Alversund Church

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Alversund Church is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Alver Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It is located in the village of Alversund. It is one of the four churches for the Knarvik parish which is part of the Nordhordland prosti in the Diocese of Bjørgvin. The white, wooden church was built in a long church design in 1879 using plans drawn up by the architect Jon Jonsen Alvær. The church seats about 200 people. ()

Local name: Alversund kirke Completed: 1879 (145 years ago)Capacity: 200Coordinates: 60°34'19"N, 5°14'0"E

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HordalandNorway

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

Nearby attractions include: Meland Golf, Nordhordland Bridge, The Textile Industry Museum, Hagelsund Bridge.

5.5 miW
Golf
Meland Golf, Holsnøy
140 min walk • Meland Golf Club is an 18 hole golf course located in Meland municipality in Hordaland. The course is considered to be very difficult and has one of Europe's highest slope values. In the magazine Golfposten, Meland was named...
3.5 miS
Bridge
Nordhordland Bridge, Bergen
90 min walk • The Nordhordland Bridge is a combined cable-stayed and pontoon bridge which crosses Salhusfjorden between Klauvaneset and the island of Flatøy in Vestland county, Norway. It is 1,614 meters long, of which the pontoon section is 1,246 meters long.
4.6 miS
Museum, Fashion museum
The Textile Industry Museum, Bergen
118 min walk • The Textile Industry Museum is a museum in Salhus, Bergen, Norway. It is within the former knitwear factory Salhus Tricotagefabrik, a national industrial heritage site. The museum was founded in 1992, and officially opened in 2001. It focuses on education, documentation of and research into the Norwegian knitwear- and textile industry.
2.4 miSE
Bridge
Hagelsund Bridge
62 min walk • The Hagelsund Bridge is a suspension bridge in Alver Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. The bridge connects the island of Flatøy with the village of Knarvik on the mainland. The length of the bridge is 623 metres. The length of the main span, i.e. the suspended roadway between the bridge's towers, is 250 metres.
5.7 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Veten
146 min walk • Veten is a mountain in the city of Bergen, Norway. At 486 metres above sea level, it is the highest mountain in Åsane borough, and the ninth-highest in Bergen. The name is an archaic word for "beacon" in Norwegian.
3 miS
Bridge
Krossnessundet Bridge
76 min walk • The Krossnessundet Bridge is a cantilever bridge in Alver Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. The bridge connects the islands of Holsnøy and Flatøy on the north side of the Salhusfjorden.
4.8 miS
Church
Salhus Church, Bergen
124 min walk • Salhus Church is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Bergen Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It is located in the Salhus neighborhood in the city of Bergen. It is the church for the Salhus parish which is part of the Åsane prosti in the Diocese of Bjørgvin.
4.6 miS
60°30'28"N • 5°16'17"E
The Norwegian Knitting Industry Museum, Bergen
118 min walk • Museum, Specialty museum
4 miS
Nature, Natural attraction, Fjord
Salhusfjorden
103 min walk • Salhusfjorden is a 4-kilometer long fjord and sound between Bergen Municipality and Alver Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. To the west, it starts between the villages of Salhus and Frekhaug, where the Byfjorden meets the Herdlefjorden.
2.4 miSE
Church
Knarvik Church
62 min walk • Knarvik Church is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Alver Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It is located in the village of Knarvik.
2.6 miSW
Church
Meland Church, Holsnøy
66 min walk • Meland Church is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Alver Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It is located in the village of Meland on the island of Holsnøy. It is the church for the Meland parish which is part of the Nordhordland prosti in the Diocese of Bjørgvin.

Alversund Church

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