Top Things to do in Rosendal
Top Restaurants in Rosendal
What to do and see in Rosendal, Norway: The Best Places and Tips
Discover the best top things to do in Rosendal, Norway including Baroniet Rosendal, Steinparken, The Folgefonn Centre, Artgallery G Guddal, Malmangernuten (889 moh), Kvinnherad Church, Mykle Mikrobryggeri, Hattebergfossen, Myrdalsvatnet Hiking Trail, Wilderness Norway.
Restaurants in Rosendal
1. Baroniet Rosendal
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4.5 based on 130 reviews
The Barony Rosendal is known as the smallest castle in Scandinavia offering guided tours, art Exhibitions, Concerts, theatre in the Court Yard and lectures.A guided tour at Baroniet Rosendal is a tour through different epochs. The rooms are influenced by owners over 250 years, and the manor is preserved as a home – the way it was when the last owners left in 1927.The surrounding Rosendal Gardens is a 300 year old renaissance garden with roses in abundance. Romantic landscaped garden from 1850 with viewpoints overlooking the fjord, Mountains and Waterfalls. The tennant's farm Treo gives an impression of everyday life with farm animals and activities. Kitchen & Herb Garden with herbs, flowers, vegetables & fruits.Cafés with home made cakes and lunch with ingredients from local suppliers and fresh ingredients from the Kitchen & Herb Garden.Accommodation in B&B at the Home Farm Avlsgården 300 metres from the Manor.
2. Steinparken
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4 based on 18 reviews
3. The Folgefonn Centre
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4.5 based on 16 reviews
The Folgefonn centre opens in May 2017. Here you will find an exciting exhibition on the nature around Folgefonna glacier, the Hardangerfjord and how climate changes affect us here. Situated on the southern shore of the beautiful Hardangerfjord in Hordaland County, Folgefonna National Park boasts one of Norway's largest glaciers. In words and stunning images, our website tells you about the glacier and how ice sculpted the fjords and surrounding landscape. We'll show you great cultural attractions and scenic highlights, point out hiking trails that take you there, give details about guided glacier treks, kayaking beneath ice falls, and much more.
Reviewed By Ms_LAW_12 - Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia
Part of the Folgefonna National Park Centre is The Steinparken – The Stone Park. It’s fabulous, set among superb trees and wild plants with a river running at the side and another smaller creek with gentle Waterfalls through the centre of the park. It’s free entry and was developed by Rosendal Stiftinger in cooperation with the sculptor Bård Breivik and stone cutter Rolf Karlsen. The park is open to visitors for the presentation of natural science subjects of the Folgefonna National Park Centre and sponsorship comes from the community and several others.
Placed in a beautiful setting of woodlands and ponds, with towering Mountains above, the large stone blocks, gathered from varied sites throughout the region, show a striking variation. Parts of the blocks have been worked, so you can see each mineral in both its rough and its polished state. Included are coronite, the county rock of Hordaland; orbicular gabbro, formed in a cooling magma chamber and one of Norway’s rarest minerals; a 1.3-billion-year-old conglomerate rock, evidence of a beach at what is now 1300 metres above sea level; and polished serpentinite as iridescent as a jewel – all the specimen are large and with each having the one polished surface people can see the really beautiful features of each rock type. There are excellent simple descriptions throughout the park together with a free hand out with an excellent map and stainless steel plaques with numbers on specimen make it easy to identify what you are looking at.
Earth’s 4.6 billion year long history is full of incredible dramatic events, from the very beginning of our planet’s history until mankind’s predecessors started walking upright – which from a geological perspective is very recently. These time spans are so vast that they’re almost incomprehensible for many people and so in order to make it easier, they’ve made a 23-metre-long stone wall that tells the history of our Earth. Unfortunately it’s all in Norwegian; however it’s still easy for lay people to understand irrespective of any language barrier.
