Frosta
Municipality · Trøndelag
About Frosta
Cross the 2.4 km causeway to Tautra for medieval abbey ruins, birdlife and the Cistercian nuns' shop, then stand at Tinghaugen, where the Frostating assembly met.
Frosta is a low peninsula between the main Trondheimsfjord and Åsenfjorden, most of it under 150 metres and given over to farming. The soil is fertile and spring comes early, so its vegetables and berries reach the market early in the year. Wooded hills rise to the north-east, and Stone Age boats and whales are cut into the rock at Evenhus.
It makes a half-day loop off the E6 at Åsen, or a night at a fjord-side campsite with walks on the Frostastien shore trail.
Good to know
- Getting there: Fv753 links Frosta to the E6 at Åsen. The centre is about 1 h 15 from Trondheim and 45 minutes from Stjørdal and Værnes.
- Season: Logtun Church beside the assembly mound is open daily from 1 May to 15 September; Tautra's birdlife is best in the spring and autumn migration.
- Sleeping: Campsites along the shore, among them Korsnes Camping (1 March–1 November), Åsholmen Camping (April–September) and Frosta Fjordbuer.
- Food: Klostergården Tautra brews its own beer and runs a farm shop; the Valberg farm shop is open day and night.
What to do and where to stay in Frosta
Places to stay are run locally, with no hotel or campsite chain behind them.
1Tautra Abbey ruinsHistory & culture
Stone remains of a Cistercian abbey founded on Tautra in 1207, a short walk from the modern convent that revived monastic life on the island.
By Klostergården, Tautra · 20–30 min · all year
2Tinghaugen, the Frostating moundHistory & culture
The mound at Logtun where the Frostating assembly for Trøndelag, Nordmøre and Romsdal met for centuries, marked by a memorial stone and one stone for each of 12 districts.
Logtun, central Frosta, next to Logtun church · 20–30 min · all year
3Tautra MariaklosterLocal oddity
A Trappist convent finished in 2006 with a glass-roofed church and slate walls, where visitors may join the nuns' prayers and buy the herbal soaps they make.
Tautra island, reached by the causeway from Frosta · 30–60 min · All year except January; visitor centre and shop in summer season
4LogsteinhåmmårenSwim
A coastal knoll below Logstein farm, an old seamark seen from Trondheim, where locals swim and fish off the rock among rare lime-loving plants; walk in along the field edges.
Below Logstein farm, near Tinghaugen · summer for swimming
5Tautra bird towerNature
Tautra and Svaet form a wetland of international importance with over 200 bird species recorded; a marked path leads to a free bird tower.
Tautra island · 30–60 min · all year; best in spring and autumn migration
6Evenhus rock carvingsHistory & culture
Six carving fields, mostly from the Stone Age, where more than 40 boats dominate alongside elk and whales, close to the Frosta shore.
Evenhus, north-west Frosta · 30–45 min · April–October (snow-free)
7Logtun ChurchHistory & culture
A small medieval stone church beside the assembly mound, with a chest thought to have held the Frostating's seal and law book; open daily in summer, free.
Logtunvegen 128, Frosta · 20–30 min · 1 May–15 September, daily 07–22
8Klostergården TautraFood & drink
A farm restaurant next to the abbey ruins that brews its own beer, cooks from family recipes and runs a farm shop with jams, cheeses and cured meats.
Klostergårdsvegen 92, Tautra · 1–2 h · check opening; listed 2026
9Hogstadskogen karst forest and UtsiktenNature
A lime-rich pine wood at Hogstad with karst hollows, ponds restored for smooth newts in 2019 and the small hill Utsikten over the farmland; leave the newts and ponds alone.
Hogstad Øvre, central Frosta
10Frostastien: Neset rundtHike
A marked 8.2 km loop round the southern tip of Frosta on gravel roads and path, through farmland and forest along the shore, with plenty of birdlife.
Southern tip of Frosta, by the Tautra turnoff · 2 h (8.2 km loop, about 130 m up) · all year