Ulstein
Municipality · Møre og Romsdal
About Ulstein
Osnessanden's long white beach with the remains of a pre-1850 wooden shipwreck, the cliff-sheltered cove at Roppesanden, and Osberget's view over Ulsteinvik.
What to do and where to stay in Ulstein
Places to stay are run locally, with no hotel or campsite chain behind them.
1Osnessanden beach and its shipwreckSwim
A long, light sand beach close to Ulsteinvik centre, where the remains of a 25 m wooden ship from the first half of the 1800s still lie on the shore.
Osnes, just outside Ulsteinvik centre · 30 min–2 h · all year (swimming in summer)
2Oshaugen burial cairnHistory & culture
About 45 m across and 6 m high, the largest burial cairn in West Norway, probably Early Bronze Age; a 4th-century gold finger ring was found here.
Osnes, behind Osnessanden · 20–30 min · all year
3Old Ulstein church site and the cairn walkHistory & culture
Stone slabs in the churchyard outline a 12th-century stone church damaged by lightning in 1847; 13 Bronze and Iron Age cairns and 2 menhirs survive on the farm around it.
Ulstein farm, about 2.7 km northwest of Ulsteinvik · 45–60 min · all year
4Ulstein ChurchHistory & culture
An eight-sided white timber church, consecrated in 1849 at the old church site, later dismantled, moved to Ulsteinvik and consecrated again in 1878.
Ulsteinvik centre · 15–30 min · all year (interior when open or at services)
5OsbergetHike
An easy walk of about 2 km from Osnesbrunene to a lookout straight down on Ulsteinvik, with Trollskogen, a children's play forest, behind it and midnight sun views in summer.
Above Osnes and Ulsteinvik centre · 1 h (2 km loop) · all year (popular in winter too)
6Roppesanden beach at FløSwim
A sandy swimming beach set among rocks where the settlement on Flø begins, close to Flø Holiday Center.
Flø, Fv 25, near Flø Holiday Center · 30 min–2 h · summer for swimming
7HasundhornetHike
A 533 m top south of Ulsteinvik on an easy 2.8 km loop from Fjelle with about 190 m of climbing; a longer 5.3 km loop goes on to the weather station on Høgkubben.
Hasund, north of Ulsteinvik · 1–1.75 h (2.8–5.3 km loop) · all year (snow-free months best)
8Blåtind from EikaHike
Ulstein's highest peak at about 697 m, reached on a moderate 7 km loop from Eika in the south of the municipality.
Eika / Eiksund area, south Ulstein · 3–4 h (6.9 km loop) · summer–autumn
9Eiksund TunnelLocal oddity
Opened in 2008, this 7.8 km subsea road tunnel drops to 287 m below sea level at gradients up to 9.6 %, and was called the world's deepest when it opened.
Fv 653 from Eika (Ulstein) under Vartdalsfjorden to the mainland · 10 min drive · all year