Askastoi

"If you know the “Sogna-dialect” and a little bit of German, then you can make your way around the world, but if you go to Constantinople, you will be stabbed to death”! or so the saying goes. My name is Arve and I was raised here in Sogndal. Let me take you on a little tour around Kjørnes or ‘Kjødnes’ as we would pronounce it. It is thought the name Kjødnes originates from when tar was burnt out of tree roots here. We are now standing in a place known as Askad`n, the name comes from the large Ash trees that grow here. In the olden days there was a boat shed here. As you can probably imagine it is not always easy to row on the Sognefjord in all weathers. They therefore built such places to shelter from the weather and the wind. The people who lived here were completely dependent on being able to get to and from Sogndal sentrum, or Saongdalsfjørao as it was known in days gone by, to visit the shops and the church. The bridge that you can see right next to the centre was built in 1958, up until then, all traffic arrived by sea. The bridge that you see today was rebuilt in 2020.