• Cities

    Posted on October 4th, 2008

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    Karmøy

    Karmøy

    Aptly named, Karmøy is an island that offers shelter against the open sea. Come enjoy a holiday with a difference, spend days or weeks in an ever – changing environment where no two days need be the same.
    Come see and experience Karmøy for yourself – with rocks and skerries facing the wide ocean to the [...]

  • Culture and history

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    St. Olav´s church of Avaldsnes

    St. Olav´s church of Avaldsnes

    St. Olav´s church of Avaldsnes is a medieval church in Avaldsnes on the island Karmøy, in Rogaland on the west coast of Norway.
    History

    Painting by I. C. Dahl, 1820Before this church there was a wooden church on the same place. That church is assumed to have been built by Olav Trygvason, and it is possible [...]