Guidebook for Vassenden
Essentials
Has a large selection and much organic and local food. Here you can rent a boat and buy a fishing card for the Jølstra lake.
The closest gas station and hairdresser!
SPAR
705 JølstraholmenHas a large selection and much organic and local food. Here you can rent a boat and buy a fishing card for the Jølstra lake.
The closest gas station and hairdresser!
COOP Marked Vassenden
885 JølstravegenThe closest grocery store.
Coop Jølster Sa
9 VikavegenGrocery store if you're coming from or heading north. OK selection and OK prices.
Entertainment & Activities
Offers many nice and challenging activities like rafting, riverboard, paintball and abseiling.
6 preporuka/e lokalaca
Jølster Rafting AS
14 TunavegenOffers many nice and challenging activities like rafting, riverboard, paintball and abseiling.
Vassenden
Sunnfjord Golf club.
Our favourite ski center. Perfect for down hill and cross country skiing.
8 preporuka/e lokalaca
Jølster Skisenter
BjørkeliaOur favourite ski center. Perfect for down hill and cross country skiing.
Stiftelsen norsk Fjordhestgard
A nice place to meet the Norwegian Fjord Horse. A blonde beauty.
Arts & Culture
The artist home of Norway's second most known artist after Munch: Nikolai Astrup. You can get a guided tour through his old wooden houses, stroll on the terraces of his garden-farm and experience his art in the gallery. There is also a small café and book shop. Only 20 minutes walk from our farm.
23 preporuka/e lokalaca
Astruptunet
1135 Nikolai Astrups v.The artist home of Norway's second most known artist after Munch: Nikolai Astrup. You can get a guided tour through his old wooden houses, stroll on the terraces of his garden-farm and experience his art in the gallery. There is also a small café and book shop. Only 20 minutes walk from our farm.
Nice and modern gallery with a large collection of the artist and art professor Ludvig Eikaas. Paintings, graphic art, sculptures, ready mades. Café with terrace and small bookshop.
Eikaasgalleriet
1677 JølstravegenNice and modern gallery with a large collection of the artist and art professor Ludvig Eikaas. Paintings, graphic art, sculptures, ready mades. Café with terrace and small bookshop.
Art museum built in 2012. Collection from ca. 1900 until today. Exhibitions on 3 floors. Café with lovely food. Beautiful view from the café terrace on the roof. Art store selling visual arts, arts and crafts and books on regional artists.
12 preporuka/e lokalaca
Sogn og Fjordane Kunstmuseum
1 A StorehagenArt museum built in 2012. Collection from ca. 1900 until today. Exhibitions on 3 floors. Café with lovely food. Beautiful view from the café terrace on the roof. Art store selling visual arts, arts and crafts and books on regional artists.
Beautiful outdoor museum on the cultural history of the Sunnfjord region.
12 preporuka/e lokalaca
Sunnfjord Museum
107 JølstravegenBeautiful outdoor museum on the cultural history of the Sunnfjord region.
Exciting museum about glaciers and also on climate change. They offer guided glacier walks!
27 preporuka/e lokalaca
Muzej ledenjaka
13 FjærlandsfjordenExciting museum about glaciers and also on climate change. They offer guided glacier walks!
Small and cosy cultural history museum for the municipality of Jølster.
13 preporuka/e lokalaca
Jølstramuseet
4 HåvardtunvegenSmall and cosy cultural history museum for the municipality of Jølster.
Each summer, from the first wednesday to sunday in July, the Førde Traditional and World Music Festival sets Førde "on fire". There are people and music everywhere!
Førde Internasjonale Folkemusikkfestival (Førdefestivalen)
5 AngedalsvegenEach summer, from the first wednesday to sunday in July, the Førde Traditional and World Music Festival sets Førde "on fire". There are people and music everywhere!
Museum telling the story of tourism in Norway from 1820 up till today. Opened in 2016. Beautiful building and exhibition! Small café.
12 preporuka/e lokalaca
Norwegian Travel Museum
12 HolmenMuseum telling the story of tourism in Norway from 1820 up till today. Opened in 2016. Beautiful building and exhibition! Small café.
Shopping
The Norwegian Book Town. In the beautiful village of Mundal you can find second hand book treasures or go to have a lunch at the old wooden Mundal hotel. Can be combined with the Glacier museum and the Bøyabreen glacier.
11 preporuka/e lokalaca
The Norwegian Book Town
308 FjærlandsfjordenThe Norwegian Book Town. In the beautiful village of Mundal you can find second hand book treasures or go to have a lunch at the old wooden Mundal hotel. Can be combined with the Glacier museum and the Bøyabreen glacier.
Viken Vevstove; huge store filled with handicraft, knitted sweaters, souvenirs and a year around Christmas store!
Skei i Jølster
Viken Vevstove; huge store filled with handicraft, knitted sweaters, souvenirs and a year around Christmas store!
A nice second hand store where you can buy clothes, shoes, accessories, redesigned clothes, fair trade chocolate, toys, handicrafts and much, much more.
Om Att AS
41 HafstadvegenA nice second hand store where you can buy clothes, shoes, accessories, redesigned clothes, fair trade chocolate, toys, handicrafts and much, much more.
Sightseeing
Bøyabreen Glacier
4105 FjærlandsvegenBeautiful glacier; 30 minutes drive from the house.
Kjøsnesfjordbrui
KjøsnesfjordbruiFantastic view into the Kjøsnesfjord, a branch of the Jølstra lake.
