Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
( 57 74 22 33;
kyst.museum.no
; Brendøyvegen; adult/child Nkr60/30; 11am-6pm Mon-Fri,
noon-4pm Sat & Sun Jun-Aug, 10am-3pm Mon-Fri, noon-3pm Sat & Sun Sep-May)
The first museum building is dedicated to fishing, including a model 1900 fishing family's
home and exhibits on the foundation of the island as a small herring trading post barely
150 years ago. A second houses a collection of typical coastal boats. The
Snorreankeret
display - in a building that has the shape of the original oil platform that first pumped the
country's oil - illustrates the exploration and exploitation of the North Sea oil and gas
fields.
Activities
Boating
(Nkr200 to Nkr400 per day) and sea kayaks (Nkr200 per day), while
Krokane Camping
(
57 75 22 50;
www.krocamp.no
)
rents out rowing boats (Nkr100 per day) and motor boats
(from Nkr200/300 per three hours/day).
Hiking & Cycling
The tourist office sells a useful booklet,
Cycling in Flora
(Nkr10), and has map sheets on
local hikes.
Tours
Between June and August, the tourist office runs a number of tempting guided tours. Pick
up its leaflet of summer venues.
Sleeping
Florø Rorbu
APARTMENTS
These excellent, family-owned, fully furnished flats are right beside a tiny inlet and have
their own moorings (you can hire a boat or kayak and putter around the fjord).
