Balestrand Aquarium is located in the centre of the little fjord Norway village. It contains a large number of tanks exhibiting dozens of species...

Vikøyri is the administrative centre and main settlement of the rural municipality of Vik. The idyllic village, which grew in significance during the nineteenth...

Hopperstad Stave Church is beautiful, ornate church built of wood in medieval times and is one of only two dozen or so that remain in...

Finnafjorden lies in the rural municipality of Vik. The mountain scenery at the head of the fjord is spectacular. One of the particular...

The Viksdalen Waterfall Path is a specially constructed tourist trail that follows the protected Gaular watercourse. It is about twenty two kilometres long, and...

Haukedalen Church lies in the centre of a village about twenty miles to the east of Førde. The charming small church, which seats about...

The Norwegian Book Town is made up of a dozen second-hand bookshops in the little fjord village of Fjærland and attracts many visitors from around...

Vikafjellsvejen translates as "The Vik Mountain Road". This stretch of what is now the main number 13 highway between Vik and Voss traverses a...

Sogn Fjord Museum lies just to the west of Kaupanger. It contains a range of exhibits designed to inform the visitor about all aspects...

Sogn Folk Museum is an open-air museum that contains more than 30 historic buildings, from an open-hearth room of the Middle Ages, to a prefabricated...

The Norwegian Glacier Museum is located near Fjærland, in Sogndal municipality. It is an award winning visitor attraction and science centre housed in a...

The Kaupanger Stave Church lies to the east of Sogndal, on the edge of the village. It is the largest of all the stave...

Viksdalen church lies in the countryside to the south east of Førde, in Gaular municipality. The church was built in 1848 of timber, and...

The Bøyabreen Glacier lies to the north and west of Sogndal, near Fjærland. There are excellent views of it from the main highway....

Holsen Church lies in a little village in Førde municipality, a few miles to the east of the town itself. It lies on the...

Hestadgrend is a popular bathing spot during the summer months. It is located in Gaular municipality, a few miles to the south and west...

Hestad Chapel lies on the banks of the Hestadfjord, which is in the rural Gaular municipality to the south of Førde. The chapel seats...

Oppheim Parsonage Farm is one of three sites that make up the Voss museum group. It is a collection of farm buildings near to...

Astruptunet lies on the banks of the Jølstravatn lake, renowned for its trout fishing. It was the home of the painter Nicolai Astrup, who...

Helgheim Church is one of three churches in the municipality of Jølster. Set against the background of dramatic mountainous landscape, this long naved timber...