National tourist route across the Gaular Mountain. Breathtaking views! Ends up in the village Balestrand by the Sognefjord with it's old wooden hotel, the jugendstil villas from the late 19th century and the Norsk Reiselivsmuseum (Norwegian Travel/tourism Museum) opened in 2016.
Gaularfjellet
National tourist route across the Gaular Mountain. Breathtaking views! Ends up in the village Balestrand by the Sognefjord with it's old wooden hotel, the jugendstil villas from the late 19th century and the Norsk Reiselivsmuseum (Norwegian Travel/tourism Museum) opened in 2016.
The beautiful village of Balestrand by the Sognefjord with it's old wooden hotel and the jugendstil villas from the late 19th century.
Balestrand Municipality
The beautiful village of Balestrand by the Sognefjord with it's old wooden hotel and the jugendstil villas from the late 19th century.
Leave your car in Florø and take a boat trip to Kinn, a magic island on the verge of the Atlantic ocean. Stay some hours to go and see the old medieval stone church and the peculiar mountain, Kinnaklova. Then take the next boat back to Florø.
Kinn
Leave your car in Florø and take a boat trip to Kinn, a magic island on the verge of the Atlantic ocean. Stay some hours to go and see the old medieval stone church and the peculiar mountain, Kinnaklova. Then take the next boat back to Florø.
One of the oldest Norwegian stave churches, from 1140. On Unesco's World Heritage list. Drive to Luster, leave your car there and take the ferry over to Urnes. Walk approx. 10 minutes up to the church through raspberry fields. Afterwards you can drink tea in the garden of the old wooden Walaker hotel.
34 preporuka/e lokalaca
Urnes Stave Church
One of the oldest Norwegian stave churches, from 1140. On Unesco's World Heritage list. Drive to Luster, leave your car there and take the ferry over to Urnes. Walk approx. 10 minutes up to the church through raspberry fields. Afterwards you can drink tea in the garden of the old wooden Walaker hotel.
The most breathtaking Norwegian fjord, on Unesco's World Heritage list. Drive to Kaupanger, leave your car there, take the ferry to Gudvangen, tour-detour, 5 hour boat trip.
Or take the car with you on the ferry (only 2,5 hour boat trip) and go via Flåm (famous train), Aurland and Lærdal (beautiful old wooden town) on your way back.
22 preporuka/e lokalaca
Nærøyfjorden Verdsarvpark
NærøyfjordenThe most breathtaking Norwegian fjord, on Unesco's World Heritage list. Drive to Kaupanger, leave your car there, take the ferry to Gudvangen, tour-detour, 5 hour boat trip.
Or take the car with you on the ferry (only 2,5 hour boat trip) and go via Flåm (famous train), Aurland and Lærdal (beautiful old wooden town) on your way back.
Parks & Nature
Mt. Eggenipa
Spectacular mountain, especially seen from the north. Beautiful hike up there.
Grovanipa
Spectacular view from the top of this mountain! For experienced hikers.
Klauva
Hike directly from our farm. Nice target for mountain hiking.
Middagsfjellet
Nice target for mountain hiking.
Hike directly from our farm. We call it "Nonsnipa". It's our favourite and closest mountain for up hill skiing and hiking. 1192 m above sea level.
Sanddalsfjellet
Hike directly from our farm. We call it "Nonsnipa". It's our favourite and closest mountain for up hill skiing and hiking. 1192 m above sea level.
Botnavatnet
Hike directly from our farm. Small mountain lake where you go trout fishing.
Orkja
Nice hiking trail and view over the Jølstra lake.
Nice hiking trail and the most spectacular view over the Jølster Municipality. Drive up on Hegrenesåsen at Ålhus. Park there and follow the marked path.
Bjørsetfjellet
Nice hiking trail and the most spectacular view over the Jølster Municipality. Drive up on Hegrenesåsen at Ålhus. Park there and follow the marked path.
Food Scene
Pikant mat- og vinhus
31A HafstadvegenNice café with a river view in Førde.
Knaken kafé og kulturformidling
13 KaupangsvegenNice café/restaurant in beautiful surroundings by the Sognefjord.
Great place to eat locally produced food!
14 preporuka/e lokalaca
Gloppen Hotel - by Classic Norway Hotels
16 SørstrandsvegenGreat place to eat locally produced food!
Kafe Krydder
6 ParkvegenNice café centrally situated in Sogndal.
Hafstadvegen 48
48 HafstadvegenOlefine Konditori; Cosy bakery selling lunch and cakes.
Kafé Sobra in Sogn og Fjordane Kunstmuseum. Nice café selling delicious soups, pie, salads, etc. Homemade cakes and good coffee. Check out the café terrace on the museum roof!
Storehagen 1
1 StorehagenKafé Sobra in Sogn og Fjordane Kunstmuseum. Nice café selling delicious soups, pie, salads, etc. Homemade cakes and good coffee. Check out the café terrace on the museum roof!
The best place to eat in Balestrand! A bit hard to find so use some navigation app to find it. Be sure to taste their locally produced apple cider or juice!
12 preporuka/e lokalaca
Ciderhuset - Servering
32 SjøtunsvegenThe best place to eat in Balestrand! A bit hard to find so use some navigation app to find it. Be sure to taste their locally produced apple cider or juice!