Western Norway
Hordaland
Bergen

Alvøen

Alvøen or Alvøy is a manor house located on a historic industrial site in the borough of the city of in Vestland county, . Alvøen Manor was once one of the grander private homes in Bergen.
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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Haakonsvern Naval Base and Alvøen skole.

Military installation
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Haakonsvern is the main base of the Royal Norwegian Navy and the largest naval base in the area. The base is located at within Bergen municipality, about 15 km south-west of the city centre. is situated 2½ km southeast of Alvøen.

School
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is a school, which is situated 1½ km north of Alvøen.

Peak
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is a mountain in the city of in Vestland county, . It is one of "De syv fjell", the seven mountains surrounding the city centre, and the starting location of Bergen Turlag's annual trip of the mountains. is situated 3½ km northeast of Alvøen.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Loddefjord and Knarrevik.

Suburb
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is an urban settlement in the borough of in the municipality of in Vestland county, . It is located about 6 kilometres southwest of the city centre. is situated 2½ km northeast of Alvøen.

Quarter
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or Knarrvika is a village in municipality in Vestland county, . It is located along the Byfjorden on the eastern coast of the island of , just north of the village of Straume. is situated 3 km northwest of Alvøen.

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is an island in county, . Located directly north-west of , parts of the island functions as a suburb of the city. However, particularly the northern and western parts of the 30 km long island have beautiful rural landscapes, culminating in the small island community of Herdla, linked to by a short bridge.

Alvøen

Latitude
60.35228° or 60° 21′ 8″ north
Longitude
5.19027° or 5° 11′ 25″ east
Operator
Bymuseet i Bergen
Open location code
9FG7952R+W4
Open­Street­Map ID
way 227753014
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­civic
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­museum
Wiki­data ID
Q1770110
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In Other Languages

From Dutch to Norwegian Nynorsk—“Alvøen” goes by many names.
  • Dutch: “Alvøen”
  • French: “Alvoen”
  • French: “Alvøen”
  • German: “Alvøen”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Alvøen Hovedbygning Stiftelsen”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Alvøen”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Alvøen”
  • Norwegian: “Alvøen”

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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 “Alvøen”. Photo: Vibekeseldal, CC BY-SA 4.0.