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The Best Attractions In Selje

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Selje is a municipality in the county of Sogn og Fjordane, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Nordfjord. The village of Selje is the administrative center of Selje municipality. Selje is located at the northwesternmost part of Sogn og Fjordane county. Most of the municipality is located on and around the Stadlandet peninsula as well as some small surrounding islands such as Selja and Barmøya. The Stad Ship Tunnel is a proposed tunnel/canal through a small isthmus connecting the Moldefjorden to the Vanylvsfjorden, and it would prevent the need for boats to travel around the Stad peninsula—a particularly dangerous sea route. Selje wa...
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  • 4. Selje Kloster, Selje Selje
    Selja is a small island in Selje Municipality in Sogn og Fjordane county, Norway and the original Catholic bishopric which soon became the pre-Reformation Ancient Diocese of Bergen . It has been formerly known as Sellø or Selø. The island is located in the Sildagapet bay, just 1 kilometre west of the harbor in the village of Selje. The sparsely populated island has about 5 permanent residents who commute by boat to the mainland since the island is not accessible by road. The painter Bernt Tunold grew up on the island, where his parents had established a farm on the church grounds.
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  • 6. Hornindalsvatn Lake Heggjabygda
    Hornindalsvatnet is Norway's and Europe's deepest lake, officially measured to a depth of 514 metres . Its surface is 53 metres above sea level, which means that its bottom is 461 metres below sea level. The village of Grodås lies at the eastern end of the lake in Hornindal Municipality and the village of Mogrenda is located on the western end of the lake in Eid Municipality. The European route E39 highway runs near the lake. The village of Heggjabygda and Heggjabygda Church lie on the northern shore of the lake. Its volume is estimated at 12 cubic kilometres , its area is 50 square kilometres and ranks 19th in area among Norway's lakes. It is located in Sogn og Fjordane county, about a kilometer south of the county border with Møre og Romsdal county. The lake lies within the borders of ...
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  • 8. Hornelen Bremanger Municipality
    Hornelen is a mountain in Bremanger Municipality in Sogn og Fjordane county, Norway. The mountain sits on the eastern end of the island of Bremangerlandet, along the Frøysjøen strait, in the Nordfjord region of Norway. At 860 metres , it is the highest sea cliff in Europe, and has for a long time been used as a landmark for naval navigation. It is a 4-hour hike to the summit from Berleneset . The horizontal distance from the summit to the sea is approximately 500 metres . Approximately 1 kilometre to the west of the cliffside is the highest point on the island Bremangerlandet, called Svartevassegga which has an elevation of 889 metres . The rock in Hornelen consists of sandstone of Devonian age, and it constitutes an important part of the geology of Norway.
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