Valsøya

You're soon arriving at Valsøya, where you'll find a collection out of the ordinary. While some people collect stamps, others collect old houses. Yes, you heard it right - old houses. To be precise, old wooden houses. Magny Strand has gathered four houses from the surrounding area in her collection. All these houses were once in a state of decay, but Magny saw a value in them that no one else did. They have been repurposed in various ways here at Valsøya. Over the past 25 years, these houses have been transported to Valsøya in the most incredible ways. First, Berjebakkstua arrived floating on a raft from Valsøybotn, serving as the first reception for the caravan park. Several years later, the neglected Saltrøfjøset was carefully dismantled and expertly reconstructed by skilled craftsmen, transforming from a barn into a restaurant. Jordmorstua (translated to 'The midwife's cottage') was a small storage house from Hestnes. It got relocated and placed on stilts right by the shoreline here at Valsøya. The latest addition to the collection was the Olaushuset from Stokkegården. To transport the Nordmørslån it was loaded onto a large truck, causing the closure of highway E39 during the journey. A Nordmørslån refers to the traditional main farmhouse here in Nordmøre. Olaushuset now contains eight apartments available for rent. Old houses... Well, collecting stamps might have been easier!