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Village in Sandnes Municipality, Norway · Rogaland

Hommersåk

Hommersåk is a village in Sandnes Municipality in Rogaland county, Norway.

Hommersåk
Hommersåk · Wikimedia Commons
The place

Hommersåk is a village in Sandnes Municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. The village is located in the borough of Riska in the northern part of the municipality. It is situated about 12 kilometres (7.5 mi) northeast of the centre of the city of Sandnes, along the shore of the Riskafjorden, an arm off the main Gandsfjorden.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Hommersåk

3 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

  1. 01
    Riska Church

    Riska Church is a parish church of the Church of Norway in the large Sandnes Municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. It is located in the village of Hommersåk in the borough of Riska, east of the centre of the city of Sandnes in the western part of the municipality.

    300 m · church building in Sandnes, Rogaland, Norway · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    Frøylandsvatnet

    Frøylandsvatnet is a lake in Sandnes Municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. The 0.48-square-kilometre lake lies on the south side of the village of Hommersåk, about 10 kilometres northeast of the city of Sandnes.

    1.4 km · lake in Sandnes, Norway · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    Old Riska Church

    Old Riska Church is a parish church of the Church of Norway in the large Sandnes Municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. It is located in the village of Hommersåk in the borough of Riska, east of the centre of the city of Sandnes in the western part of the municipality.

    100 m · church building in Sandnes, Rogaland, Norway · Wikipedia

Ranked by the number of language editions of Wikipedia with an article on each, from Wikidata; the sentences are the openings of those articles, CC BY-SA 4.0.

See

What Wikivoyage says to see

Riska gamle kirke,. The old wood church, built 1877. Kvernhusene i Frøylandsbekken. The old mill, restored millhouse a few hundred meters from the park Stemmen. The Skjærgård. in summer, contact FjordEvents down at Bryggen and go for some amazing Fjord cruising.

From Wikivoyage: Hommersåk, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.

Do

Things to do

Several nice footpaths lead visitors into the beautiful nature surrounding Hommersåk, which includes Maudlandsgården, Måketjern, Riska beach, Kjølvik and Vårlivarden. MS Riskafjord II. The old ship, offers cruising on the fiord in the high season.

From Wikivoyage: Hommersåk, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.

Eat

Where to eat

East Ocean, Maudland. china take-away restaurant Lone's Bistro (located at Bryggen senter). Statoil Service Hommersåk, Bjelland. PizzaBakeren, Bryggen.

From Wikivoyage: Hommersåk, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.

Go there

Getting to Hommersåk

Airports
Stavanger, Sola (SVG), 13 km · Kristiansand (KRS), 152 km · Bergen, Flesland (BGO), 156 km
  • Kristiansand(Kjevik) → Hommersåk
    152 km · quickest by road, 4h 9m · kr280–370
  • Bergen → Hommersåk
    166 km · quickest by ferry, 8h 52m · kr480–1,480
  • Sandefjord(Torp) → Hommersåk
    245 km · quickest by air, 3h 53m · kr1,340–2,090
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Hommersåk

Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Hommersåk. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

What Wikivoyage says about moving around
  • Get in[https://flyhau.no/en/ Haugesund Airport, Karmøy () (occasionally referred to as Helganes by Haugesund locals) is served by some charter flights and seasonal Norwegian flights from a couple of international destinations, as well as domestic flights from Oslo and Bergen.
  • Get inThere is a ferry crossing on the way, charging 172 kr if you bring a private vehicle up to 6 m.
  • Get inFerries on the route are included in the bus ticket where applicable.
  • Get inPassengers will sit on the bus for boarding and deboarding, but are usually required to leave the bus and stay on passenger decks during ferry crossings.
  • Get inFjord Line operates a daily overnight cruise ferry from Hirtshals in Denmark to Stavanger, and onwards to Bergen.

From Wikivoyage: Stavanger, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.

The nearest places where the work is done
  1. 01
    Yell, Unst and the North IslesGB

    9 ways of moving, 13 sources

    431 km
  2. 02
    Kirkwall and the Orkney IslandsGB

    9 ways of moving, 35 sources

    505 km
  3. 03
    Helsingborg and the Öresund crossingSE

    6 ways of moving, 13 sources

    519 km
  4. 04
    VlielandNL

    10 ways of moving, 47 sources

    631 km
  5. 05
    Isle of SkyeGB

    12 ways of moving, 18 sources

    732 km

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Around it

Next door to Hommersåk

  • Riskaborough in Western Norway, Norway1.4 km