Haugesund Tourist Attractions: 15 Top Places to Visit
Planning to visit Haugesund? Check out our Haugesund Travel Guide video and see top most Tourist Attractions in Haugesund.
Top Places to visit in Haugesund (Norway):
Karmoy Beaches, Djupadalen, Steinsfjellet, Haraldshaugen - Norway's National Monument, Utsira, Arquebus War History Museum, Vår Frelsers Church, Haugesund Town Hall, Haraldsgata Street, Dokken Friluftsmuseum, Karmsund Folkemuseum, Byparken, Hagland Natural Park, Haugesund Art Gallery, Amanda Shopping Center
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Explore Fjord Norway: Viking Village
Fjord Norway is the actual source of most of the images you likely associate with Norway in general. The region runs along the country's southwestern coast, comprising a dramatic landscape of fjords, mountains, cliffs, and islands, as well as some truly special cultural and culinary centers.
For this exciting partnership, Matador dispatched a small crew of our most talented Ambassadors to traverse the region and do what they do best, be that kayaking world-class whitewater, trekking the regions epic trails, or simply photographing scenery that seemed be pushing to new levels just around that next curve in the road. Scroll down to see the stories and media they came back with.
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Haugesund top ten 2016
Visit Haugesund and you will experience the best of what Norway has to offer. Fjord, waterfall, coast- and city culture, the unique viking history, glacier, mountains and sea, idyllic islands and lighthouses is among what you will find in this region.
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A short visit to Haugesund (Norway/Norge)
(EN) Haugesund is a town and municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. The town is the main population centre of the Haugaland region in northern Rogaland. The majority of the population of Haugesund lives in the main urban area surrounding the city centre, with the northwestern part of the municipality being fairly rural. Despite being a fairly young town, the areas around Haugesund were lands of power during the Viking Age. Harald Fairhair, the first king of Norway, had his home at Avaldsnes, very close to the present town. Fairhair was buried at Haraldshaugen, a burial mound adjacent to the Karmsundet strait. This site is the namesake of the town and municipality of Haugesund. The national monument at Haraldshaugen was raised in 1872, to commemorate the 1000th anniversary of the Battle of Hafrsfjord in 872. The Battle of Hafrsfjord has traditionally been regarded as when western Norway was unified under a single monarch for the first time.
The urban village area of Haugesund (population: 1,066) was declared to be a town and it was separated from the municipality of Torvastad on 1 February 1855 to become a separate municipality of its own. On 1 January 1911, a small urban area of Skåre (population: 3,847) that directly abutted the town of Haugesund was transferred to Haugesund. On 1 January 1958, the remainder of the municipality of Skåre was merged with the town of Haugesund, creating a larger Haugesund municipality. On 1 January 1965, the island of Vibrandsøy (population: 70) was transferred from Torvastad municipality to Haugesund.
Haugesund has a strong historical bond to the sea and especially the herring. In the earlier years, the coastal waters of Haugesund were a huge source for fishing herring, and the town grew accordingly. The protective straits of Smedasund and Karmsund gave the town potential to grow in both fishing and shipping. Even to this day, Karmsund is one of Norway's busiest waterways. The town is still growing geographically even though the population has increased only moderately the last decade. Today the herring is long gone, and the town is turning more and more towards the petroleum industry, like its neighbouring town to the south, Stavanger.
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The Viking Farm at Avaldsnes - Avaldsnes, Norway
Our tour guide telling us about the Viking farm.
Filmed on my Samsung Galaxy 7 in August 2017.
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Norway - Hardangerfjorden
The Hardanger fjord is the second largest in Norway and among the most picturesque of them all. The edge of Hardangervidda is where the mountain plateau looms over a large waterfall. At the bottom the fjord ends, or begins like in this video. We take on a drive on the northern side of the fjord, on narrow roads, past small villages, on the ferries that still exist. It was a long day, but a rewarding one under the clear, blue sky.
Audio: Ocean of Transience (free download) by Kogyo, Provided by Soundcloud on a Creative Commons Attribution license.
Some images courtesy of @hannekarins
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