The mountain farm is about 30 minutes hike from the parking at Skjerdal outside Aurland. Follow an old farm road through steep landscape, with beautiful views over the Aurlandsfjord and the surrounding steep mountains. These adventures can be done all year round. The area represents extreme, dramatic and stunning fjord scenery. There are three illuminated mountain halls inside the tunnel with six kilometer intervals between the halls.
The coloured enlightened halls will give you a feeling of being in daylight for a few seconds and will help prevent the drivers to fall asleep during the passage.
On the Aurland side of the tunnel, the fjord adventure awaits you. Otternes farmyard is a cluster of 27 old buildings from the s. Small parking area beside the farmyard. The road across Aurlandsfjellet is a journey across a mountain landscape of snow and rocks with the occasional sprig of grass.
The Road is closed during winter. Great view towards the Aurlandsfjord and the surrounding mountains. The road up to Stegastein is open all year, also during winter. During winter, the road is closed above Stegastein. If you want to have a day or two hiking in the mountains surrounding Aurland, you should hike the Aurlandsdalen Valley. Wild scenery, wild rivers, narrow valleys and mountain farms with history from old Norway and how they lived at that time.
Many people consider this as one of the most beautiful hikes in Norway. Lake Vassbygdivatnet starts where the Aurlandsdalen Valley ends. The lake divides Aurlandselvi River in two. Aurlandselvi flows into Lake Vassbygdivatnet at Vassbygdi and then continues from the northwest end of the 3. Fylkesveg 50 runs along parts of Lake Vassbygdivatnet, it is a beautiful road as it winds itselv between the steep mountain and the lake.
Each year over The view along the route will grant you sights of mountaintops, glaciers and rich cultural monuments. Read more about the exiting hiking trip here. If you ever og to Aurland you are also nearby the spectacular viewpoint of Stegastein. You also get to visit the charming little village of Undredal and taste the famous goat cheese! Looking for an alternative outdoor activity to skiing and hiking this winter?
The tour also includes a stop at the famous Stegastein viewpoint! You have disabled JavaScript, some functionality on this website requires it enabled. The church is built in the early Gothic style influenced by English architecture. A document written in tells us that the English merchants used to stay in Aurland during long periods to buy different articles and they are supposed to have taken part in the building of the church.
Most likely they would have been the master builders. The church remained as private property until the late 19th century. Then the municipality bought Vangen church back for kroner. At the last restoration in , the original colors and designs were uncovered.
Then the ceiling was taken away and the baldachin over the pulpit was brought back again. A new altarpiece was made. The Norwegian artist Emanuel Vigeland made the stained glass windows two of the windows in the chancel illustrate the Parable of the Prodigal Son , and the one in the middle is Jesus Christ, the Savior.
Farming was traditionally the main source of income in Aurland, especially meat- and milk production. Heim - Aurland kommune In English. Om Aurland Kvar ligg Aurland? Lytt til teksten Innstillinger. The name Aurland The name Aurland is believed to derive from the Old Norse words aurr which means "gravel" plus land which means "land" or "district".
Coat-of-arms Aurland's coat-of-arms is of modern origin. They were grantes on 22 May A goat was considered an appropriate symbol for the municipality since the area is famed for its production of white and brown goat cheese and goat farming. These are fingers of the world's longest and deepest fjord, the Sognefjord.
Wild and beautiful nature dominate the community from the fjords to mountaintops that are 1, to 1, metres 3, to 5, ft above sea level. History The earliest inhabitants lived by hunting and fishing until they gradually started farming about 2, years ago. Agriculture is still important with the rich valley floors and abundant mountain pastures. As in all of Western Norway, the area was overpopulated in the middle 19th century, and cotters were forced to clear land far up the mountainsides.
Tourism came to the community as early as the middle of the 19th century, in the form of sport fishing and hunting.
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