Places to Visit in Hornindal, Norway, Europe

Places to Visit in Hornindal, Norway, Europe

Hornindal is a town and municipality in district of Nordfjord in the Sogn og Fjordane County in Norway. Hornindal is placed on the northern part of the county and surrounded by mountainous region and highest peak is Hornindalsrokken Mount at an elevation of 1,495 meters (4,905 feet) above the sea level and covers an area of 191.60 square kilometers (73.98 square miles).

People of the Hornindal region depends on farming, fishing and tourism industries from their needs and Hornindal is surrounded by Nordfjordeid, Volda, Orsta, Gerianger, Stryn, Loen, Gloppen, and Stranda. Oslo, capital of Hornindal is located at the distance of 500 kilometers from Hornindal and coordinates are 61.99861° N 6.58417° E.

History of Hornindal:

Hornindal was the part of Eid prestegjeld and it became parish of its own in the year 1865 but later in the year 1867, Hornindal was established as a municipality. After becoming municipality the population of the Hornindal grew rapidly and the name of the municipality was derived from Horne farm.

Must See in Hornindal:

Hornindalsvatnet Lake:

Hornindalsvatnet Lake is situated few kilometers away from center of the city is one of the clearest lakes in the Europe because glacier streams will not run into the lake and deepest lake in the Europe at 1,686 feet (514 meters) deep and visited by millions of tourists around the world.

Anders Svor Museum:

Anders Svor Museum is placed at the distance of 1 kilometer from middle of the city and the museum was constructed in the memory of Anders Svor in the year 1953 and exhibits 450 of his art works.

Hornindalsrokken Mountain:

Hornindalsrokken Mountain is one of the renowned mountains among the hikers around the world and the mountain is located at an altitude of 1,495 meters above the sea level and tracks are marked along the mount for the convenience of the hikers.

Other Places to Visit in Hornindal:

Gulkoppen Mountain
Middagsfjellet Mountain
The Fjord Horse

Best time to visit Hornindal:

Hornindal faces cool humid temperate climate with short cool summer and no dry season. Hornindal temperature normally varies from 1° C to 16° C throughout the year and best time to visit Hornindal is from June to September.

Getting to Hornindal:

By Air:

Nearest airport to Hornindal is Sandane Airport located at the distance of 47 kilometers in Anda vicinity and handles direct flight services to Bergen, Oslo, Sogndal and Orsta cities and from airport one can find plenty of buses and cars to reach Hornindal town.

By Road:

Hornindal is connected through European route E39 and due to its tourism destinations Hornindal receives buses from several parts of the country at regular interval and express buses will operate from major cities. Tourists can hire car, motorcycle and motorbike to get around the municipality.

Accommodation in Hornindal:

Hornindal has few finest hotels in town providing luminous lodging facilities to the traveler visiting the town and offers relaxing luxurious guestrooms and epicure dining. Hotels in Hornindal is from all the kind of tourists and budget of the rooms various from hotel to hotel and provides facilities like Internet, restaurant, banquet facilities, cable / satellite TV, housekeeping, safe-deposit box, 24 hour reception, dry cleaning, air conditioned, conference room and other facilities. Hotels in Hornindal are listed below: