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Concerts & Folklore programmes Cultural performances and VIP tours – duration 0,5 – 1 hour. Please contact Ulvik Tourist Information for A Cultural Tour to Voss. By coach from Ulvik, Concerts and Folklore programmes featuring local further details of tailor made programmes. driving through orchards and forests, passing musicians, singers and dancers can be arranged in mountains and spectacular waterfalls. Visit Voss various locations. Distance from port: 0,5 – 3 km. . “Sea to Sky” Folk Museum, a cluster farm situated at Mølster. Duration 30 – 60 minutes. Experience the , Then the Voss stone church from1100. Coffee stop Farm visits - duration 0,5 – 1 hour. the mountains and glaciers from the air, while can be included. Return to Ulvik by coach. Duration Farm visits including coffee/tea and cakes, the seaplane pilot explains the area to you (in 4-5 hours. Distance from port: 48 km (Voss). can be booked at several farms in the area. Norwegian and English). There is no better way to see so much of the mountains and the fjords in Geilo The is the largest suspension such a short time. Capacity: max 4 passengers. “Across the roof of ” bridge in Norway, 1380 m long and the towers Leave Ulvik by coach and drive to Voss where you are more than 200 m high. Great engineering art Osa and the Osa mountains board the Railway Line for a tour across and at both ends there are roundabouts in the “Valleys and Rivers”. Duration: 3-4 hours. Leave the roof of Norway to Geilo, where lunch is served. tunnels with neon lighting. Bus parking and access Ulvik by coach passing through the green fields and Return by coach through the for pedestrians to the bridge from both sides – orchards, including a stop at Hjeltnes Horticultural mountain plateu, Norway’s largest national ideal for photostops during shore excursions. College. The journey continues along the Osafjord. park, to and Ulvik. Duration: 8-10 hours. a wild and narrow branch of the , Distance from port: 132 km (Geilo-Ulvik). Local Cider Farms to Osa. There is time to visit the Austdalen river At local cider farms you have the opportunity and the Hjadlane Gallery before driving up the Eidfjord: to taste apple juice and cider. Your host will tell winding mountain road to Osa Mountains (weather All excursions described in the Port of Eidfjord you about the production and show you around permitting). Return to Ulvik along the same route. section of the manual are also available from the premises and orchards. Distance from port: Distance from port: 20 km (Osa Mountains). Ulvik. Ulvik – Eidfjord 33 km over the Hardanger 2-3 km. Duration: 2 hours. Capacity: 20-90. Bridge – calculate 45 minutes each way.

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PORT OF ULVIK Public transportation Yes Maximum air draft 55 m Visiting address Promenaden 2- NO-5730 Ulvik Shopping Yes Bollard strength (certification) NA Mailing address P.O.B. 100 – NO-5731 Currency exchange Yes at Brakanes Hotel + ATM Crew facilities Full service hotel at the tender pier ULVIK Phone +47 56 52 61 05 Internet access in pier area Yes- open WIFI E-mail [email protected] at Brakanes Hotel ANCHORAGE/TENDER Internett www.brakanes-hotel.no Distance to airport 157 km – Flesland Airport in Bergen Max size No The Pearl of Hardanger Maritime contact person Georg Angell-Hansen Distance to city centre 500 m Ship tenders allowed Yes E-mail contact person [email protected] Distance nearest hospital 48 km – Voss Hospital Type of bottom Sand Phone contact person +47 900 38 145 Depth 50 m In Ulvik the tourism has been a permanent fixture of daily life for more than 150 years. The warm summers, the Distance from pilot station PORT SERVICE/FACILITIES & INFORMATION Distance from anchorage to Tender Pier 50 – 300 m. South Skudefjord Plt. 120 NM Bunkers delivery /method NA depending on vessel tranquility and lush nature have attracted holidaymakers for generations. Ulvik offers an active holiday with a number of North Marstein Plt. 105 NM LNG NA Tender Pier capacity 1 tender boat Pilot channel