Alverstraumen
Alverstraumen is a village in Alver Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. The village is located at the southern tip of the island of Radøy. The Alversund Bridge connects Alverstraumen to the village of Alversund across the Alverstraumen strait to the east.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: B Ystebo, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Quarter
- Description: settlement in Alver Municipality, Norway
- Also known as: “Alverstraum”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Alversund Church and Grasdal skule.
Alversund Church
Church
Photo: B Ystebo, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Alversund Church is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Alver Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It is located in the village of Alversund.
Grasdal skule
School
Photo: Reinhardheydt, Public domain.
Grasdal skule is a school, which is situated 3 km south of Alverstraumen.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Alversund and Knarvik.
Alversund
Village
Photo: B Ystebo, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Alversund is a village in Alver municipality in Vestland county, Norway. The village is located on the mainland of the Lindås peninsula, along the shore of the Alverstraumen strait.
Knarvik
Town
Photo: Chrtau, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Knarvik is the administrative centre of Alver Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. The village is located on the mainland, about 20 km straight north of Bergen at the confluence of four fjords: Osterfjorden, Sørfjorden, Salhusfjorden, and the Radfjorden. Knarvik is situated 5 km southeast of Alverstraumen.
Alverstraumen
- Categories: human settlement, urban area in Norway, hamlet, and locality
- Location: Alver Municipality, Western Norway, Norway, Nordic countries, Europe
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Latitude
60.57784° or 60° 34′ 40″ northLongitude
5.21843° or 5° 13′ 6″ eastOpen location code
9FG7H6H9+49OpenStreetMap ID
node 9977326434OpenStreetMap feature
place=quarterGeoNames ID
3163265Wikidata ID
Q4737988
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In Other Languages
From Danish to Norwegian Nynorsk—“Alverstraumen” goes by many names.
- Danish: “Alverstraumen”
- Dutch: “Alverstraumen”
- French: “Alverstraumen”
- Irish: “Alverstraumen”
- Javanese: “Alverstraumen”
- Malay: “Alverstraumen”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Alverstraumen”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Alverstraumen”
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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 “Alverstraumen”. Photo: B Ystebo, CC BY-SA 2.0.