Valestrandfossen

Valestrandfossen^[3] or Valestrandsfossen^[4] is a village in the municipality of Osterøy, adjacent to Norway's second-largest city and municipality Bergen, Vestland county. It lies at Sørfjorden 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) to the west and 7 kilometres (4.3 mi) south of the municipal centre of Lonevåg.

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Village
View of the village
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Coordinates: 60°30′20″N 05°25′57″E
Country	Norway
Region	Western Norway
County	Vestland
District	Nordhordland
Municipality	Osterøy
Area [1]
• Total	0.94 km2 (0.36 sq mi)
Elevation [2]	17 m (56 ft)
Population  (2019)[1]
• Total	1,303
• Density	1,386/km2 (3,590/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Post Code	5281 Valestrandsfossen

Valestrandfossen has shops, a gas station, primary school, hairdressers, pubs, and Lerøy Fossen AS, the world's largest trout smokehouse. ^[5]

MF Ole Bull

Valestrandfossen is the largest settlement on the whole island of Osterøy. The 0.94-square-kilometre (230-acre) village has a population (2019) of 1,303 and a population density of 1,386 inhabitants per square kilometre (3,590/sq mi).^[1] Located by the Sørfjorden, it has a regular ferry (the MF Ole Bull) that crosses the fjord to Åsane in Bergen.^[6]

Ole Bull summer house at Valestrandfossen

The famous Norwegian violinist and composer Ole Bull had his summer house here. In 1858, he bought a farm in Valestrand. The house was designed during 1865 by his youngest brother, architect Georg Andreas Bull. Ole Bull lived there for a time principally between tours. In 1872, he bought property on the island of Lysøen in what is now Bjørnafjorden Municipality, south of Bergen which became the primary residence of his family.^{[citation needed]}

See also

• Hamre
• Hamre Church