What is a key place?
The key sites are unique to the Coastal Pilgrimage Route. There are 25 of them along the Coastal route from Egersund to Trondheim. Wondering what they are?
Photo: Herøy museum
Key places along the Coastal Pilegrimage Route
Along the Coastal Pilgrimage Route you travel from key place to key place. The journey, which starts in Egersund with Trondheim and Nidaros as the destination, consists of 25 key places. The key places are stopping places of special cultural and historical value, and have been selected to give us an understanding and experience of the journey that medieval pilgrims made. The places also have good visitor qualities.
The coast was the main road
In the Middle Ages, the coast was the main traffic route. Pilgrims also traveled here. It was considered cumbersome and dangerous to travel over the mountains to Nidaros. Along the coast, there was vibrant life, boats and people. They traveled with combinations of land and water transport. On some weather-exposed stretches, they pulled smaller boats overland. Such places are called drageid. On the way from Selje and further north you will find such an eid. Larger ships could lie in wait for better weather.
- Egersund.
- Obrestad fyr (lighthouse) and Hå old vicarage.
- Stavanger Cathedral.
- Utstein kloster (monastery) and Utstein pilegrimsgard.
- Avaldsnes – St. Olav's church and Nordvegen History Center.
- Mosterhamn (Moster Harbor) with Moster Old Church and Moster Amfi.
- Halsnøy kloster (monastery).
- Bergen – St. Sunniva, Mariakirken (church), Lyse kloster (monastery).
- Kongshaugen in Seim.
- Kongsgarden på Lygra / Lyngheisenteret (The Heatland centre).
- Gulatinget.
- Kvernsteinsparken.
- Svanøy hovedgård (manor house).
- Kinn kyrkje (church).
- Selja Kloster (monastery).
- Herøy – Herøy gamle kyrkjestad (church site), Herøy Kystmuseum (coast museum).
- Borgund.
- Giske island.
- Veøya island.
- Kvernes at Averøy.
- Edøy island at Smøla – Edøy gamle kirke (old chuch) and Kulisteinen (stone with runic script).
- Hitra island – Dolm kyrkje (church) and the medieval site.
- Frøya and Sula, islands.
- Ørland – Austråttborgen (manor) Ørland kirke (church).
- Inner Fosen – Reins kloster (monastery) and Museet Kystens Arv (coast museum).
And then, you finally reach Trondheim – Nidaros Cathedral and Nidaros Pilegrimsgård.
You must have at least 6 stamps from key locations to be able to receive an Olavs letter when you arrive in Trondheim. You can also fill out your passport from other actors and activities along the way, it will give you memories. At the pilgrim reception they know which stamps qualify and which do not.
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