapters. Each one is developed through collaboration, shaped by experience, and refined over time.

Made together.

Some Chapters begin with a place. Others begin with a person, a conversation, or an idea shared between friends.

We work with brands, creative studios, and people who share our curiosity — bringing together different perspectives across travel, architecture, photography, gastronomy, design, and hospitality. Sometimes we create journeys together. Other times, something entirely different takes shape.

André and Gustavo laughing on a wet gravel road in Patagonia, both in black Livsta fleeces and caps, with low cloud over the forested hills behind.
MAPU × Livsta
In a snowy yard in front of an old corrugated shed, a man in green Arctic overalls straps a black Cutterman duffel onto an aluminium box lashed to a snowmobile sled.
Cutterman × Livsta
The Twist at Kistefos: a ribbed silver gallery building twisting as it crosses a dark river, framed by pine branches and yellow autumn birches under a grey sky.
Architecture Hunter × Livsta
A glass facade reflecting a sunset, with four wooden deck chairs on a terrace looking over rocks, water and a distant coastline.
Bergtatt × Livsta

In Steigen, Northern Norway, Bergtatt is a new architectural destination shaped by the vision of Snorre Stinessen. Four cabins set into an extraordinary landscape, where architecture, nature and hospitality come together.

For Livsta, this collaboration represents a new direction. Beyond creating expeditions, we're working alongside the people behind Bergtatt to help shape its identity, bring together creative partners, and introduce the destination to the world.

Every journey begins with a conversation.

Whether you're looking to join a Chapter or create something together, we'd love to hear from you.