You can stroll through the idyllic village and book town, hike the many mountains, visit the glacier museum, see the 1861 fj. The tiny town has a population of just 300 but is home to a collection of a whopping 150,000 used books. See more ideas about around the worlds, world and bookstore design. The kitchen is well equipped, has a stove with three cooking plates, refrigerator, microwave oven and a freezer. The norwegian book town is an experience out of the ordinary, situated in a bewitchingly beautiful spot between fjord and glacier in western norway. On june 2 the annual bookfestival takes place in the booktown. The fjaerland book town was established in 1995 in the tradition of hayonwye and now has 2. Every available shelter becomes a book store with plenty of. It is a particularly enjoyable gateway to the jostedalsbreen national park, and is close to two glacial tongues understand. This small norwegian town turns abandoned buildings into. Learn about the culture, the history and the authentic life of this region. Ta kontakt med oss per telefon 57 69 22 10, epost eller brev, og vi leiter etter boka for.
Shopping in fjaerland norways book town offers some 20,000 books for sale in a dozen or so secondhand shops, which remain open from midmay to the beginning of september from 10am to 6pm daily. Find images and videos about love, book and reading on we heart it the app to get lost in what you love. A lot of second hand book shops in the middle of nowhere. Saturday june 2 is the annual bookfestvial in the booktown. Fjaerland hotel a room with a view, inside and out. Sogndal is a municipality in vestland county, norway. Outdoor book fair, concerts, litteratureprogramme, food and drink. Det er sjolvsagt hove til a vitje unike bokutsal, alt fra enkle bokstativ utandors til ombygde laver og naust. Boyum camping is a holiday park located in fjarland, featuring a garden and a terrace. For more information on bokbyen fjaerland visit their website. Though they face a market whose changes feel like riding the rapids, in the end the stable point is gleden over boker delighting over books. And for more on the international book town movement try the international. For instance, you can join literary saturdays every week. Almost every shop in the town sells a range of new and used books, and there is even an honesty book shop, not far from the ferry stop, where books are sold from a stand without any staff.
The selfcatering cottages feature a sofa, tv, fully equipped kitchenette and a. The shops in the norwegian book town are open 10am6pm every day from may to september, every day from 10 am to 6 pm. The town started modestly as a book town in 1995 and has grown in both size and attraction, mirroring. Every abandoned building is a bookstore in this booktown. The cute bokbyennorwegian for booktownprides itself on the many used bookstores scattered around, but theyre no ordinary libraries. The magical book town in norway daily scandinavian. I vinterhalvaret kan me kontaktast pa telefon og epost. Book town organisations and municipalities can be members, but we also have individual members. Boyum campings rooms include access to a communal kitchen and shared bathrooms. The idea spread, and there are now book towns all over the world, answering to the needs of book lovers. Bookshelf porn celebrates our love of books, libraries, bookstores and bookcases by showcasing the best bookshelf photos from around the world. Ein del av bokbyane er organisert i the international organisation of book towns.
Find books you didnt remember you missed in bookshops you would never imagine, situated in a bewitchingly beautiful spot between fjord and glacier in western norway. Sep 17, 2018 the magical book town in norway bokbyen the book town is home to a collection of whopping 150,000 used books, but theyre no ordinary libraries. Open kitchen and living room with dining table, sofa and coffee table. This page was last edited on 9 november 2018, at 09. I mundal ligg og joker butikken, 2 hoteller, kaffistova bokkafe, kyrkja og det er passasjerbat fra balestrand 2 gonger dagleg i hogsesong.
But book lovers, at heart, are explorers and adventurers. Most of the titles are in norwegian, but there are many englishlanguage books, including some rare. Book a guided walk through the booktown in mundal village centre. Eirik bakke born 1977, a retired association football player. It is located on the northern shore of the sognefjorden in the traditional district of sogn. Open every day may september closed on 17th of may, but you can buy books online all year round. Dette er ein guida bygdevandring i sjolvaste bokbyen. There are ten bookshops located around the main square, offering a wide range of titles from rare used books, to new editions covering several topics. Vi onskjer a arbeide med eit forprosjekt for a identifisere mulege program og problemstillingar. Between may and september, all bookshops are open every day 10am6pm, with numerous events all season.
Sjolvplukk, where you put nok 10 in a box for every book you take. The book town is a further development from the traditional antiquarian bookshops, offering a wider variety of books, in a smaller area. A storage building containing over one kilometre of book shelves, and the smallest and most honest bookshop in the world. The church in the middle of the centre dates back to 1860. Book towns, like the whole secondhand book trade, must shift with the times, as must any business. Tvedestrand, on norways southern coast, also brands itself as a book town, and here too you will find secondhand bookshops, guided tours, and a range of events. Windir, a norwegian sognametal band whose members all originated in sogndal. Mar 18, 2018 the book festival is the biggest literary attraction of saintpierredeclages, but you can visit this beautiful book village any time. Most people come to experience its pair of particularly accessible glacial tongues, supphellebreen and boyabreen, but fj.
The cute bokbyen norwegian for booktownprides itself on the many used bookstores scattered around, but theyre no ordinary libraries. Bli med pa ein guida tur igjennom bokbyen i mundal sentrum. Dette er ei liste over stader som kallar seg bokbyar. The magical book town in norway bokbyen the book town is home to a collection of whopping 150,000 used books, but theyre no ordinary libraries. Ryan villopoto full moto 2 washougal mx lucas oil pro motocross championship 20 duration. The selfcatering cottages feature a sofa, tv, fully equipped kitchenette and a private bathroom with shower. Bokbyen the book town is home to a collection of whopping. If you lined the shelves up sidebyside, the towns library would span 2. Amazing place to visit, stunning scenery, we came by ferry stayed two nightsdays, saw the glacier and museum day on arrival wonderful staff on ferry and bus, undertook a walk in the mundal valley despite rain, the next day, this was a highlight for me, easy walking, great scenery, waterfalls, river, forests and farms, recommend hiking boots if raining. Jul 27, 2017 bokbyen is open daily may to september from 10. Every available shelter becomes a book store with plenty of english language books to get stuck into. All structured data from the file and property namespaces is available under the creative commons cc0 license. Most of the titles are in norwegian, but there are many englishlanguage books, including some rare ones.
Visit some of the truly unique bookshops, ranging from purposebuilt bookshops to converted stables or boathouses. The cute bokbyennorwegian for booktownprides itself on the many used. The bus we intend to take leave from fjaerland kryss. The bookfair opens at 4 pm, the programme starts with a concert in the church at 3 pm.
Bokby village du livres book town kirjakyla, they are all small villages dominated by the sale of secondhand books. It consists of various secondhand bookshops, some of them are combined with a cafe, art gallery and souvenirshop. Files are available under licenses specified on their description page. Walk in either direction along the fjord and see the 1861 fj. The book festival is the biggest literary attraction of saintpierredeclages, but you can visit this beautiful book village any time. The norwegian booktown is situated in mundal, the centre of fj. Requests by email, post, fax or telephone are served all through the year, and the book town enjoys a lively postal order business. For book towns just starting out we offer the possibility of prospective membership. We plan to take the ferry from balestrand to fjaerland, enjoy the scenery, hang around in the book town have lunch and then take the bus to sogndal.