The 10 Best Things to do Good for a Rainy Day in Western Norway, Norway

February 9, 2022 Augustus Redeker

Western Norway (Norwegian: Vestlandet, Vest-Norge, Vest-Noreg) is the region along the Atlantic coast of southern Norway. It consists of the counties Rogaland, Hordaland, Sogn og Fjordane, and Møre og Romsdal. The region has a population of approximately 1.3 million people. The largest city is Bergen and the second-largest is Stavanger. Historically the regions of Agder, Vest-Telemark, Hallingdal, Valdres and northern parts of Gudbrandsdal have been included in Western Norway.
Restaurants in Western Norway

1. Tourist Cinema - View The Fjords

Lorkenesgata 1 150 Meters From the Cruise Harbor, Alesund 6002 Norway +47 464 24 964 [email protected] https://www.facebook.com/viewthefjords/
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5.0 based on 64 reviews

Tourist Cinema - View The Fjords

View The Fjords cinema! View The Fjords is a spectacular movie in aerial view. We will take you on a journey of lokal history, and we travel the magical Fjords from an eagles perspective. We also have a nice souvenirshop and a photogallery for you to enjoy. Visit us in Aalesund. It’s a recomended attraction!

2. Det Hanseatiske Museum og Schoetstuene

Finnegaarden 1a Bryggen, Bergen 5003 Norway +47 53 00 61 10 [email protected] http://hanseatiskemuseum.museumvest.no/
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4.5 based on 1,042 reviews

Det Hanseatiske Museum og Schoetstuene

This wooden building is furnished in 18th-century style and gives visitors a feel of what Bergen was like in its medieval trading days. During a couple of years now, the City of Bergen is implementing a major restoration work. We tell you the Hanseatic story from Schøtstuene and Bryggen. Join us at Schøtstuene!

Reviewed By JeanneJ739

As the main merchant’s building where their exhibit hall is housed is closed for 6 years for renovations, this museum provides a guided walking tour of the Bryggen Wharf area and a building where the Germans gathered and several schoetstuene have been recreated. The fee for the tour includes entry to the Norwegian Fisheries Museum and a shuttle to and from it. The walking tour goes back through the tenements where the Germans lived and worked, and describes the living conditions at the time as well as the political and economic aspects. The Hanseatic League negotiated with the Norwegians for favored trading status and exchanged their grain for dried cod. They also brought in luxury goods such as furs, jewelry, marzipan. Their enclave on Bryggen Wharf was surrounded by a fence and no women were allowed inside. Only approved Norwegian traders were admitted. German boys came as apprentices at 12 or 13 for 6 years of training and did all the housekeeping and cooking as well as loading and storing goods. Our guide was excellent, a pleasant German woman with very clear English. She was quite knowledgeable, gave an overview as well as details and welcomed questions. The tour ended in the Schoetstuene where we were free to wander on our own through the building with its meeting rooms and kitchens.

3. Troldhaugen Edvard Grieg Museum

Troldhaugvegen 65, Bergen 5232 Norway +47 55 92 29 92 [email protected] http://griegmuseum.no/en
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4.5 based on 1,145 reviews

Troldhaugen Edvard Grieg Museum

Enchanting residence of the composer Edvard Grieg and his wife, who lived there every summer from 1885 to 1907. The museum also comprises the chamber music hall, Troldsalen, where daily concerts are held during the summer season. Museum building with shop, exhibition and cafeteria.

Reviewed By PerthRetireds

What a beautiful tour - from Thomas greeting us on the sidewalk outside the Visitor Centre, his very knowledgeable talk, the little gem of a house with the amazingly concealed concert hall. The acoustics were excellent, the performance top notch, and the tour was very good value. To listen to Grieg under these excellent conditions AND take in the same view he enjoyed while composing - very special indeed. Thanks to everyone and especially Thomas.

4. KODE Art Museums of Bergen

Rasmus Meyers alle 9 Rasmus Meyers allé 3, Bergen 5015 Norway +47 53 00 97 04 [email protected] http://kodebergen.no
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4.5 based on 745 reviews

KODE Art Museums of Bergen

KODE is one of Scandinavia's largest museums for art and music. It has a unique combination of art museums and composers' homes, of visual art, historical objects, concerts and parklands. KODE stewards almost 50,000 objects that can be experienced in four museum buildings in Bergen city centre, KODE 1-4, and in the homes of the composers Ole Bull, Harald Saeverud and Edvard Grieg. Welcome to KODE!

Reviewed By kay186370 - Reykjavik, Iceland

There were 4 galleries that were open, including KODE KUNSTALL (1 gallery out of the 5 was closed), and each had a different feel, from ecclectic and modern to landsacpes, Edvard Munch and Picasso - just wonderful. My advice is to use your Bergen Card when you buy a ticket, but when you consider how much you see this is truly great value for money, with or without the Bergen Card discount. The galleries are situated in the centre of town around the lake with serene and beautiful views. Even with the covid requirements and restrictions visiting the galleries was such a lovely and peaceful experience. The staff were so welcoming and helpful too. If you have ever wondered what to do on one of Bergen's wet days - go to the galleries! You need three hours to take your time in all of them, more if you want to stop in the café and still go at a leisurely pace.

