HAUGESUND & HAUGALANDET // NORWAY 2018 VISITHAUGESUND.NO Ph oto: Terje Rakke The brochure you are now reading is designed as an adviser about where you can stay and eat, and what you can see and experience in the CONTENTS Haugesund region. The Pathfinder with maps WELCOME ................................................................... s. 4 and symbols will lead you wherever you want to go while you are in the region. HOMELAND OF THE VIKING KINGS ................... s. 10 DESTINASJON HAUGESUND & HAUGALANDET AS ATTRACTIONS ............................................................. s. 14 (publisher) is a membership organisation that ARCHITECTURE .......................................................... s. 24 includes eight municipalities and over 200 member companies. Member companies appear in this EXPERIENCES ............................................................ s. 28 publication. ACTIVE EXPERIENCES / OUTDOOR PURSUITS ... s. 42 Editing was completed in January 2018 and some SKIING AND WINTER ............................................... s. 64 information may have changed. Please contact SHOPPING ................................................................ s. 66 us for more information about Haugesund and Haugalandet. FAMILIES AND CHILDREN ...................................... s. 72 ACCOMMODATION ..................................................... s. 76 INFORMATION FOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC: The tourist information centre in Haugesund LOCAL FOOD .............................................................. s. 86 Strandgata 171, 5525 Haugesund, Norway GETTING AROUND ...................................................... s. 92 Tel. +47 52 01 08 30, [email protected] www.visithaugesund.no COURSES AND CONFERENCES .............................. s. 100 USEFUL INFORMATION ............................................ s. 106 visit haugesund visithaugesund Our main sponsor: Photo frontpage: Line Murphy / Maps: Ellen Jepson INFORMATION FOR THE INDUSTRY AND MEDIA: Member of: Destinasjon Haugesund & Haugalandet AS Smedasundet 77, 5528 Haugesund, Norway Tel. +47 52 70 09 20, [email protected] VISITHAUGESUND.NO iversenskogen.no Photo: Geir Øyvind Gismervik / Haakon Nordvik Bråthen V. / Tove Price per person in double room from 545, per night - 8 70 19 700 311 CONFERENCE MEETING BANQUET ROOMS CAPACITY ROOMS WELCOME TO HAUGESUND Leisure time is worth its weight in gold. – whether you are travelling with family or friends or are on a business trip. If you are looking for something extra regards food and activities – then Scandic Maritim has something to suit all tastes. The hotel is one of Norway’s best conference hotels. It is in an idyllic setting beside Smedasundet sound, just a short distance from activities, sights and shopping. Gallionen restaurant // Brovingen mat & vin // Naustet spiseri // Café René Scandic Maritim – Winner of Rogaland’s best breakfast. [email protected] 52 86 30 00 www.hotelmaritim.no Photo: Ørjan B. Iversen WELCOME ABOUT HAUGESUND AND HAUGALANDET POPULAR EXPERIENCES IN THE REGION THERE IS AN UNTOUCHED LAND THAT FACES THE SEA where rolling hills and mountain crests stretch into the horizon. Out from the coast, the wild sea rages while still waters lap between islands, sounds, and fjords. The first people to arrive here must have seen instant possibilities. Maybe they came by sea, or over the mountains? How many were they? Where did they come from? The land must have been green, just as it is today when Photo: Matt Coch you drive across Karmøy on a summer’s day and meadows, heather, and fields unfold themselves in all their beauty. It must have been forested and lush, and in the sea there were fish. Lots of fish. The first people to come here, let’s call them tourists, they must have discovered more than they ever dreamed of because they never left. They remained here. They cleared patches to farm on and they started to fish. Food was to be found under their feet. Maybe the summers were a bit wet from time to time but the winters were mild. Conditions must have been tough but also predictable. They must have They must have seen it themselves, those who came here. toiled but the work must have rewarded them. And always They must have seen the enormous span from the beautiful constant was the wind; from the north and from the west fjords and waterfalls to the burnished coastal landscape – a power that could never be tamed but one that could that meets the North Sea in storm or stillness, dressed in be exploited. autumn colours or winter frost. They must have seen that which is unique to this place. 