Byrkjedalstunet is a hotel where the food, history and the earthy real experience are at the center. Byrkjedalstunet also has its own lighting fixture. Here are Norwegian-made and handmade candles together with local art and interior. Byrkjedalstunet was in 2013 Rogaland`s second most visited tourist attraction in 2013. Our hotel is a different, cozy and intimate hotel where history is in the city center. Nature, idyllic buildings, food, wine and comfort are linked together …

Idyllic island of Kvitsøy lies far out on the fjord between Haugesund and Stavanger. It is the smallest of Ryfylke’s municipalities. The island is home to one of Ryfylkemuseets finest museum sites, Kvitsøy Hummermuseet. Opened in 2013, it has exhibitions on lobster fishing, the fishing industry, and life on the island. The main exhibition deals with the story of the lobster, fishing lobsters and trading with them.

Jelsa is the best-preserved shore town in Ryfylke and was chosen in 2008 as Rogaland’s most idyllic place by NRK (the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation). The shore town’s roots reach back to the 1600s when Jelsa was an important church center and home parish. Today’s Jelsa has a cozy neighborhood with little 18th-century houses with the lovely wooden church as their closest neighbor.

Torpedoverkstedet (The Torpedo Workshop) is a showroom that conveys stories from World War II. Torpedoverkstedet was built by the German occupation forces during World War II, and at that time functioned as a torpedo workshop for the German seaplanes that operated from Sola Sjø in the heart of Sømmevågen. In the aftermath of World War II, the building had been used by Forsvaret (the Norwegian Armed Forces).