Where to stay in Naustdal
Most beds in Naustdal gather in the village centre by Naustdal kirke at the head of the fjord, where guest rooms and small lodgings stand within a short walk of the church and the waterside. The centre suits visitors who want the fjordside village on the doorstep. It is the quiet base.
A short way off toward Førde, hotels and rooms cluster near Førde kirke, the Sogn og Fjordane Kunstmuseum and the ground of Førde stadion, the larger choice for travellers touring the Sunnfjord district. The town has the beds. Up the valleys and along the fjord arms beyond the village, scattered farm stays give a still quieter base among the parishes of this part of Vestland.
Stock thins outside the centres. Book ahead in the warm season, when the fjord and the museum draw visitors to this north-western corner of western Norway.
About Naustdal
What is Naustdal known for?
Naustdal sits at the head of a fjord in the Sunnfjord district of Vestland, a short way from the larger town of Førde. The church marks the centre. Naustdal kirke stands at the heart of the village, while the nearby town holds Førde kirke, the Sogn og Fjordane Kunstmuseum and the sports ground of Førde stadion across the surrounding country.
Travellers reach this corner of western Norway for the fjordside village, the art museum at the district centre and the quiet valley parishes of north-western Vestland.
What are the main landmarks in Naustdal?
Naustdal kirke stands at the heart of the village by the fjord. The church is the fixed point of the small settlement and part of the wider Church of Norway. Nearby Førde holds more.
The town of Førde carries the parish church of Førde kirke, the art collection of the Sogn og Fjordane Kunstmuseum and the sports ground of Førde stadion, the chief draws of the Sunnfjord district for visitors to this western corner of Vestland.
What is the history of Naustdal?
Naustdal grew on the level ground at the head of a fjord in the Sunnfjord district of Vestland. The shore and the valley farmland drew a settlement, and the village gathered around its church and the water at the foot of the steep mountains. The fjord shaped its life.
Naustdal kirke rose to serve the parish, the heart of the small community and a fixed point on the shore through the long centuries of this corner of western Norway. The nearby town of Førde long grew as the larger centre of the district, drawing trade, the parish church of Førde kirke and in time the art collection of the Sogn og Fjordane Kunstmuseum and the sports ground of Førde stadion. Naustdal kept its place as a fjordside village among the parishes and farms of Sunnfjord, the settled country spread up the valleys and along the fjord arms of the surrounding land, in the north-western part of Vestland.
Where is Naustdal?
Naustdal lies at the head of a fjord, in the north-western part of Vestland, in western Norway. The village stands on the level ground by the water, hemmed by the steep mountains that wall the inner fjord and gathered around Naustdal kirke near the shore. Slopes rise behind it.
The Sunnfjord district reaches along the fjord arms and up the valleys toward the larger town of Førde, taking in the farms and parishes that spread across the broken waterside country of this part of western Norway.
What is the climate of Naustdal?
Naustdal has the wet, mild maritime climate of the Sunnfjord fjords. Winters stay cool and dark rather than bitter, the fjord holding hard frost off the low ground while snow gathers on the mountains above the village. Rain falls in every season.
The steep slopes around the inner fjord wring heavy cloud off the sea through much of the year, and the long summer light brings green to the shore and the valley floor of this part of western Norway.
How do you get to Naustdal?
Naustdal sits at the head of a fjord, reached by road through the Sunnfjord district of Vestland. The main road runs along the fjord to the village by Naustdal kirke, a short way from the larger town of Førde with its services and the Sogn og Fjordane Kunstmuseum. Many pass through Førde first.
The roads of Sunnfjord carry the traffic between the coast and the inland valleys, while travellers from abroad reach this part of western Norway through the wider gateways of the district around Førde kirke and Førde stadion.