1. automotive and vehicles
2. boats and watercraft

Swimming
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Bird-watching/
protected marshlands
Shop
Picnic area
Ein pust i bakken – Deilig mat og drikke.
Smakfulle omgivelser, skapt for den gode samtalen.
Sveiogata 74 (ved kirken) Sveio sentrum, telefon: 53 74 00 06
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30 24
29 23
Place for fishing*
The North Sea
Cycle Route
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Sign posted trail
Trail
* You will need a fishing
permit to fish in the
fresh water lakes.
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DROPS DESIGNKONTOR FOTO: ELLEN TVEIT/FORSIDEFOTO: KJELL MAGNE BUA TRYKK:HBO
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VELKOMMEN TIL SVEIO
GOLFPARK!
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www.landskapspark.no
www.sveiogolfpark.no
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Sveio Landscape Park
Tlf.: 489 59 990 / 414 11 029
www.kystlandskapsparken.no
Mens andre aviser konkurrerer om å det å vera
størst, er me best på det som betyr mest.
Sveio municipality
www.sveio.kommune.no
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Visitsunnhordland
www.visitsunnhordland.no
Telefon: 53 74 01 80, [email protected]
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HVA MED EN
ADRENALINFYLT
OPPLEVELSE
PÅ TUREN?
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Ferry (Buavåg – Langevåg)
www.tide.no
COASTAL
LANDSCAPE
PARK IN SVEIO
Where people and nature meet
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Destination Haugesund & Haugalandet
www.visithaugalandet.no
Telefon: 53 74 20 25
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TELEPHONE NUMBERS AND WEB-SITES
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Velkommen til distriktets beste golfbane. Banen byr på
fantastiske opplevelser og utfordringer for golfspillere på
alle nivå.Vi har tursti og leier ut både sykler og kano.
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There are 9 designated Landscape Parks in
Hordaland County, all encompassing landscapes
with special qualities. The inhabitants cooperate
to provide good-quality attractions for tourists
and others living there based on the local history
and traditions of the area.
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Sveio taxi
Tlf.: 53 74 19 00
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Dagfinn Vikse I Telefon: 994 67 030 I e-post: [email protected]
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Sætre
Aksdal
Stavanger
Førde, Valevåg
Stord, Bergen
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Kystlandskapsparken
i Sveio
Stølen
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Published by The Coastel Landscape
Park in Sveio (2011)
EAT AS
MATJES
YOU CAN
Galleri - kafé - overnatting
www.ryvarden.no
www.matjes.no
Kystlandskapsparken
i Sveio
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Lyngholm – Ryvarden. About 1½ hours’ walk
Part of The North Sea Trail. About 4 km, a track across open moors
and rocky coastal land along the shoreline. Start from Lyngholm
OTHER ACTIVITIES
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camp. The camp has horseriding Sundays 2 – 4 p.m. More infor-
detours from the track to bronze-age burial mounds at Håskru,
mation, tel. 53 74 16 44 / 909 99 156
and to the summit of Landsåt for views in all directions.
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Goldmine path. About 1 hour
Part of The North Sea Trail about 2 km. From just south of Buavåg
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Ryvarden lighthouse – a cultural beacon. Walk to the
20 Nesheim. abandoned canon-bunkers from World War II.
Along a gravel track here there are many special wildflowers and
Tjernagel riding centre. 3 cabins with 3 – 6 beds in each.
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Ryvarden lighthouse. The former lighthouse-keeper’s house,
other plants.
accommodates 8 – 10 people. All facilities. For cyclists etc: Campbeds in the former barn, open 24 hours.
lighthouse any time; visit an exciting exhibition in the art gallery
21 Eltravåg. Small public quay. In earlier times a harbour with a
shop and salting of herrings etc.
27 Solstrand hytteutleige, holiday-houses, 2 houses, each
Wednesdays and Saturdays 12 a.m. – 4 p.m. Near Ryvarden a
23 Lyngholm. In earlier times a harbour with a shop and salting
accommodate 6 people, near the shore and boat available.
monument in memory of 16 people who died when express-boat
of herrings etc. There was also a boatyard where Sigurd Lyngholm
At Øklandsnes. tel. 53 74 17 44 / 906 94 367 www.sveio.net,
”Sleipner” hit a skerry off the peninsular in a storm in 1999.
built more than 500 Lyngholm-boats. There is a monument in
[email protected]
(18) a burial mound from the bronze age.
www.ryvarden.no
memory of 39 people who died when steamboat ”Thor”capsized
28 Astrid Brændhagen. Holiday-flat, in the basement of a
off the point here in a storm in 1906 (22). A short way along the
renovated hundred-year-old house, accommodates 3 people,
Emberlandsnipen. 1 - 2 hours to the top
Coastal history society. In an old school at Eikeland there is
a museum and centre for boat-building and other crafts. Open 6
track to Ryvarden is a side-track to bronze-age burial-mounds.
small kitchen, bathroom and sauna. At Hovda, Gullvegen 1363.
