Kr - Kystriksveien

Alstahaug
7306 215 km 2 Sandnessjøen
Industry, commodity trade and agriculture.
Alstahaug
Vindenes hus. Artscape Nordland.
In this part of Helgeland there are a
number of well-known places related
to important persons and events in
Norwegian history.
This is the final resting place
of POWs who died in various
places in northern Norway and
the casualties from the prisoner
ship ”Rigel” which was sunk
by Allied planes in 1944. In all,
9,500 people are buried here.
PETTER DASS - MUSEUM AT
ALSTAHAUG AND ALSTAHAUG
CHURCH
300 years ago, Alstahaug was
the main seat of the poet and
minister Petter Dass and center
of his activities. You can visit
the Medieval church and the
old parsage, which is now a
museum, at Alstahaug, near
Kystriksveien running between
Tjøtta and Sandnessjøen.
This place is also the millennium
place in Nordland and
a new museum building will
be opened 16th of June 2007.
There are guided trips at the
museum during the summer
season which are recommended.
Tjøtta church
SKERRY CRUISE
Ferry or express boat cruises
are arranged to the skerries
during the summer. Please
get in touch with the Tourist
Information Office or Helgeland
Trafikkselskap for further
details.
Øyvind Skalde-spiller and
Hårek på Tjøtta from Snorre’s
Saga should be mentioned.
Hårek, for instance, was the
SANDNESSJØEN
THE SEVEN SISTERS
most powerful Viking chief in
The famous mountains is easy
Sandnessjøen is a commercial
North-Norway at the time, and
to recognise from both sea and
centre with shops and restaurants.
Sandnessjøen is the
one of the leaders of the peasant
army in the battle of Stik-
land. The altitude of the highest
peak is 1072 metres. All peaks
gateway to the islands and other
lestad (where Saint Olav was
Helgelandskysten Reiseliv
can be reached without climbing
equipment and there are
be reached by express boat.
parts of Helgeland, which can
killed).Tjøtta couches the Russian
and International cemetery
Boks 414, 8801 Sandnessjøen
Sandnessjøen Tourist Office
marked trails.
Tel. 75 04 45 00 • Fax 75 04 64 94
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