Lindøy
Nordvegen History Centre
Viking for a day
Early learning – in a Karmøy library
Two little Vikings
Adventure hunt!
Virgin Mary’s Sewing Needle, St Olav’s Church
Ferkingstad
Karmøy Fishery Museum, Vea
St Olav’s Church and Virgin Mary’s Sewing Needle, Avaldsnes
Rehaugane, Bø
Fishermen´s memorial, Ferkingstad
Fishermen´s memorial, Ferkingstad
Statue of Liberty in Visnes
Mortholmen, Åkrehamn
Visnes
Feøy
Haugaland Zoo
Haugaland Zoo
Haugaland Zoo
Stava, Ferkingstad
Boatrip to Feøy
Stava, Ferkingstad
Feøy
Høyevarde Lighthouse Hotel
Himatunet, Feøy
Åkrasanden - Voted as Norway`s most bautiful beach!
Hiv Away!
Karmøyheiene, Røyningsbu
Galleri Gudrid in Søragadå
Galleri Centauri
"Gudborg-house"
Archeologist for a day
Fiskarbonden spiseri
Solbakken cottage
Take away from Verdens minste kafé
Lanternen Restaurant
Søstrene Søt og Sur - art café
Majorstuen café
Mælandsgården Museum
Visnes cafe
Olav’s Church in Avaldsnes
Olav’s Church, built by Haakon Haakonsen in about 1250 AD, is a powerful monument to former greatness
Minigolf, Torvestad
Minigolf, Torvestad
Studio 21
Studio 21
Studio 21 in Søragadå
Sandvesanden
Trivarli
Haugens feriehus
Reinertsenhuset
You are welcome to a theatrical walking tour
You are welcome to a theatrical walking tour
A theatrical walking tour
Vikeholmen fyr
Sandhåland camping
Pikene på Bryggen
Skude lighthouse, Beiningen
Burmavegen offers an unique landscape
Burmavegen
Skude lighthouse, Beiningen
The legend of St. Olav’s Spring at Torvastad. Ill: Svein Johannsen
Almannamyr, Skudeneshavn
Blikshavn
Hedleholmen feriehytte
Badehuset cafe
Lundin Summer Hotel
Spannavarden
Sålefjell
Skaarnesheimen Raw Ocean Lodge
Skaarnesheimen Raw Ocean Lodge
Drømmebakeriet, Øvrevik Gård
The Viking Farm
Olav’s Church, built by Haakon Haakonsen in about 1250 AD, is a powerful monument to former greatness
Blondefabrikken
"TID" at Åkrasanden
Raw Ocean Lodge
Velkommen til byvandring med teatervri!
Olav’s Church in Avaldsnes
A Viking Festival in the Land of the Vikings! The historical venue and feast allow you to step into the lives of our ancestors and visit a Viking market. Held each year at beginning of June.
Welcome to Vigsnes Mine Museum.
Fisherman´s memorial
The quaint charm of Clipper Town Skudeneshavn.
Sålefjell
The beaches of Karmøy offer first-class bathing for young and old – and a wonderful place to recharge your batteries.
Nordvegen History Centre
Virgin Mary’s Sewing Needle – which will signal the Day of Judgement when the point touches the Church wall, say the Sagas. The Avaldsnes priests – we are told – climbed the needle under cover of darkness to thin the point as it leaned closer – thus saving the world from disaster. The gap is currently 9.2 cm...
Tales of the Sagas, trials of strength, drama, dancing and lavish banquets are just some of the activities at the Viking Festival.
The Oscar’s Gate – the entrance to the old mine that extended 730 metres underground.
Syreneset Fort
“The Lady in the Park”, the figure adorning the park entrance, has become the very symbol of Skudeneshavn.
Norheim Skate Park
Visnes Mine Playground
Syreneset Fort
Exposed to the elements at Visnes is the Copper Smelter, a reminder of mining operations in the late 19th Century.
Nordvegen History Centre
Olav’s Church, built by Haakon Haakonsen in about 1250 AD, is a powerful monument to former greatness.
Skude Festival is the largest gathering of historic and working boats of all categories in the West of Norway. Marvel at wooden ships, veteran steamers, pleasure yachts, small boats and sailing barques. Mingle with the lively crowd among the market stalls in the town centre.
Welcome to the Museum in Mælandsgården, Skudeneshavn. For rich servings of town history in authentic surroundings.