Only phone EPI NA outdoor activities. Folklore performances, farm visits and excursions by coach and cruisers are also included in our ESI NA shore-ex menu. Ulvik and Hardanger, being the orchard of Norway, are famous for the fruit blossom in May. From June TOURIST INFORMATION Supplies available NA Visiting address Tyssevikveien 9-11 Waste NA until late October we harvest sweet cherries, plums, pears and apples. Why not take a stroll through the compact village Mailing address NO-5730 Ulvik Grey water NA Phone +47 56 52 62 80 Tugboats NA centre where you will find public services, shops, hotels and cafes as well as different exhibitions of arts and crafts. E-mail [email protected] Anchorage YES Shopping of high quality local products can be done at the Tourist Office and in local shops. Internett www.visitulvik.com Ship tender facilities YES Distance from port 500 m Tidal movement 0.5-1.0 m. Gangway available (8 /10 /12 m) No GENERAL INFORMATION Seawalk No Guide Service Yes ISPS approved Yes ATTRACTIONS/EXCURSIONS 25 languages. The centre offers exhibitions Hjeltnes Horticultural College is the oldest Turnaround facilities No Restrictions in harbour No Tuesdays-Fridays 10 am-4 pm related to Olav H. farming school in Norway, founded in 1901. Terminal/Restrooms in pier area Yes – at Brakanes Hotel Maximum ship length No “A taste of Hardangerfjord” Hauge and other poet’s literature. Guided tours or The lovely gardens have a wide range of Shuttle bus NA Maximum ship draft No A half day excursion from Port of Ulvik or Port a visit outside opening hours can be arranged. flowers, rare trees and bushes. It also has a Parking place for buses Yes Maximum beam No of Eidfjord – 4 hours. The guided tour by coach herb garden and many old apple species. to Hardanger Juice & Cider Factory offers a taste The Osa Mountains, a 20 km drive (toll of cider, apple juice & apple brandy and local road) from Ulvik at an altitude of 1000- Osa and its two narrow mountain valleys, traditional food, including a guided introduction 1250 m. has a moonlike landscape of cliffs, rivers and waterfalls are known for their and history of how the cider and juice is made in rocks and snow. Weather permitting! unique flora and offer a unique experience Hardanger. Distance from Ulvik 3 km – distance to walkers, hikers and photographers. = anchorage U L V I K U l - from Eidfjord 33 km. Maximum capacity: 90. Local cider farms c e ntr e pol l e n At the 3 local cider farms you have the opportunity The Hjadlane Galley of Modern Art presents Ulvik Church is the third in line of churches to taste apple juice and cider. Your host will tell various exhibition throughout the year by Express Boat 25 m in Ulvik. Consecrated in 1859, the interior you about the production and show you around local artists and often based on a theme was decorated in traditional decorative floral the premises and orchards. Local cider can be of nature or impressions from a journey or style in 1923 by local artist . Church bought at the farm shops (not on Sundays). an event. Distance from port: 12 km. Quay Length Draft Airdraft Beam Height concerts and organ recitals are offered. Distance from Port of Ulvik – 2-3 km. From H j eltnes Port of Eidfjord 33 km. Duration 2-4 hours. Hikes and walks – duration 1,5 – 3 hours 43 m Olav H. Hauge Centre – literary museum. Ulvik offers a wide range of guide hikes, walks U l vik - Skeiesmylna was originally built in Bergen and and strolls, ranging from easy guided strolls fjor d e n In Ulvik the Kultursentrum has established 1 400 m a research and visitor centre presenting the was moved to Ulvik in 1890s. Grain from the entire in and around the village centre to longer SCALE life and poetry of one of the most important Hardanger area was processed here. Today you will and more strenuous hikes and walks in the Norwegian poets, Olav H. Hauge (1908-1994). find different exhibitions and activities in the mill. surrounding hills. Walking distance: 1,5 – 7 km. His works have been translated into more than

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