Tjugum Church, Balestrand

Name: Tjugum Church
Address: Balestrand, Norway

#4 among attractions in Balestrand

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Tjugum Church is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Sogndal Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It is located just outside the village of Balestrand. It is one of two churches for the Balestrand parish which is part of the Sogn prosti in the Diocese of Bjørgvin. The white, wooden church was built in an octagonal design in 1863 using plans drawn up by the architect Christian Henrik Grosch. The church seats about 320 people. ()

Local name: Tjugum kirke Completed: 1863 (161 years ago)Capacity: 320Coordinates: 61°12'54"N, 6°32'36"E

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Balestrand Norway

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Tjugum Church – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: St Olaf's Church, Esefjord, Norsk Reiselivsmuseum, Vangsnes Church.

0.6 miSW
Church, Art Nouveau architecture
St Olaf's Church, Balestrand
16 min walk • St. Olaf's Church is an Anglican church in the village of Balestrand in Sogndal Municipality in the county of Vestland in Norway. The church was built in 1897 as a stave church imitation and has 95 seats. St. Olaf's Church is notable as the inspiration for the chapel in Elsa's coronation scene in the 2013 Disney film Frozen.
1 miW
Nature, Natural attraction, Fjord
Esefjord
27 min walk • Esefjorden is a fjord arm on the north side of the Sognefjord in the municipality of Sogndal in Vestland county, Norway. The fjord is about 4 kilometres long and its mouth is just west of the mouth of the larger Fjærlandsfjord.
0.4 miSW
Specialty museum, Museum, History museum
Norsk Reiselivsmuseum, Balestrand
11 min walk • The Norwegian Museum of Travel and Tourism is a museum located in Sogndal in Vestland county, Norway. The main aim of the museum is to exhibit the history of tourism in Norway from the beginning of the boom in the 19th century, and until today. It is a unit of Museums of Sogn og Fjordane.
4.5 miSE
Church
Vangsnes Church
116 min walk • Vangsnes Church is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Vik Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It is located in the village of Vangsnes. It is the church for the Vangsnes parish which is part of the Sogn prosti in the Diocese of Bjørgvin.
2.4 miSW
61°11'42"N • 6°29'0"E
Raudmelen, Balestrand
62 min walk • Hiking trail, Outdoor activities, Park
3.9 miE
Nature, Natural attraction, Waterfall
Kvinnefossen, Balestrand
101 min walk • Kvinnefossen, sometimes written Kvinnafossen, is a waterfall of the river Kvinna in Sogndal Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. County Road 55 runs right past the 200-metre falls.