Risøya
Risøya is an island in Haugesund Municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. The 0.23-square-kilometre island lies in the Karmsundet strait immediately south of the island of Hasseløya and southeast of the island of Vibrandsøya.Photo: DeFacto, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Bridge
- Description: island in Haugesund, Norway
- Also known as: “Risoy” and “Risøy”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Haugesund City Hall and Haugesund folkebibliotek.
Haugesund City Hall
Town hall
Photo: Sjoehest, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Haugesund City Hall is the city hall of Haugesund Municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. Haugesund City Hall is situated 380 metres east of Risøya.
Haugesund folkebibliotek
Library
Photo: David40226543, Public domain.
Haugesund folkebibliotek is a library, which is situated 480 metres north of Risøya.
Vår Frelsers Church
Church
Photo: Vinguru, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Vår Frelsers Church is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Haugesund Municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. It is located in the centre of the town of Haugesund. Vår Frelsers Church is situated 460 metres north of Risøya.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Norheim and Avaldsnes.
Norheim
Village
Photo: Btd, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Norheim is a village in Karmøy Municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. The village is located along the Karmsundet strait immediately south of the town of Haugesund, just over the municipal border inside Karmøy Municipality. Norheim is situated 4½ km southeast of Risøya.
Avaldsnes
Village
Photo: Johan Christian Dahl, Public domain.
Avaldsnes is a village in Karmøy Municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. The village is located on the northeastern part of the island of Karmøy, along the Karmsundet strait, just south of the town of Haugesund. Avaldsnes is situated 6 km south of Risøya.
Risøya
- Categories: island and transportation
- Location: Haugesund, Rogaland, Western Norway, Norway, Nordic countries, Europe
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In Other Languages
From French to Turkish—“Risøya” goes by many names.
- French: “Risøy”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Risøy”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Risøya”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Risøya”
- Norwegian: “Risøy”
- Turkish: “Risøy”
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