The Three Historic Wooden Towns

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3 nights/4 days. A journey through the three historic wooden towns along the National Tourist Route in Magma UNESCO Global Geopark.

Discover colourful Egersund, the old sailing-ship town of Sogndalstrand, and Flekkefjord—the "Dutch Town." Three distinctive wooden towns shaped by trade, craftsmanship and life by the sea. You stay one night in each town, at the town's venerable historic hotel, with dinner included every evening.
 

This package includes:

  • One night's accommodation, dinner and breakfast at Grand Hotell Egersund
  • One night's accommodation, dinner and breakfast at Sogndalstrand Kulturhotell
  • One night's accommodation, dinner and breakfast at Grand Hotell Flekkefjord

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Egersund – Grand Hotell Egersund

 

Colourful Egersund is one of Norway's best-preserved wooden towns and the northernmost stop on the journey, just an hour's drive from Stavanger. Its charming pedestrian streets are lined with niche shops and welcoming eateries, and a culture trail leads through the protected old quarter. The town is known for its faience heritage and the old wooden church in its centre, and if you'd like to stretch your legs, both Trollpikken and Eigerøy lighthouse are within easy reach.

 

Here you stay at Grand Hotell Egersund, a venerable hotel from 1895 in the very heart of town. Its buildings range from the dragon and Swiss styles of the late 1800s to 1930s functionalism, and the hotel is among the most photographed in town. Dinner is included in the evening.

 

See what you can experience in Egersund here

 

Sogndalstrand – Sogndalstrand Kulturhotell

 

Sogndalstrand is an old sailing-ship town where time seems to have stood still. From the 1660s and through the 1800s it was a busy trading port and one of the country's foremost market towns. Today you can wander between white wooden idyll and colourful warehouses, with the archipelago and the open sea as a backdrop. The Norwegian Directorate for Cultural Heritage has called the place "the Røros of the coast," and the town is a member of the international Cittaslow movement.

 

You stay at Sogndalstrand Kulturhotell, made up of eight different houses with a total of 15 guest rooms—the oldest dating from 1831—along with a restaurant and café. The hotel sits in a charming bay at the mouth of the salmon river Sokna, in the middle of the protected coastal setting, and dinner is included.

 

Read more about Sogndalstrand here

 

Flekkefjord – Grand Hotell Flekkefjord

 

Flekkefjord is known as "Hollenderbyen"—the Dutch Town—after its lively trade with Holland in the 1500s and 1600s. In the old quarter, white wooden houses stand close together along narrow cobbled streets, decorated with more than 30 works of street art, while a canal runs through the centre with bustling boat life in summer and a promenade lined with eateries.

 

For the final night you stay at Grand Hotell Flekkefjord, a venerable hotel from 1897 that became part of De Historiske in 2024. Built in classic Swiss style with distinctive octagonal towers, it stands right where the Dutch Town begins. Dinner is included at the hotel's restaurant, Grand Gastro.

 

See what you can experience in Flekkefjord here

 

PS: The route between the three towns runs south along the National Tourist Route and is perfect by car, motorcycle or bicycle. Egersund is easy to reach by train—the journey from central Stavanger takes about an hour, with departures roughly every half hour. Check times and tickets at entur.no.