Port
Leirvik, Norway
Activity Level
Moderate
Excursion Type
All
Wheelchair Accessible
No
Starting At
$99.95
Minimum Age
Information Not Currently Available
Duration
Approximately 2 Hours
Meals Included
Meals not included
Join us for a walk in the centre of Leirvik.
Leirvik is an old crossway, between Stavanger and Haugesund in the South, Ann Bergen in the North. Oil and gas related yardwork is the main business of this small community, and the walk will take you on a tour from the old days, at the local museum, and up to the modern society it is today.
The local museum comprises ten buildings: including open hearth huts, a farmhouse with an attic, a schoolhouse, a country store and a beach fisherman’s rented hut. The museum has permanent exhibitions featuring agriculture, forestry, fishery and coastal industries, life in prehistoric times and a lovely local textiles exhibition.
A visit here gives Insight too history and daily life in the region how it used to be. The town is today modern, has a lively port, small shops and cafes, and a college. The local yard has produced several oil platforms including the big Troll platform.