HelGeland - Nordnorge
HelGeland - Nordnorge
HelGeland - Nordnorge
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vevelstad<br />
– small but lively<br />
Vevelstad may be one of the smallest municipalities in Norway,<br />
but visitors have plenty of opportunity for rewarding experiences.<br />
Vevelstad has been richly blessed with beautiful scenery – in<br />
fact over half the municipality is part of Lomsdal-Visten National<br />
Park. Vevelstad is known for excellent hiking and offers good<br />
hunting and fishing.<br />
attraCtions and aCtivities<br />
vevelstad CHurCH<br />
This church, erected in 1796 and expanded in 1871, has a beautiful altarpiece<br />
painted by Italian artist Joseph Pisani in the year the church was built. Pisani<br />
also made the mural on mounted paper behind the altarpiece. Guided tours<br />
are offered by Jan Kristiansen on request, tel. +47 75 03 73 24.<br />
<strong>HelGeland</strong> museum vevelstad – a folk museum<br />
The folk museum at Vevelstad comprises ten buildings and an extensive collection<br />
of utilitarian objects from the district. Children will enjoy playing in<br />
the museum’s miniature barn. Open: 17 June – 17 August, 10am–4pm (closed<br />
Mondays). Guided tours by appointment with Helgeland Museum Vevelstad,<br />
tel. +47 75 11 01 96 or +47 960 64 695.<br />
Handelsstedet forvik<br />
Forvik was established in 1792, making it one of the oldest trading posts in<br />
northern Norway. Today Forvik is still a communications hub for southern<br />
Helgeland, and offers accommodation, restaurants and a country store with<br />
a coffee roastery. For further information, please call tel. +47 75 03 71 25 or<br />
visit www.avec.as<br />
26 Helgeland<br />
“Opus for Heaven and Earth” | photo Ivar Nordheim<br />
“opus for Heaven and eartH” – artsCape nordland<br />
This sculpture by Oddvar I.N. consists of a polished circle almost ten metres<br />
in diameter, ground into the mountainside.<br />
petroGlypHs<br />
In Vitnesdalen are 4000-year-old petroglyphs of reindeer and other animals,<br />
as well as numerous geometric figures. For further information, please contact<br />
Tourist Information Brønnøysund, tel. +47 75 01 80 00 or see<br />
www.visithelgeland.com<br />
esøya, Hamnsundet<br />
Visitors can explore the old soapstone quarry, whose ancient runes, signatures<br />
and markings date back almost a thousand years, to the period just<br />
after the Viking Age. Accessible only by boat. For further information, please<br />
contact Tourist Information Brønnøysund, tel. +47 75 01 80 00.<br />
lomsdal-visten national park<br />
This magnificent national park is sure to enchant and inspire you to explore<br />
its beauty on foot. Lomsdal-Visten National Park is both lush and barren, as<br />
well as tranquil and dramatic. Bring a tent, map and compass, and perhaps<br />
your fishing rod – there is excellent fishing in these tracts. Map: section M711/<br />
Tosbotn and Eiterådalen, or see www.statskog.no
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