4 VISITHAUGESUND.NO Photo: Ørjan B. Iversen The civilisation that developed was concentrated around the sea and Karmsund Sound. The royal estate at Avaldsnes became a centre of power. Here, the Viking kings controlled Nordvegen – the way north – from Norway’s oldest royal seat. Photo: Ørjan B. Iversen If you visit us during the winter you can surf the waves at Sandvedsanden Beach and see the storms that hammer the islets and skerries. Sitting in while storms rage outside can be an experience in itself and Hauagalandet is never short of weather events. The next day you can travel to Røldal where you can go skiing in knee-deep powder snow. Today, many thousands of years later, Haugalandet is a Photo: Victor Emanuel Andrau modern society. We live an interactive life where we seek experiences that shall be unique and shared yet give us both identity and a sense of renewal. Social media has allowed us to continuously share our lives and our experiences. However, smart phones, Netflix, Wifi, and hectic urban lifestyles are to be found in many places. Haugalandet’s strength is the scope of the experiences it can provide and also the short distances to both Trolltunga and Preikestolen - Pulpit Rock. You can retrace the footsteps of the Viking kings one day and enjoy a fjord cruise in Åkrafjorden Fjord the next day. You can stroll around Skudeneshavn with its And the last and possibly best thing about this landscape delightful wooden houses or go directly from Smedasundet and the range of it span is that there are no queues. There Sound in the middle of Huagesund to the island community is just one community and one nature with enough space of Røvær. The diversity is great – you decide; it’s your choice! for everyone. We would like to share Haugalandet with you such that you Photo: Terje Rakke can share it with your family and friends. WELCOME! Best regards Vigleik Dueland, Manager of Tourism In Haugesund you can enjoy a richly diverse shopping experience while a solid number of restaurants will tempt you with their culinary fare. VISITHAUGESUND.NO 5 Photo: V estfoto 6 VISITHAUGESUND.NO If you’re arriving in Hauga- Boathouses that lie in The sea is our lifeline. It is an landet by sea, you’ll encounter sheltered harbours bear inspiration for artists, was an many small islands and a witness to Haugalander’s escape route during the dra- glinting rocky coastline. It is use of the sea over several matic war years, and is today from here that seafarers have hundred years. Like a life- sustenance for our modern fished and traded on all the enriching stream the herring society. In the kindergartens world’s seas. return every year, drifting in of Haugesund children learn towards the coast, coming to sing the words “On the as a lifesaver for some, or as backs of herring our town replenishment for others. is built”. And reflecting these words is our heritage; derived from the sea, from ships and, of course, herring. Karmsund folkemuseum | Haugesund Billedgalleri | StiftelsenHaugesjøen Hiltahuset Røvær | Arquebus krigshistorisk museum | Nedstrand bygdemuseum Bokn bygdemuseum | Vikedal bygdemuseum haugalandmuseene.no or: VISITHAUGESUNVISITHAUGESUND.NOD.NO 17 7 WELCOME ABOUT HAUGESUND AND HAUGALANDET POPULAR EXPERIENCES IN THE REGION Transport for experience outside center see page 93 HAUGESUND FJORDS AND WATERFALLS Photo: Scott Sporleder Photo: Espen Mills The charming town of Haugesund has an idyllically located centre With extreme power, Langfoss Waterfall cascades like a bridal separated by a channel that runs between the main land and headpiece down over the steep naked mountain. It is probably the outlying islands. In Haugesund the visitor can experience not so surprising then that CNN and Budget Travel have cultural events, excellent restaurants, and go shopping in designated this as one of the world’s ten most beauti-ful Norway’s longest pedestrian street. In addition, you can take waterfalls. As a passenger on a Fjord Cruise in Åkrafjorden in festivals, go island-hopping, and learn more about the Fjord you will experience this natural phenomenon as a pearl Vikings who held power in Norway. Haugesund and its on a chain. The contrasts in the fjord are huge: here you will environs is also a very good starting point for ex cursions that see waterfalls tumbling down over the hollows and crevices as include natural wonders such as Pulpit Rock, Folgefonna they run into the placid fjord. Map: HA-M5 Glacier, and Langfoss Waterfall. Map: HA-E12 VIKING EXPERIENCES THE ISLAND COMMUNITY OF RØVÆR Photo: Ørjan B. Iversen Photo: Scott Sporleder For more than 3000 years Vikings and overlords controlled the The little island community of Røvær is just a short boat trip shipping traffic that sailed in and out of the channel known as from Haugesund. A visit to Røvær is like travelling back in time Nordvegen - the way north – and which would later give its – to an island settled by Vikings and fishermen. It is said that