Discover Bekkjarvik

Bekkjarvik is an old trading post with a vibrant coastal culture. Local history, insights into life by the sea and opportunities for activities on land and water shape the choices available. If you are considering Bekkjarvik as a holiday destination, you can decide which matters most for your trip: culture, cycling or experiences on the water.

Trading post, museums and history

There is a fisheries museum at Bekkjarvik Torg. Other attractions in the village include a boat museum and a king’s burial mound. These offer different historical themes: fishing, boats and a burial mound that is one of Bekkjarvik’s attractions. Bekkjarvik Gjestgiveri was built towards the end of the 17th century and is another tangible link to the village’s history.

If you would like to learn more about Bekkjarvik, you can arrange guided tours of the village and museum with Austevoll reiselivslag. Separately, Bekkjarvik Experience offers activities in the centre that provide an authentic insight into local life. This gives you different options for planning your visit: an arranged guided tour or activities that offer local insights. The summer concert takes place every year in July in the inner harbour at the Bekkjarvik guest harbour.

Cycling and activities on the water

You can explore the surrounding area in Bekkjarvik by e-bike. There are 26 kilometres of cycling routes between Bekkjarvik and Bakkasund. A longer bike ride from Bekkjarvik to Bakkasund goes via Vinnes and Haukanes through green expanses with impressive stone walls. These route details can help you decide whether to make cycling a focus of your trip; the ride to Bakkasund offers a specific description of the landscape, with expanses and stone walls.

Activities on the water are also among the options in Bekkjarvik: you can rent SUP boards and kayaks, and a sauna experience by the sea is offered. Raugholmen can be reached by kayak; the nearest launch point is at the Bekkjarvik guest harbour. Bekkjarvik also has a bathing spot. This gives you a choice of cycling routes, a kayak trip, SUP and time by the water for your holiday days.

Raugholmen and its distinctive geology

Raugholmen in Bekkjarvik is a UNESCO-designated geopark site. Peridotite, harzburgite and olivine are found there. These rocks formed in the transition zone between the Earth’s mantle and oceanic crust. For anyone interested in geology, Raugholmen offers a tangible point of interest: the rocks named here reflect processes at the boundary between two major parts of the Earth. The site adds a very different perspective on Bekkjarvik to its cultural attractions.

Ideas for different kinds of holiday days

For a more peaceful walk, a path leads through Bekkjarvik Park. It has been adapted for people with disabilities and has several rest areas with benches. If you need local information, the tourist information centre for Austevoll is in Bekkjarvik. Together with the bathing spot, cycling routes and cultural activities, these offer different ways to shape your stay around your interests.

When considering other places to visit, you can also consider Stolmen, Kalve, Våge, Storebø, Vestre Vinnesvåg, Litlakalsøy, Kolbeinsvik and Bakkasund.

For an overview of the wider area: Austevoll.