There are three tracks to this summit, which is 271
p.m. - 8 p.m. Wednesdays from August to June, otherwise
24 Mølstrevåg. In earlier times a harbour with a shop and salting
Tel. 997 90 822
metres high, providing views of the North Sea and
tel. 53 74 17 16 / 53 74 17 44 / 53 74 18 97
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Sea-rafting and diving Trips from Mølstrevåg or Buavåg to
mountains to the east. You can start at Emberland, or at Sætre, or
Bømlafiord and Sletta with ”Victors naturpark and baatutleie,
for the easiest though longest route at Auklandshamn / Stølen.
tel. 982 96 623 or www.victors-naturpark.no
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Gallery / studio You can visit the artist Erlend Briggar
WALKS
CYCLING
Larsen at Gullvegen 909, Rødmyr, tel. 916 49 091
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10 Buavåg. From the harbour a car-ferry goes to Bømlo, bus to
of herrings etc. Quay and buildings privately owned. Now site of
29 Kipperviken overnatting. Bed and breakfast,
industries and salmon-farming. Car-park and track (road) to
accommodates 4, plus 2 folding- beds; shower; breakfast incl.
Ryvarden.
At Lyngholm. Reservations tel 53 74 03 88 / 474 00 009
[email protected]
LOCAL PRODUCED FOOD
30 Støle ferieleiligheter, holiday-houses, 1 house, 2 fishermen’s
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quarters, high standard; motor-boat available. At Mølstrevåg.
Ryvarden café at Ryvarden gallery and lighthouse serves
Tel. 905 42 192, www.fjordoghav.no [email protected]
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The North Sea Trail
The North Sea Cycle Route
Haugesund. There are mooring-places for private boats, with
coffee and waffles as well as fish-soup. Apple-juice from Tveit
31 Odd E. Knutsen. Holiday-flats, rental per week; with a
This is an international system of sign-posted
This route goes through the 8 countries
electricity, water, toilets and shower.
farm, Oysters in season and ”Matjessild”herrings: www.matjes.no
private quay and boat. At Mølstrevåg tel. 913 95 226,
www.oddeknutsen.no [email protected]
the south-western part of the municipality,
walking-trails along the coasts of seven countries
surrounding The North Sea, the longest
12 Sveio sentrum Shops and cafés etc. Tourist information and
25 Anne Olaug's. Traditional pastries, cakes etc, by order, from
where Bømlo fiord meets the sea, ”Sletta”.
around the North Sea. In Hordaland county there
continuous cycle route in the world, over 6000
library, tel. 53 74 80 74 / 00
Mølstre, tel. 982 11 953 / 53 74 01 70 [email protected]
are stretches of trail from Fedje north of Bergen to Sveio. The trail
km. 15 km are in The Coastal Development Area in Sveio; north-
13 Sveio golfpark. Golf 18 holes, and driving range. Indoor
26 Truls Epland Bentsen. Honey from the moors,
The coastal landscape is open, and for
follows routes that have been travelled for centuries and paths
wards it continues by ferry from Buavåg to Bømlo, southwards
gym and spa. Bicycles and canoes for hire, tel. 53 74 20 20,
tel. 994 60 059 / 473 12 752
thousands of years the inhabitants’ fishing
through cultivated land. In Sveio the trail is marked from Mølstre-
through Haugesund. There is extensive information on the
www.sveiogolfpark.no
våg (24) to Buavåg (18), parts of it tracks over moors and pastures,
website: www.northsea-cycle.com
14 Slettene picnic area with places to swim, toilets, mooring
apple juice production. Also available at Café Sus&Dus, Sveio (12) and
and farming have left their mark on it.
otherwise along the roads.
for boats, walking-tracks.
at Ryvarden Lighthouse (6). Tel. 99 16 01 98, www.tveit-gaard.no
Ryvarden lighthouse is a well-established
The whole distance takes 5 – 6 hours to walk, or you can walk part
of it, e.g. from a place it takes off from Gullvegen (541). You can
There are a number of suitable routes for cycling in Sveio, includ-
tourist attraction, and the area has many
HISTORIC ATTRACTIONS
find details about the trail and interesting historical information on
ing some quiet country roads, with trips of varying length and
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other fascinating places to visit too, by car
the website: http://nordsjoloypa.ivest.no/sveio.htm
difficulty. There is information on www.visitsunnhordland.no and
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Boat. Tel. 909 99 156. www.tjernagel.no
(18) the track goes via a little dam then the farm Hovda out to the
islands around as well as much of Sveio and the
or bicycle, on foot or by boat.
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and café Sundays 11 a.m. – 4 p.m., from July to mid-August also
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The Coastal Landscape Park area in Sveio is in
fishermen. Restored buildings privately owned.
ACCOMMODATION
old shaft (19) where they mined for gold in the 1870s. At Kvitanes
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Foto: Tove Braaten
Tjernagel riding centre. Horse-riding, farm visit, holiday-
(23) or Ryvarden (6), just east of the lighthouse. There are marked
15 Tjernagel. In earlier times a stop for the coastal steamer with
a shop and bakery, salting of herrings and accommodation for
Mølstrevåg – Ryvarden. About 25 minutes’ walk each way
Tveit Gaard. Farm at Ålfjorden. Raspberries for sale in season,
Round trips in Sveio
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Ryvarden. Since 869 there has been a candle or lighthouse
directions can be downloaded to GPS. Bicycles are available for
here, and a Norwegian Viking sailed from this point and
hire at Sveio Golfpark (13).
discovered the land he named Iceland.
This is a narrow gravel road, about 2 km, to the lighthouse with a
10 Buavåg. An 18th century building where there has been a
gallery (6), a splendid walk on a promontory protuding into the
store, salting of herrings and a cooper’s shop is now a museum,
open sea. Also suitable for cycling (but with a steep hill which is
also information about gold-mining. To visit ring 932 49 325.
difficult for wheelchairs).
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Foto: Kjell Magne Bua
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Situations marked on the map