Adjoining the park is an old timber mill, that once a month puts on a demonstration of the timber man’s skills, there are lovely swings and see saw for kids to play on and a teepee made completely from timber
4. Artgallery G Guddal
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4.5 based on 10 reviews
Reviewed By travnor - Oslo, Norway
Norwegian contemporary art in the middle of nowhere / its a Nice building and a cafeteria- you can Even spend the night/very much uptodate about Norwegian art/ too good to be true
5. Malmangernuten (889 moh)
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5 based on 3 reviews
Reviewed By Linda L - Norway
Flott tur opp frå Rosendal Fjordhotel på god sti. Steintrapper i dei brattaste partia, og litt bratt utfor enkelte parti på toppen. Unngå turen når det er veldig glatt, f.eks. ved kraftig regnvær og snø. Nyt utsikten over heile Sunnhordland frå Rosendals sukkertopp!
6. Kvinnherad Church
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4 based on 7 reviews
Kvinnherad Church, which is a whitewashed brick church built around 1255, is one of the most beautiful parish churches from the Middle Ages in Norway. From 1678-1910 she was owned by the Barony Rosendal. In 1670 the baron built a private tomb for the family at the Manor with beautiful sarcophagi, and the altarpiece is from ca 1705. Open for guided tours during summer.
Reviewed By Bruce H - Brisbane, Australia
The Kvinnherad Church is an interesting place to visit but the history of the church is more interesting than the architecture itself. We were told that the first families at the Barony Rosendal lie embalmed in a separate sepulchre connected to the church.Thank you for your review! I completely agree with you: the history of this church is extraordinary! Kind regards, Linda Løvfall Baroniet Rosendal
7. Mykle Mikrobryggeri
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5 based on 2 reviews
Reviewed By Linda L - Norway
Mikrobryggeri med godt øl, gårdsutsalg, omvisning i bryggeriet og ølsmakefasiliteter øverst i Omvikdalen, 8 km fra Rosendal Fjordhotel. Fint gårdstun og hyggelige folk.
8. Hattebergfossen
9. Myrdalsvatnet Hiking Trail
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4.5 based on 2 reviews
Reviewed By Linda L - Norway
Fin dal bak Rosendal. Turistkontoret har båt til utleie for tur eller fiske. Fint å sykle inn også. Velegnet for barnevogn og sykkel med fin skogsbilvei. Kan også gå over hengebrua "Dinglo" og komme ned til Kvinnherad kyrkje på tilbakeveien.
10. Wilderness Norway
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5 based on 1 reviews
Wilderness Norway offers guided kayak tours with the beautiful small village Rosendal as starting point. We specialize in delivering close-to-nature adventures for everyone. Our two most popular tours are:1. Glacier kayaking on the Folgefonna glacier lake2. Kayaking on the Hardanger FjordVisit our guide-shop at the harbor in Rosendal or contact us on [email protected]
Reviewed By Jamey W - Scottsdale, Arizona
We had an amazing time on our kayaking/glacier climbing adventure on Wilderness Norway’s “signature trip.” The paddle to the glacier was on a peaceful, beautiful lake. Once we pushed off from the shore we didn’t see anyone else until we returned several hours later. Climbing on the glacier was an experience I’ll never forget. We moved slowly, but steadily, and I was amazed at how far we got to walk up it, peering into the cracks and watching the water move through it. The staff were incredibly professional – each with three years of formal training in Wilderness activities. And even the drive to and from the launch point was spectacular. I’d definitely do the trip again.
There doesn’t seem to be much info out there about this trip, however, so here are a few tips that can help you make the most of the experience.
1. It’s best if you have at least four people in your group. They only run the trip when they have four signed up for it. And it sounds like they only run the trip about once a week for a couple months each summer. Your chance of wanting a day when others want to go is reasonably slim. It seems we got a bit lucky. There were two of us. We gave them a few dates two months before our trip. It wasn’t until five days before our trip that they said there was a good chance the trip would run on a day we could make it, and only two days before our tentative date that they gave us final confirmation that two other people were interested and we would in fact get to go. If you have enough people in your group you can likely set your own date.
