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Olsvik

Olsvik is a neighborhood in the city of Bergen in Vestland county, Norway.

Olsvik
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The place

Olsvik is a neighborhood in the city of Bergen in Vestland county, Norway. It is located in the western part of the borough of Laksevåg, just west of the mountain Lyderhorn. The area is dominated by low-rise residential areas. It features Olsvik School, Olsvikåsen Upper Secondary School, and Olsvik Church. Olsvik is east of Godvik, west of Kjøkkelvik, north of Loddefjorddalen and Storavatnet, and south of the Byfjorden. It consists of the basic statistical units Festeråsen, Olsvikstallen, Olsvikfjellet, Olsvikmarka, Fredheim, Olsvikåsen, and Brønndalen. As of 2009, it had 4,878 residents and covered 1.36 square kilometres (0.53 sq mi).

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Olsvik

10 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
    Askøy Bridge

    The Askøy Bridge is a suspension bridge that crosses Byfjorden between Bergen Municipality and Askøy Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It is 1,057 meters long and has a main span of 850 meters.

    2.4 km · suspension bridge crossing the Byfjorden in Norway · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    Old Sotra Bridge

    The Old Sotra Bridge is a suspension bridge which crosses Knarreviksundet between Knarrevik in Øygarden Municipality and Drotningsvik on the mainland of Bergen Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It carries two road lanes and two narrow pedestrian paths of National Road 555, providing a fixed link for the archipelago of Sotra.

    3.4 km · Bridge in Vestland, Norway · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    Lyderhorn

    Lyderhorn is a mountain in Bergen Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It is one of "De syv fjell", the seven mountains surrounding the city centre of Bergen.

    800 m · mountain in Bergen, Norway · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    Damsgårdsfjellet

    Damsgårdsfjellet is a mountain in Bergen Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It is one of the seven mountains surrounding the city center of Bergen.

    3.6 km · mountain in Norway · Wikipedia
  5. 05
    Strusshamn Church

    Strusshamn Church is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Askøy Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It is located in the village of Strusshamn.

    3.5 km · church building in Askøy, Norway · Wikipedia
  6. 06
    Alvøen

    Alvøen or Alvøy is a manor house located on a historic industrial site in the Laksevåg borough of the city of Bergen in Vestland county, Norway. Alvøen Manor was once one of the grander private homes in Bergen.

    3.7 km · manor house in Bergen, Norway · Wikipedia
  7. 07
    Kvarven Fort

    Kvarven Fort was a mountain fort strategically located by the main shipping channel of the Byfjorden leading to Bergen, Norway.

    2.5 km · building in Bergen, Hordaland, Norway · Wikipedia
  8. 08
    Loddefjord Church

    Loddefjord Church is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Bergen Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It is located in the Loddefjord neighborhood in the city of Bergen.

    1 km · church building in Bergen, Norway · Wikipedia
  9. 09
    Nygård Church

    Nygård Church is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Bergen Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It is located in the Gravdal neighborhood in the city of Bergen.

    2.9 km · church building in Bergen, Norway · Wikipedia
  10. 10
    Olsvik Church

    Olsvik Church is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Bergen Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It is located in the Olsvik neighborhood in the city of Bergen.

    500 m · church building in Bergen, Norway · Wikipedia

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Getting to Olsvik

Airports
Bergen, Flesland (BGO), 9 km · Stavanger, Sola (SVG), 168 km · Ålesund (AES), 247 km
  • Stavanger → Olsvik
    160 km · quickest by road, 7h 3m · kr345–460
  • Ålesund → Olsvik
    10 km · quickest by road, 19 min · kr13–17
  • Kristiansand(Kjevik) → Olsvik
    66 km · quickest by road, 2h 30m · kr120–155
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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 Olsvik. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

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

    9 ways of moving, 13 sources

    348 km
  2. 02
    Kirkwall and the Orkney IslandsGB

    9 ways of moving, 33 sources

    485 km
  3. 03
    Helsingborg and the Öresund crossingSE

    6 ways of moving, 13 sources

    650 km
  4. 04
    Faroe IslandsFO

    8 ways of moving, 22 sources

    665 km
  5. 05
    Isle of SkyeGB

    12 ways of moving, 18 sources

    741 km

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