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The Viking Farm is situated in beautiful natural surroundings on the island of Bukkøy and is accessible on foot with a 10 minute walk from the Nordvegen History Centre. Here it is possible to see and experience how the Vikings lived. Many buildings…
Experience Norway's national monument Haraldshaugen, slightly north of Haugesund City Centre.
What is often referred to as norway’s largest monument from the Bronze age is to be found a kilometre from St. Olav’s Church at Avaldsnes. Situated on the way to Haugesund, the area is on the left side of the main road. Today only 6 large burial…
For 3000 years chieftains and kings controlled the strait Karmsundet – Nordvegen – the shipping lane that gave Norway its name. At Nordvegen History Centre you can learn about the sovereigns that controlled the coast of Norway from Avaldsnes. Some…
About 75m south of Haraldshaugen lies Krosshaugen with its stone cross dating from the earliest Christian period in Norway (about the year 1000). The place has functioned as a Parliament site and the cross may be a monument to farmers who converted…
In Tysvær we have two collections of monumental stones, one in Grinde and one in Erland. In Erland, there are also other ancient monuments from fare back in time.
Few villages in the west of Norway have so many rich pre-historic burial mounds as the municipality of Etne. Contours of one of the largest burial grounds in the area are visible beside Stødle Church, where a 6-metre high stone monument known as…
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