Where to Stay in Bruhagen, Møre og Romsdal

Bruhagen is the administrative centre of the island municipality of Averøy. It gathers the parish. Above all it is known for Kvernes stavkirke, the old stave church that draws travellers to this corner of Møre og Romsdal, standing near the newer Kvernes kirke and the farm buildings of Gamle Kvernes bygdemuseum, while Bremsnes kirke holds the northern part of the island in this municipality in western Norway.

The great landmark of the island is Kvernes stavkirke, the old stave church standing among the farms at Kvernes. It is the draw of Averøy. Beside it the later Kvernes kirke holds the parish, and the open farm buildings of Gamle Kvernes bygdemuseum gather the island's country past in one place.

Churches mark the island. To the north Bremsnes kirke stands near the centre, while the regional collections of Nordmørsmusea reach across this part of Møre og Romsdal, holding the maritime history of the coast in western Norway.

Bruhagen grew where the island settlement of Averøy drew its services together. The country around it was farmed and fished long before any centre formed, and the parish left its mark first in the old stave church at Kvernes, Kvernes stavkirke, which stood through the centuries as the heart of worship for the island farms while the later Kvernes kirke rose beside it for the growing parish. Farms and the sea shaped the land.

The old island life is kept at Gamle Kvernes bygdemuseum, where the farm buildings of the country past stand gathered as a museum. A centre formed at Bruhagen. The shops and services of the island parish were drawn to one place, and Bremsnes kirke held the northern ground of Averøy among the older churches.

The island was bound to the mainland. As Averøy took its place among the coastal municipalities, Bruhagen became the administrative centre, holding the island farms and the old churches of this north-eastern part of Møre og Romsdal together as one municipality in western Norway, within reach of the maritime collections kept by Nordmørsmusea.

Bruhagen lies on the island of Averøy, in the north-eastern part of Møre og Romsdal, in western Norway. The centre sits on the low coastal ground among the island farms, ringed by the sea and the fjord water that separates Averøy from the mainland. The sea is everywhere here.

Bremsnes kirke stands near the centre to the north, while Kvernes stavkirke and Kvernes kirke rise among the farms across the island, this municipality in Møre og Romsdal reaching from shore to shore over the rolling coastal land.

Bruhagen has the mild, wet coastal climate of the Møre og Romsdal seaboard, tempered by the open water around Averøy. Winters stay milder than inland, with rain more common than deep frost along the island shore, and the sea holding the cold off the low farmland through the dark months. Summers are cool and changeable.

Cloud and rain cross the island from the sea in every season, while the long northern daylight lights the coastal farms and the church ground at Kvernes through the short warm months.

Bruhagen lies on the island of Averøy, reached by road across the bridges and tunnel that bind the island to the mainland coast. The route runs from Kristiansund and the coastal roads, and from the centre it is a short drive to Kvernes stavkirke and the island churches. Most arrive by car.

The coastal roads and the undersea crossing carry the traffic of this Averøy municipality, while the airport and harbours near Kristiansund handle the longer journeys of travellers reaching this north-eastern part of Møre og Romsdal in western Norway.