Where to stay in Volda
Stay in the centre under the slopes. The heart of Volda gathers its rooms near Volda kirke and the study quarter, within reach of the fjord front and the shops, the natural base for a first visit to this town of Sunnmøre. This is the working core.
Travellers drawn to the past base nearer the Sivert Aarflot-museet, which keeps the memory of the man it is named for, while those set on the slopes look toward Volda Skisenter, where the ski runs climb the steep ground above the town of Møre og Romsdal. The quieter beds lie out along the fjord arms, useful for visitors using the town as a base across the district and out to the church country of Dalsfjord kirke and Kilsfjord kirke on the water. Lighthouse country lies down the fjord.
Travellers drawn to the coast reach toward the Dalsfjord fyrmuseum on the outer arm, and the rooms fill through the warm months, so book the central beds ahead when the study term and the coastal traffic crowd Volda.
Things to do in Volda
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Museums & Galleries
- Dalsfjord fyrmuseum — museum in Sunnmøre
- Sivert Aarflot-museet
Churches & Religious Sites
- Volda kirke Heritage-listed
- Dalsfjord kirke Heritage-listed
- Kilsfjord kirke Heritage-listed
Stadiums & Sports
- Volda Skisenter
About Volda
What is Volda known for?
Volda is a learning town of Sunnmøre. It sits on the fjord in the south-west of Møre og Romsdal, a centre of study and trade gathered under the steep slopes of the district. Volda kirke rises over the centre.
The Sivert Aarflot-museet keeps the memory of the man it honours, the ski runs climb the slopes at Volda Skisenter, and the parishes of Dalsfjord kirke spread out along the fjord arms around the town.
What are the main landmarks in Volda?
The town's marks run from church to museum. Volda kirke rises over the centre, the chief church of the town, while the parishes of Dalsfjord kirke and Kilsfjord kirke hold their ground along the fjord arms of the district. A museum keeps the local memory.
The Sivert Aarflot-museet honours the man it is named for, the Dalsfjord fyrmuseum records the lighthouses of the outer coast of Sunnmøre, and the ski runs of Volda Skisenter climb the steep slopes above the town of Møre og Romsdal.
What is the history of Volda?
The fjord and the slopes shaped the town. Volda grew on the sheltered ground under the steep hills of Sunnmøre, in the south-west of Møre og Romsdal, where the farms and parishes of the district found a centre on the water. The land gathered them.
Older parishes spread along the fjord arms, their churches of Dalsfjord kirke and Kilsfjord kirke marking the scattered settlements that the centre served, while Volda kirke rose over the growing town on the inner shore. A museum keeps the memory of one of the district's figures of learning. The Sivert Aarflot-museet honours the man whose name the town still carries, and in time Volda became a centre of study and the seat of its municipality, drawing the schooling and the trade of this corner of Møre og Romsdal together under the slopes.
Lighthouses guarded the outer coast. The Dalsfjord fyrmuseum records that seaward history, and the town remains a working centre of learning at the head of its fjord.
Where is Volda?
Volda lies in western Norway, in the south-western part of Møre og Romsdal, on the inner shore of its fjord. The town sits on the narrow ground between the water and the steep slopes of Sunnmøre, where the fjord arms cut deep into the high land of the district. Mountains climb close above the centre.
The ski runs of Volda Skisenter rise on those slopes, the parishes of Dalsfjord kirke and Kilsfjord kirke spread along the fjord arms, and the water reaches out toward the lighthouse coast on the outer edge of Møre og Romsdal.
What is the climate of Volda?
Volda has the wet, mild weather of the western coast, the fjord and the high slopes shaping the seasons over the town of Sunnmøre. Winters bring snow to the heights above, the runs at Volda Skisenter holding it through the cold months, while the fjord keeps the deeper frost off the centre and the summers run cool and bright under the long northern daylight that lingers late over the water. The mountains catch the rain.
Cloud crosses the slopes often, sweeping in from the open coast of Møre og Romsdal and breaking against the steep ground above the town.
How do you get to Volda?
Ferries and tunnels carry the traffic in. Volda reaches by the coastal road that threads the fjords of Sunnmøre, crossing the water by ferry and boring through the slopes by tunnel into the centre, with the express boats calling at the quay from along the western coast. An airport sits near the town.
Flights come in over the fjord to the strip beside the centre, the ferries link the broken coast of Møre og Romsdal, and drivers reach the town by the routes that thread the high fjord country.