Discover Kolvereid: Market, Museum and Trails

Kolvereid offers several reasons to visit: market activity in the town centre, art in a historic vicarage, and trails and sports facilities for active days. When planning your trip, it makes a difference whether you visit Kolvereid during Kolvereiddagene or choose the museum and outdoor activities as your main interests.

Market activity and art in the vicarage

Kolvereiddagene takes place every year in calendar week 32, from Thursday to Saturday. During the event, market stalls and exhibitors fill Sentrumsgaten, and there is entertainment at Kolvereid Torg. The set event dates give you a specific time to plan around if you would like to visit Kolvereid for the occasion.

The Kolvereid Prestegård Museum offers another way to experience Kolvereid. It opened in summer 2022 and is housed in a venerable vicarage that is more than 100 years old. The house contains parts of Magne Olav Aarsand Brevik’s art collection, including several original works by Munch. A visit to the museum therefore combines the art collection with the historic building that houses it. If you are interested in art, the museum adds to the experience of a stay that might otherwise focus more on outdoor activities.

Trails for different outings

The Skihytta Kolvereid hike is an easy, one-way route that can be walked year-round. It is 1.1 kilometres long and has a total elevation gain of 67 metres. The starting point is on Kolvereid’s floodlit trail. As this is a one-way route, it is not a circular walk; when planning your day, bear in mind that the stated distance is in one direction only. The name, distance and elevation gain give you specific information to help decide whether this trail suits your planned hiking day.

Another route is called Kolvereid sentrum–Vattin–Trollborga. It starts at the floodlit trail and climbs steadily up to Vattin. Unlike the Skihytta hike, the defining feature described here is its steady ascent; no distance or elevation gain is given for this route. The Lysløype itself is a developed, floodlit trail that is also used for hiking and skiing. Kolvereid therefore offers both a short, easy one-way hike and a route with a steady climb.

Activity park and swimming pool

At Kolvereid aktivitetspark, universally designed paths and open spaces connect the different areas of the park. It is a varied place for activities and meeting others, open to people of all ages, and is set up for use by Kolvereid skole and the wider population of Nærøysund during both school hours and leisure time. The outdoor grounds of Kolvereid skole in the park include, among other things, a BMX track and a skate ramp. The athletics facilities include a running track, a throwing area and a long-jump pit. When planning your trip, you can consider whether hiking or the various sports facilities better suit your interests. There is also a swimming pool at Nærøysund Arena in Kolvereid.

Getting there and choosing where to stay

You can reach Kolvereid by car via Gartland; follow the signs for Rørvik. Alternatively, you can take a detour along Kystriksveien (FV17). If you would like to include the market, museum, trails or sports facilities in your plans, you can search for a holiday rental in Kolvereid. Calendar week 32 is the relevant period for visiting Kolvereiddagene; an interest in art and outdoor activities offers further reasons to consider Kolvereid as a destination at other times too.

You can also discover these places: Naustbukta, Foldereid, Abelvær, Ottersøya, Salsbruket, Nærøy.

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