Breistein
Breistein is a village in the borough of Åsane in Bergen Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. The village lies along the Sørfjorden on the eastern part of the municipality, across the fjord from the village of Valestrandsfossen.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village
- Description: settlement in Bergen Municipality, Norway
- Also known as: “Bredsten” and “Breidstein”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Ole Bull’s home and Ytre Arna Church.
Ole Bull’s home
Museum
Photo: Jan’s fotoside, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Ole Bull’s home is a museum, which is situated 3 km northeast of Breistein.
Ytre Arna Church
Church
Photo: Shark, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Ytre Arna Church is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Bergen Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It is located in the village of Ytre Arna in the borough of Åsane. Ytre Arna Church is situated 4 km southeast of Breistein.
Kyrkjekrinsen skole
School
Photo: Einarski, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Kyrkjekrinsen skole is a school, which is situated 3½ km west of Breistein.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ytre Arna and Hylkje.
Ytre Arna
Village
Photo: Shark, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Ytre Arna is a village area in the borough of Arna in Bergen Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. Ytre Arna is principally associated with A/S Arne Fabrikker, the country's first mechanised cotton mill. Ytre Arna Church is also located in the village. Ytre Arna is situated 4 km southeast of Breistein.
Hylkje
Village
Hylkje is a village in the borough of Åsane in Bergen Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. The village lies in the northeastern part of the municipality, along the Sørfjorden. Hylkje is situated 4 km northwest of Breistein.
Haus Municipality
Village
Photo: Shark, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Haus is a former municipality in the old Hordaland county, Norway. The 198.5-square-kilometre municipality existed from 1838 until its dissolution in 1964. Haus Municipality is situated 7 km southeast of Breistein.
Breistein
- Categories: human settlement, urban area in Norway, and locality
- Location: Bergen, Hordaland, Western Norway, Norway, Nordic countries, Europe
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Latitude
60.48749° or 60° 29′ 15″ northLongitude
5.40153° or 5° 24′ 6″ eastOpen location code
9FG7FCP2+XJOpenStreetMap ID
node 5538716074OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
3160233Wikidata ID
Q4586627
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Danish to Swedish—“Breistein” goes by many names.
- Danish: “Breistein”
- Dutch: “Breistein”
- French: “Breistein”
- Irish: “Breistein”
- Javanese: “Breistein”
- Malay: “Breistein”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Breistein”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Breistein”
- Norwegian: “Breistein”
- Swedish: “Breistein”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Breisteinvegen nord lekeplass and Litlestemma.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Breistein”. Photo: B Ystebo, CC BY-SA 2.0.