History and cultural heritage

Fjaler

Korssund

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...

Kvanhovden Lighthouse

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...

Light Houses in Flora

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...

Millstone park

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....

Myklebust Mountain Farm

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...

Naustdal Church

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...

Rugsund Handelstad

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....

Rugsund Kyrkje

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...

Sande Church

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...

Smørhamn Handelstad

Stabben Fyr - lighthouse

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...

Flora

Svanøy Estate Manor House

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...

Gulen

The Gulating

Gulatinget - Modern Parliamentary Assembly The Gulatinget millennium site features the monumental sculptures of Bård Breivik, known as Tingveggen (assembly...

The Medieval Graveyard in Bygstad

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...

Gaular

The Millenium Site - The Osen Farm

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...

Gaular

The Salmon Ladder

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...

The Vilnes Church

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

Tussehaugen

”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...

Utvær

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...

Vamråkbuene

Vassbruksanlegget i Terdal

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...

Jølster

Vassenden Church

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. ...

Vetvik

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...

Vevring Church

The altarpiece from ca. 1510, made as an altarpiece in Lübeck, is a so-called Maria-altarpiece with Reformation utforming. Altar candlesticks from 1707,...

Viksdalen Church

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...

Vingen Helleristningsfelt

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...