The Five Sorry Virgins
The central Yacht Harbour is popular with visitors. A multitude of tiny, corner-store shops are just a few steps away, and for underage sailors the school playground and park are an added attraction.
Along the coast from Åkrehamn to Ferkingstad the local council has developed a Scenic Heritage Path.
Reinertsenhuset
The Viking Farm
Nordvegen History Centre is well hidden in the historical landscape with great views of the North Way, the narrow strait that gave Norway its name.
The Skude Festival features craftsmen demonstrating maritime skills of yesteryear. Inspect the many art galleries in the Olde Town. Enjoy days and evenings of entertainment and festivity, featuring local and international artists.
The Museum in Mælandsgården, Skudeneshavn.
Rehaugane Burial Mounds
Today ”Olde Town Skudeneshavn” is one of the best-preserved, thriving small communities in Norway.
Pack your sandwiches and jump on your bike. Choose from many routes of different lengths depending on the time available.
Lapping up the sun on a Karmøy jetty is a fine way to spend the time.
Norneshuset
The Vikings were consummate sailors.
Fishery Days. A delightful festival in Åkrehamn where fishing and fisheries take pride of place. Dancing on the pier, sea angling competition, wonderful food, funfair, bounteous stalls and many more attractions on offer.
Karmøy Fishery Museum’s unusual shape is the work of internationally famed architects Snøhetta, who also did the new Norwegian Opera and Ballet in Oslo.
Solhålå
Many cosy scenes unfold as you explore Skudeneshavn ...
Norneshuset
Skudenes Play Park
In the Nordvegen History Centre we meet Harald Fairhair who united Norway, making Avaldsnes the country’s oldest Royal Seat. Harald takes us through 3500 years of history when Avaldsnes served as the meeting point between Norway and mainland Europe. While telling of his realm, Harald introduces some of the barons who watched over this vital narrows and controlled shipping along Norway’s coast.
Come and enjoy the Fishery Days in Åkrehamn! Held each year in August.
The Fishery Museum shows developments in fisheries since the advent of motorised boats until the present and features a saltwater aquarium and cafe.
Olde Town Skudeneshavn
Relax by a sunny wall? Or absorb the pervasive calm, broken only by the cries of lazy gulls circling sea-anglers on the distant mole?
The Avaldsnes Royal Farm Project will explore the role of the royal estates in the early days of a United Norway, and in the first millennium leading up to unification. The two-year excavation is part of a research project scheduled to end in 2017.
Kopervik Festival is a celebration of fun, circus nouveau, exhibitions, jostling crowds, concerts, funfair, maiden racing, coastal trips, reading circles, folk song and folklore evening and much more.
The Nora Wharf is one of the very few herring salteries still intact.
Exploring in Søragadå ...
Park Inn, Haugesund Airport
A Viking sheep, perhaps? The grassy mounds between Olav’s Church and Bukkøy Viking Farm are a fine example of how agriculture shapes the landscape. And a reminder to greet the tireless groundsmen – the “Viking Sheep”! Not content just to graze, these hardy animals enjoy human company and are pleased to say hello to passers-by!
At historic Avaldsnes the annual midsummer celebration of Saint Olav’s Days occurs. Medieval Saint Olav’s Church is the centrepiece for varied concerts, seminars, pilgrim wanderings and a special midsummer service.
Åkrehamn Coastal Museum, situated on the waterfront, displays a large collection of artefacts and photographs of Karmøy as a key fishery centre, and contact point for the trade that the island enjoyed with America.
St Olav’s Church and Virgin Mary’s Sewing Needle
Park Inn, Haugesund Airport
Bukkøy Viking Farm – Inside the Longhouse The Viking Farm.
Visnes Mine Area
The Viking Farm, below the medieval church, consists of several dwellings, longhouses, fire-pits, roundhouses and a spacious boat house.
The name Viking was used by Scandinavians who travelled to other countries to trade, plunder and conquer.
The weather-worn buildings that once housed the Smelting Furnace are a poignant reminder of the days of mining here in the late 1800s.
There’s no need to go to New York to get your picture taken with the Statue of Liberty! Imagine that! – Copper from the Visnes mines was used to protect the very symbol of the USA: The Statue of Liberty! Here she stands, a memorial in the marketplace in Visnes, waiting for you to come along and take a picture!
Visnes – An industrial adventure story! This is where you can explore the history of the mining community that counted 3000 souls in the 1800s and was one of Norway’s largest copper mines!