Top 9 Things to do in Forde, Western Norway

The Førde Traditional and World Music Festival is the largest festival for trad and world music in Scandinavia. It runs over 5 days and presents about 90 acts from 30 venues and 250 artists from all over the world for 25-30 000 visitors each year. The festival is regarded as one of the most important in Norway, and receive grants from the National Arts Council, the region and the municipality. The festival is covered by national and international media. The 32th edition of the festival will take place from 7-11 July 2021. The festival won the EFFE AWARD 2019-2021, as one of the five best festival in Europe regardless of genres. It has been rated on the Guardian’s top 10-list of small town festivals in Europe, and on National Geographic's top 7 list of festivals in Europe.

The open air museum shows day-to-day life of farmer and tenant families in Sunnfjord in the middle of the 1800’s. The houses showcase a variety of building techniques and traditions from the 16th through the 19th century. We offer guiding, changing exhibits, events, and educational programs for children. The place has beautiful and quiet surroundings with a herb garden and cultural paths.

Sogn og Fjordane Kunstmuseum is a museum of modern and contemporary art in the region of the norwegian fjords. The collection in Førde comprises over 1000 works of visual and applied arts, ranging in date from around 1900 to today. The main focus of the collection is on regional and national art, with an emphasis on the period after 1970. The museum presents exhibitions about regional art history from around 1900 onwards, contemporary art and provides information about artists. We produce permanent exhibitions featuring art from five different collections (altogether around 4000 artworks) in the fjord region, temporary exhibitions of contemporary art and educational activities for schools. A café selling soups and cakes, and a shop selling art and books can also be found in the museum.

Alti Førde has over 50 stores and is the largest shopping center between Bergen and Alesund. Here you will find Vinmonopolet (liquor store), pharmacy, grocery store, fitness center and four nice restaurants. The center has a convenient location in the center of Førde. We have approximately 500 free parking spaces, and the bus station is close by.