For instance, you can join literary saturdays every week. 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. Files are available under licenses specified on their description page. Windir, a norwegian sognametal band whose members all originated in sogndal. 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. Boyum campings rooms include access to a communal kitchen and shared bathrooms. All structured data from the file and property namespaces is available under the creative commons cc0 license. Every available shelter becomes a book store with plenty of.
A lot of second hand book shops in the middle of nowhere. The selfcatering cottages feature a sofa, tv, fully equipped kitchenette and a. Boyum camping is a holiday park located in fjarland, featuring a garden and a terrace. Bokbyen the book town is home to a collection of whopping. The selfcatering cottages feature a sofa, tv, fully equipped kitchenette and a private bathroom with shower.
See more ideas about around the worlds, world and bookstore design. Vi onskjer a arbeide med eit forprosjekt for a identifisere mulege program og problemstillingar. It is a particularly enjoyable gateway to the jostedalsbreen national park, and is close to two glacial tongues understand. Dette er ein guida bygdevandring i sjolvaste bokbyen. Between may and september, all bookshops are open every day 10am6pm, with numerous events all season.
The town started modestly as a book town in 1995 and has grown in both size and attraction, mirroring. 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. Eirik bakke born 1977, a retired association football player. Bookshelf porn celebrates our love of books, libraries, bookstores and bookcases by showcasing the best bookshelf photos from around the world. Open every day may september closed on 17th of may, but you can buy books online all year round. 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 tiny town has a population of just 300 but is home to a collection of a whopping 150,000 used books. Every abandoned building is a bookstore in this booktown. The cute bokbyen norwegian for booktownprides itself on the many used bookstores scattered around, but theyre no ordinary libraries. The idea spread, and there are now book towns all over the world, answering to the needs of book lovers. 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. The cute bokbyennorwegian for booktownprides itself on the many used bookstores scattered around, but theyre no ordinary libraries.
Open kitchen and living room with dining table, sofa and coffee table. Sjolvplukk, where you put nok 10 in a box for every book you take. The church in the middle of the centre dates back to 1860. The cute bokbyennorwegian for booktownprides itself on the many used. Jul 27, 2017 bokbyen is open daily may to september from 10. 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. The shops in the norwegian book town are open 10am6pm every day from may to september, every day from 10 am to 6 pm. This page was last edited on 9 november 2018, at 09.
Book a guided walk through the booktown in mundal village centre. If you lined the shelves up sidebyside, the towns library would span 2. You can stroll through the idyllic village and book town, hike the many mountains, visit the glacier museum, see the 1861 fj. Every available shelter becomes a book store with plenty of english language books to get stuck into.
Fjaerland hotel a room with a view, inside and out. 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. Book town organisations and municipalities can be members, but we also have individual members. It consists of various secondhand bookshops, some of them are combined with a cafe, art gallery and souvenirshop. The magical book town in norway daily scandinavian. 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. Most of the titles are in norwegian, but there are many englishlanguage books, including some rare.
A storage building containing over one kilometre of book shelves, and the smallest and most honest bookshop in the world. Walk in either direction along the fjord and see the 1861 fj. Det er sjolvsagt hove til a vitje unike bokutsal, alt fra enkle bokstativ utandors til ombygde laver og naust. 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. Requests by email, post, fax or telephone are served all through the year, and the book town enjoys. Most people come to experience its pair of particularly accessible glacial tongues, supphellebreen and boyabreen, but fj. The book town is a further development from the traditional antiquarian bookshops, offering a wider variety of books, in a smaller area.
For more information on bokbyen fjaerland visit their website. I vinterhalvaret kan me kontaktast pa telefon og epost. Bli med pa ein guida tur igjennom bokbyen i mundal sentrum. The norwegian booktown is situated in mundal, the centre of fj. 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. The bookfair opens at 4 pm, the programme starts with a concert in the church at 3 pm. Saturday june 2 is the annual bookfestvial in the booktown. The fjaerland book town was established in 1995 in the tradition of hayonwye and now has 2. Ryan villopoto full moto 2 washougal mx lucas oil pro motocross championship 20 duration. Bokby village du livres book town kirjakyla, they are all small villages dominated by the sale of secondhand books.
Sogndal is a municipality in vestland county, norway. Outdoor book fair, concerts, litteratureprogramme, food and drink. 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. This small norwegian town turns abandoned buildings into. Ein del av bokbyane er organisert i the international organisation of book towns. The kitchen is well equipped, has a stove with three cooking plates, refrigerator, microwave oven and a freezer. Book towns, like the whole secondhand book trade, must shift with the times, as must any business. Find images and videos about love, book and reading on we heart it the app to get lost in what you love. The norwegian book town is an experience out of the ordinary, situated in a bewitchingly beautiful spot between fjord and glacier in western norway. Visit some of the truly unique bookshops, ranging from purposebuilt bookshops to converted stables or boathouses. Most of the titles are in norwegian, but there are many englishlanguage books, including some rare ones.
On june 2 the annual bookfestival takes place in the booktown. For book towns just starting out we offer the possibility of prospective membership. Learn about the culture, the history and the authentic life of this region. Requests by email, post, fax or telephone are served all through the year, and the book town enjoys a lively postal order business. And for more on the international book town movement try the international. Dette er ei liste over stader som kallar seg bokbyar. The bus we intend to take leave from fjaerland kryss.