Western Norway Emigration Center, Radøy

Name: Western Norway Emigration Center
Address: Radøy, Norway

#2 among attractions in Radøy

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Western Norway Emigration Center is an open-air museum located at the village of Sletta on the island of Radøy in Vestland county, Norway. The museum consists of a small church and several historical buildings which were reassembled in a rural environment. The building were re-located from Minnesota and North Dakota from locations characterized by Norwegian American immigration during the end of the 19th and the beginning of the 20th century. ()

Local name: Vestnorsk utvandringssenter Coordinates: 60°41'4"N, 5°3'5"E

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Radøy Norway

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Western Norway Emigration Center – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Manger Church, Lygra Church, The Heathland Centre, Hordabø kyrkje.

3 miS
Church
Manger Church, Radøy
77 min walk • Manger Church is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Alver Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It is located in the village of Manger on the island of Radøy.
2.3 miE
Church
Lygra Church, Lygra
59 min walk • Lygra Church is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Alver Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It is located on the small island of Luro.
2.1 miE
Museum
The Heathland Centre, Lygra
53 min walk • The Lyngheisenteret is a museum at Lygra in Lindås municipality in Vestland, which consists of a preserved heather landscape. The center was created as a result of the Lindå project's work in the 1970s. The Lyngheisenteret was...
4.3 miW
Church
Hordabø kyrkje, Radøy
109 min walk • Hordabø Church is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Alver Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It is located in the village of Bøvågen on the island of Radøy. It is one of the four churches in the Radøy parish which is part of the Nordhordland prosti in the Diocese of Bjørgvin.
5.6 miE
Church
Hundvin Church
143 min walk • Hundvin Church is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Alver Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It is located in the village of Hundvin, along the shore of the Lurefjorden. It is one of the three churches for the Lindås parish which is part of the Nordhordland prosti in the Diocese of Bjørgvin.
~640 ftNW
Church
Emigrant Church, Radøy
4 min walk • The Emigrant Church at Sletta is a chapel of the Church of Norway in Alver Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It is located in the village of Sletta, but it originally stood in Brampton Township in the state of North Dakota in the United States.
7 miNW
Church
Austrheim Church, Fosnøyna
178 min walk • Austrheim Church is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Austrheim Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It is located in the village of Austrheim on the island of Fosnøyna.
6 miSE
Church
Sæbø Church, Radøy
154 min walk • Sæbø Church is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Alver Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It is located in the village of Sæbø on the island of Radøy. It is one of the four churches in the Radøy parish which is part of the Nordhordland prosti in the Diocese of Bjørgvin.