Forsøl

Welcome to the fresh and beautiful fishing village of Forsøl. The small community of a few hundred permanent residents has a strong cohesion which is strengthened by voluntary work. The active boat association both maintains and upgrades the harbours keeping them in the best condition for both locals and tourists, and they do an excellent job! Here you can find fish practically on the doorstep, much to the delight of professional and hobby fishermen alike. The nationwide group Lerøy also run a fish receiving factory here. Forsøl is the starting point for many great hikes, one of them is the beautiful Forsøl Lake, with its rich diversity of species. Here you can find along with other things, bathing seagulls preening their feathers in the clear mountain water. By the way do you like to swim? Forsøl has possibly two of the country’s finest beaches. Both Ytter Forsøl and Kirkegårdsbukt are extremely popular outlying areas, both for locals and visitors. Around both beaches, archaeologists have found traces of house tufts and artifacts from the early Stone Age, Iron Age and Middle Ages. you can find information boards describing these findings on both beaches. In the wintertime it is popular to hunt for the northern lights along the road to Forsøl, because there is little light pollution here.