Averøy
Municipality · Møre og Romsdal
About Averøy
The Atlantic Road with its Eldhusøya walkway, the 1630s Kvernes stave church, and Bremsneshola, a cave used by Stone Age hunters.
What to do and where to stay in Averøy
Places to stay are run locally, with no hotel or campsite chain behind them.
1Atlantic Road and Storseisundet BridgeViewpoint
Averøy holds the western half of the 8.3 km road from 1989, which hops islets on eight bridges, up to the 260 m Storseisundet Bridge, 23 m above the sea.
Fv64 from Utheim/Kårvåg to the municipal border at Storseisundet · 30 min–2 h · all year (storms in autumn and winter)
2HåholmenHistory & culture
A preserved clipfish village with 1700s–1800s buildings, reached by boat from the Atlantic Road, where Ragnar Thorseth lived; remains of his Saga Siglar Viking ship are shown.
Boat from Geitøya, Atlantic Road · 2–4 h incl. boat · 1 June–31 August (boat by arrangement off season)
3Kvernes Stave ChurchHistory & culture
Dated in 2020 to about 1631–33, it is the only stave church built in Norway after the Middle Ages; inside hangs a votive model of the 32-gun frigate Nordstjernen.
Stavkirkeveien 43, Kvernes · 45–60 min · 6 June–6 September 2026, daily 11–17
4Gamle Kvernes bygdemuseumHistory & culture
An open-air museum below the stave church with old buildings and fishermen's cabins by the sea, showing coastal life from the 1600s to the 1800s.
Kvernesveien 825, Kvernes · 1 h · 20 June–20 August, Tue–Fri and Sun 12–16
5BremsnesholaNature
A cave about 80 m deep in the south side of Bremsneshatten, where finds from the Fosna culture, nearly 10,000 years old, have been dug up.
South side of Bremsneshatten, Bremsnes · 1–1.5 h incl. walk · all year
6BremsneshattenHike
A path from Djupbukta, marked with small green arrows, loops past a climbing area to the top of 'the hat', above Bremsneshola cave, with views in all directions.
Bremsnes, parking at Djupbukta off Fv64 · 1–2 h · spring–autumn
7MeekknokenHike
Averøy's highest mountain at 751 m, climbed from Mork on a marked path with steep parts and 615 m of ascent, with views in every direction.
Mork, inner Averøya · 4–6 h (day trip) · spring–autumn
8Stavneset LighthouseLocal oddity
An easy walk leads to the lighthouse at Averøya's north-east tip, first lit in 1842 and rebuilt in 1894; a friends' group has served waffles there on summer Sundays.
Stavneset, north-east Averøya · 1–2 h · walk all year; waffles on Sundays in the summer half-year
9Tingstedet at BremsnesHistory & culture
A Viking-age assembly site with an Iron Age stone ring, where local tradition says Harald Fairhair cut his hair after becoming king of all Norway.
Bremsnes · 20–30 min · all year
10GeitøyaNature
An islet on the Averøy side of the Atlantic Road with parking, low hills and rocky shores to walk over, looking out across the skerries.
Geitøya, Fv64 Atlantic Road, west of Storseisundet · 20–45 min · all year