Cultural heritage

Nærøyfjorden World Heritage Park has a rich and varied cultural heritage, which is visible in, among other things, the cultural landscape, special built environment, high gardens, stave churches, traffic monuments and trapping facilities. The cultural heritage in the area is a source of rich experiences and can give travelers and locals a greater understanding of how human use has left its mark on the landscape they can see today. 

    • Hunting in the mountains from the hunter society in the Stone Age to today. 

    • Use of the fjords as travel routes.

    • Boat building.

    • Contact and travel between east and west through the mountains. Farming society from the Iron Age to the present day.

    • Klyngetun.

    • Høgdegardar.

    • Cottage industry.

    • From class division to egalitarian society.

    • Shoe production.

    • Stave churches.

Guide network topics

There are many local providers of guided tour experiences. Below you will find links to a number of companies that can offer good guided tours on the fjord and on land in the World Heritage Park area:

 

Fjord safari

Ladder Gard and Turar

Heritage Adventures

Stalheim Experience

Sivle Gard, Stalheim

NJORD AS

29/2 Aurland

Dyrdal Fjord Heritage, tel. 94805333