"Yste Skotet" farm

The mountain farm of Ytste Skotet is beautifully situated on a ledge 225 metres above the fjord. There has been people living here since the Viking Age. Ytste Skotet used to be a large farm, with just over 11 crop acres, and it was the largest cereal producer in the region. The previous owners left the farm in 1954. But they felt bad when they saw it fall into disrepair, so in 1989 they gifted it to the Friends of Storfjord. This organisation has carried out impressive work to preserve and restore a number of mountain farms along the Storfjord. Ytste Skotet has been expertly restored and is now a popular museum farm and visitor centre, especially for schoolchildren. People live here throughout the summer months, and they run the farm as it used to be run. We can visit to learn about the rural life of yesteryear, see how things were done, and what is important and worth preserving. Through their work the Friends of Storfjord make sure that we can see and visit the old buildings. But in addition to that, they organise training courses and undertake conservation work, thereby ensuring that traditional crafts and skills are preserved and passed on to new generations. Heritage is not all about buildings, it is also about skills, techniques and ways of thinking.