Surnadal

Surnadal offers a variety of ways to spend your stay: culture at Surnadal kulturhus and Skei kyrkjestad, as well as hikes with different starting points. If you are planning a trip with several interests, you can consider these experiences individually and focus on culture, trails or both. When choosing a holiday rental, it helps to first consider which of these aspects of Surnadal matter most to your trip.

Culture and getting your bearings in Skei

Surnadal kulturhus has a cinema and a concert and theatre hall. There is also a gallery in Skei. Storstuå at the cultural centre is another cultural venue in its own right: it has a large stage and a stage area with most of the necessary facilities. The different spaces offer concrete points of interest for culture lovers, without suggesting that cinema, theatre, concerts and the gallery are the same experience.

Surnadal Library is on the second floor of Surnadal kulturhus, at Svartvassvegen 1 in Skei. There is a bus and taxi stop by the cultural centre, which is wheelchair accessible. The cultural centre can serve as a landmark in Skei. The accessibility information applies to the cultural centre. Another cultural and historical site is Skei kyrkjestad: it is a medieval cultural site, automatically protected and classified as being of national importance. This means that cultural interests in Skei range from the cultural centre to a site with a medieval history.

Hiking trails with different starting points

The circular route via Omfløddøra starts in Skei and is considered a popular loop in central Surnadal. Its starting point is near the bus stop in Skei. For planning your trip, the starting point provides a useful point of reference. Another hiking option leads to Roparen and starts at the car park by Surnadal alpinsenter. The route to Knyken, in turn, has a car park at the end of the toll road through the Skeisnebba cabin area. These starting points are clearly different: Skei, the car park by the alpine centre and the end of the toll road each mark the beginning of a different hike.

The mountain Honnstadknyken, also known as Knyken, is 1,071 metres high in central Surnadal. The Knyken trail is signposted according to the national standard. Many of its wettest sections have been reinforced with stones and boardwalks. The signs and reinforcements are specific features of this trail; on their own, they do not indicate how long the hike takes or how difficult it is. When planning a hike, you can take the stated starting point and the features of each trail into account, rather than treating the routes as interchangeable options.

Kleiva: local history nearby

Kleiva is located above Skei, close to Surnadal. The buildings at Kleiva now belong to Nordmørsmusea; Kleiva was once the home of the village poet Hans Hyldbakk. The place can therefore be associated both with its present-day affiliation and with the history of its former resident. The path to Kleiva starts almost at the bus stop in Skei. In suitable conditions, it can be walked all year round. It is not cleared in winter and can be slippery in places. If you include Kleiva in your travel plans, you should take this seasonal difference into account.

If you are particularly interested in history, you can also consider Kleiva and Skei kyrkjestad. This lets you tailor your choice of experiences to your travel group’s interests, without reducing culture and hiking to a single type of holiday.

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