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Flora
Ausevika is situated approximately 40 minutes drive from Florø driving towards Stavang. Here you will find over 3000 year old figures. The site contains more...
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Bremanger
Vicarage dating back to the 18th Century. Memorial column to the priest and poet Claus Frimann.
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Grave mounds frpm the Bronze Age. On the mainland side of Bremanger, close to the border to the municipality of Flora, lies the hamlet of Botnane with the...
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Gaular
BYGSTAD CHURCH Elongated wooden church that was consecrated on 02 November 1845. The church was moved in 1920 and extended in 1939. The church was first moved...
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Førde
FØRDE CHURCH, built in 1885. Architect:J.W.Nordan Master Builder: Iver Løtvedt. Førde Church is one of the biggest churches in the County with seating for 600...
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The new mainland connection to Bremanger is open for you to experience the beautiful scenery. At Gloføykje, there is evidence of a settlement dating back 7500...
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One of the oldest churchyards in Norway. They started using it during the Black death in 1349. The churchyard is under renovation, but it is possible to have a guided tour. Please contact the tourist office in Kalvåg.
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Built in 1885 - by Master Builder Gjert Lien. Seating for 120 persons. The architect was H.S. Ekchoff. The altarpiece is from 1692 and is shaped like an altar...
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Jølster
Long church in Gothic style from 1877. Architect:J.W.Norden and Master Builder Ole Vanberg. The name of the church and place suggests this has been a sacred...
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Elongated wooden church by Hestadfjorden in Gaular - 13 m long and 5.5 m wide, Built in 1805 - by the villagers from materials salvaged from an older stave...
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Askvoll
The Ingolf Arnarson statue in Rivedal is a monument to the pioneer spirit in the Dalsfjord prior to the year 1000. Ingolf Arnarson had to flee from his home...
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The Kinna church The Kinna church is built in stone, probably some time in the 12th century. It is the oldest and the only one of its kind in the region of...
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Fjaler
KORSSUND – FJALER Korssund is an old trading-post at the western edge of the municipality of Fjaler, andgot its name from a four metre high stone cross that...
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The lighthouse is located on a crag furthest to the west on the island of Hovden in Flora, 40 metres above sea level. It is one of the highest located...
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The history of Norway's lighthouses is intriguing. About 150 years ago works commenced to build lighthouses along our long and dangerous coastline. Until then...
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Hyllestad
MILLSTONE PARK – HYLLESTAD The production of millstones in Hyllestad started over 1,000 years ago, and used to be a major industry employing up to 1000 people....
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Along the road from Ålfoten to Svelgen (RV 614) you will find Myklebustsætra, one of the few traditional summer mountain farms still running in Sogn og...
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Naustdal
Built in 1891. The architect was Adolf Schimmer and Master Builders were Mons N. Skare and Jørgen I. Tosheim. It was Bishop Per Juvkam who in 1960 gave the...
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Rugsund Handelstad is a preserved trading post dating back to the 17th century. The historical and restored buildings are clustered around the edge of the sea....
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The church was built at the beginning of the 18th Century and is known as the most beautiful church in Nordfjord region. Beautifully decorated in the form of...
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Sande Kyrkje is the principal church in Gaular. Simple and pure in architecture, the church was consecrated just before Christmas in 1864. The architect was...
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The Stabben lighthouse In 1866/87, a sturdy lighthouse with a solid reinforced stone and mortar foundation was built on a slippery, rounded-off skerry in the...
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The island of Svanøy has been a meeting point along this stretch of coast ever since the viking ages. Svanøy Hovudgård is the island's main estate. It was...
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Gulen
Gulatinget - Modern Parliamentary Assembly The Gulatinget millennium site features the monumental sculptures of Bård Breivik, known as Tingveggen (assembly...
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The Bygstad Churchyard (without a church) is located next to the viking barrow ”Tussehågjen”. This must have been an important place to meet long before the...
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Where the river meets the Dalsfjord ihas been an important centre for travel and trade. Here is findings from the very first settelments long before the viking...
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Fishing for salmon in the Gaula River has been of great economic importance thtough all times. The salmon ladder was built in 1869 and is the oldest salmon...
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The Vilnes Church at Atløy is a medieval wooden church constructed in 1674. Tours by appointment only; contact Stiftinga Jensbua. Tel. 57 73 90 20
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”Tussehågjen” is tht most known barrow from the viking period in Bygstad. The burial place was found in 1909. The findins is an evidence that this Bygstad male...
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Solund
LIGHTHOUSE SAFARI TO UTVÆR Take a trip to the charming old fishing hamlet of Utvær in Solund – you cannot get further west in Norway than here! Let yourself be...
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The fully restored water plant in Terdal is from the 19th century and includes a sawmill, grain mill, collection pond, sluices and 4 water wheels. The plant...
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This is a recently built "working church" from 2001. It was a 75-year old dream that became reality when it was completed in the autumn of 2001. ...
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In its time a prosperous village with well kept farms. Today, there stands the abandoned houses and reminds you of what once was there. Here is situated the...
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The altarpiece from ca. 1510, made as an altarpiece in Lübeck, is a so-called Maria-altarpiece with Reformation utforming. Altar candlesticks from 1707,...
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Viksdalen Church A cogged timber, long church that was consecrated in 1848, and was rebuilt extensively in 1889. The church from 1848 was rebuilt from the...
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In the narrow Vingen fjord, between steep mountain sides, lies Vingen, one of the largest and most characteristic rock craving sites in northern Europe. Here...
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Flora: In 1942 the Germans built an artillery site in Havreneset with 6 French 155 mm guns. After the war the guns were removed, but one is still standing. In...
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The Ytterøyane lighthouse The Ytterøyane lighthouse, the biggest in Sunnfjord, was built in 1881, and has withstood hurricanes and airplane attacks. This...
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Ålfoten church, a small wooden church from 1678 with a travel altar, still in use. For a guided tour, please contact the Tourist Office in Svelgen
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The elongated wooden church was built in 1795 under the supervision of Master Builder Gunder Gregoriussen Støfringshaug. The church is built on the same site...
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