Discover 5 hidden attractions, cool sights, and unusual things to do in Radøy (Norway). Don't miss out on these must-see attractions: Manger Church, Western Norway Emigration Center, and Hordabø kyrkje. Also, be sure to include Emigrant Church in your itinerary.
Below, you can find the list of the most amazing places you should visit in Radøy (Hordaland).
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Manger Church
Also known as: Manger kirke
Church in Manger, Norway. Manger Church is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Alver Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It is located in the village of Manger on the island of Radøy. It is one of the four churches in the Radøy parish which is part of the Nordhordland prosti in the Diocese of Bjørgvin. The white, wooden church was built in a long church style in 1891 using designs by the architect Hans Heinrich Jess who was from Bergen. The church seats about 440 people.[1]
Address: Idrettsvegen 9, Radøy
Western Norway Emigration Center
Also known as: Vestnorsk utvandringssenter
Museum. Western Norway Emigration Center is an open-air museum located at the village of Sletta on the island of Radøy in Vestland county, Norway. The museum consists of a small church and several historical buildings which were reassembled in a rural environment. The building were re-located from Minnesota and North Dakota from locations characterized by Norwegian American immigration during the end of the 19th and the beginning of the 20th century.[2]
Hordabø kyrkje
Also known as: Hordabø kirke
Hordabø Church is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Alver Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It is located in the village of Bøvågen on the island of Radøy. It is one of the four churches in the Radøy parish which is part of the Nordhordland prosti in the Diocese of Bjørgvin. The white, wooden church was built in a long church style in 1875 using designs by the architect Jacob Wilhelm Nordan. The church seats about 330 people.[3]
Emigrant Church
Also known as: Emigrantkirka på Sletta
Church in Sletta, Hordaland, Norway. The Emigrant Church at Sletta is a chapel of the Church of Norway in Alver Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It is located in the village of Sletta, but it originally stood in Brampton Township in the state of North Dakota in the United States. It is an annex chapel in the Radøy parish which is part of the Nordhordland prosti in the Diocese of Bjørgvin.
The white, wooden church was built in the early 1900s in the rural township of Brampton in the US state of North Dakota. The small Lutheran Church existed for many decades until it closed. In 1997, a group of Norwegian-Americans in North Dakota gave the church to a group of Norwegians who wanted to move it to Norway. It now stands on the island of Radøy as part of the Western Norway Emigration Center. The church was consecrated in 1997 by the Bishop Ole Danbolt Hagesæther, and it was given the name Emigrantkirka på Sletta.[4]
Sæbø Church
Also known as: Sæbø kirke
Church in Norway. Sæbø Church is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Alver Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It is located in the village of Sæbø on the island of Radøy. It is one of the four churches in the Radøy parish which is part of the Nordhordland prosti in the Diocese of Bjørgvin. The white, wooden church was built in a long church style in 1883 using designs by the architect Karl Askeland. The church seats about 330 people.[5]