5. Norwegian Petroleum Museum

Kjeringholmen 1A, Stavanger 4006 Norway +47 51 93 93 00 [email protected] http://www.norskolje.museum.no/
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4.5 based on 1,331 reviews

Norwegian Petroleum Museum

A Dynamic Museum for a Dynamic IndustryNorwegian Petroleum Museum is a museum for everyone. Its exhibits explain how oil and gas are created, disovered and produced, and what they are used for. The museum also provides informastion about technological advances and the way petroleum influences Norwegian society. Original objects, models, films and interactive exhibits illustrate everything from everyday life offshore to technology and dramatic incidents. The curious cat Petro serves as a guide through the museum's science centre.The museum was designed by architects Lunde & Løvseth, and is an attraction in itself. Its architecture is a scenographic interpretation of the Norwegian bedrock, the open coastal landscape and the offshore oil installations. Architechtural reviews have said that there is hardly a building in Norway which signals its function as obviously as the Norwegian Petroleum Museum. The museum was opened in 1999.

Reviewed By pederthess - Landstuhl, Germany

An absolut worthy venue to spend some hours if you are in Stavanger. A historical journey through the oil exploration in Norway and Scandinavia, which shows the troubled road from the very first endeavours to today modern platforms. Amazing setup, with show rooms and videos, even things you can try on your own, so live and near that you almost feel being there for real.

6. Borgund Stave Church

Highway E16 Lærdal, Laerdalsoyri 6886 Norway +47 57 67 88 40 http://www.stavechurch.com/en/borgund
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4.5 based on 417 reviews

Borgund Stave Church

Reviewed By baymontsvp - West Bend, United States

This church is NOT a typical European Cathedral! Built in 1180 during the time of the Black Death, this was a wooden church built by a seafaring people. Inspite of its imposing exterior size it is incredibly small on the inside. Well worth the visit and stop at the museum too.

7. Latefossen Waterfall

R13(old) 7, Skare 5763 Norway
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Latefossen Waterfall

Reviewed By slc5rings - Salt Lake City, United States

Latefossen is a monster of a water cascade, and it can be viewed up close from the parking area adjacent to the highway. I'm sure that you've seen or heard about spectacular waterfalls, but there is nothing like being "right there". Wikipedia has a nice explanatory write up. An additional treat can be found in Roledal, about 15 miles east of Latefossen: an original stave church that has been "remodeled" on the out side, but has its original inside features reemain intact - awseome.

8. Odda Turistinformation

Torget 2-4, Odda 5750 Norway +47 53 65 40 05 [email protected] http://www.hardangerfjord.com/en/Odda/About-the-region
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4.5 based on 97 reviews

Odda Turistinformation

Reviewed By punyaveenapalai - Bangkok, Thailand

We loved the surroundings in this city. The mountain, lake and starting point for trolltunga trekking. We loved this city.

9. Haugesund Tourist Information

Strandgata 171, Haugesund 5525 Norway +47 52 01 08 30 [email protected] http://visithaugesund.no
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4.5 based on 35 reviews

Haugesund Tourist Information

We are located at Bytunet at the north end of the pedestrian street. The city has approximately 30.000 inhabitants and is a regional centre with a diverse choice of cultural, trade and service amenities.

10. Norsk Bremuseum & Ulltveit-Moe Climate Centre

Fjaerlandsfjorden 13, Fjaerland 6848 Norway +47 57 69 32 88 [email protected] http://www.bre.museum.no/
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4.5 based on 214 reviews

Norsk Bremuseum & Ulltveit-Moe Climate Centre

The Norwegian Glacier Museum is an award-winning hands-on museum, situated in Fjærland next to the Sognefjord. The museum is the leading centre in Norway of knowledge with regard to glaciers and climate. Do not miss the unique and staggering panoramic film about Jostedalsbreen – the largest glacier on mainland Europe - and its National Park. In an entertaining and exciting manner, you will get answers to questions like ‘Why is glacier ice blue?’, ‘Why is the fjord green?’ and ‘How were the fjords formed?’. You can even perform your own experiments with 1000 year old ice from the nearby glacier Supphellebreen. Another 'must do' is the exhibition about climate changes! The museum is also a visitor centre for Jostedalsbreen National Park, and was designed by Professor of architecture, Sverre Fehn, who received the 1997 Pritzker award. The museum opened in 1991.

Reviewed By 1Barkinghill

Located at the bottom of continental Europe's largest glacier, Jostedalsbreen glacier, this small museum delivers a great deal of information about the formation of glaciers, as well as information about climate. Many of the exhibits are interactive and the movie about Jostedalsbreen glacier is well done.

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