2. You may have to e-mail the company multiple times. We never got a response to our first e-mail through the website. Once we established contact, responses were pretty slow. In the end they asked us to phone them. We were never able to do so, but it may be that telephone is the best way to communicate with the company.
3. Arrange your travel carefully. Unlike other trips run by Wilderness Norway, the pickup point is in Rosendal. This is because you’ll be headed to the south side of Folgefonna glacier, not the north side where most of the activity is. It is possible to get to Rosendal without a car. Rodne runs an express boat between Bergen and Rosendal, but you have to make sure the times work with your tour. We booked two nights’ accommodation in Rosendal to make it work. If you have a car you have more flexibility and you can do spend a little more time after your paddle touring the beautiful valley on the way back to town.
4. Wilderness Norway provides a large amount of equipment for your journey. Included in the base price you get all the equipment you’ll need for kayaking including a bulky dry suit that seals out the elements and keeps you dry and reasonably warm while on the water. You’ll get a pair of gloves that can keep you warm both while kayaking and while climbing. You are provided with a climbing harness, helmet, rope, and crampons for the glacier climb. And they’ll also offer a dry bag so that you can carry extra clothes, lunch, and perhaps a camera.
5. In addition to the equipment, you will need to dress appropriately. The trick is that you’re likely going to wear the same clothes underneath the dry suit that you wear while hiking the glacier. I had on two wool shirts, a wool jacket, a waterproof jacket, wool pants, and cheap waterproof pants. That combination was just about perfect. The weather on the lake is usually about 10 degrees Fahrenheit colder than Rosendal, there can be wind, and rain seems to be pretty common. Yet wearing all of that I was never too cold and kept reasonably dry. They suggested that we wear wool underwear. That may sound odd, but you’re going to want to wear socks inside the dry suit and the suit doesn’t keep everything completely dry. Wearing material that is still warm while wet is generally a good idea. And it’s not a bad idea to have an extra set of dry clothes (and socks!) waiting for you when you get out of your dry suit for the last time. The website says that they can provide jackets for an extra fee.
6. You’ll also need hiking boots. You won’t wear these while kayaking, but when you get to the glacier you’ll take off your dry suit and they will strap massive crampons onto your feet. I thought my normal waterproof hiking shoes would be good enough. They weren’t. Canvas hiking boots can work, although it seems that leather ones are ideal. Ask when you set up your trip and they may be able to loan you some.
7. What else should you bring? It’s a good idea to bring a lunch. The website suggests that they can provide a lunch, but we found out last minute that that wasn’t an option for us. So pack some peanut butter sandwiches, apples, and granola bars. You have a few minutes before the climb to eat and you will need to replace the calories you’ve been burning. You might want to bring a camera, but you may not want to bring your most expensive equipment. You are nearly constantly active during the trip and you won’t have many chances to take pictures. The dry bags keep things generally dry, but they also trap in moisture, so fragile equipment can be damaged. It is one of those journeys that a Go Pro would be perfect for. I wish I had brought my waterproof camera case as I might have had a few chances to snap a photo or two.
8. You do not need to have experience kayaking or climbing to enjoy the trip. I had a little bit of both and that made the journey a bit more relaxing for me. But the staff is very attentive and can help novices along. It’s not a leisurely activity though. You will be sore and tired at the end, but happier for it.
It really was an amazing trip. The weather wasn’t great, and yet it didn’t seem to matter. The fact that only a few people a year sign up for it boggles me. After standing around on Ferries and trains for a couple of days I relished the opportunity to get away from the crowds and immerse myself in the tranquil beauty. I have always been fascinated by glaciers and appreciate them even more having paddled near and then climbed up one. I highly recommend it!
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