Askøy is a municipality in Hordaland county, Norway. The island municipality is located in the Midhordland district of the county, sitting in a large group of islands immediately northwest of the city of Bergen. The administrative centre of the municipality is the urban village of Kleppestø on the southeastern shore of the island of Askøy. Since the opening of the Askøy Bridge connecting it to the mainland of Bergen in 1992, the population has increased rapidly. Its population growth among the highest in Norway. In 2014, the 10-year population growth rate was 27%. Most of the population growth is due to immigration from Bergen and the surrounding districts of Nordhordland and Midhordland.
Population: 17,224
Latitude: 60° 23' 60.00" N
Longitude: 5° 10' 59.99" E
Bjelkarøyna or Bjelkarøy is an island in Sund municipality in Hordaland county, Norway. The 1.1-square-kilometre (270-acre) island lies in the southern part of the Raunefjorden between the mainland Bergen Peninsula and the large island of Sotra.
Bergen Anglican Church is a congregation of the Church of England in the Anglican Chaplaincy in Norway in the city of Bergen, Norway. Emerging in the late 1950s and institutionalised in 1962 the congregation was a spiritual home for British expatria…
Åsane Storsenter is a shopping centre in the Bergen suburb of Åsane. It was established in 2007 when Arken, owned by Steen & Strøm, and Åsane Senter, owned by Nordea Liv, merged in 2007. In January 2012, it consisted of 138 shops [1].
Alver is a village in Lindås municipality in Hordaland county, Norway. The village is located on the mainland of the Lindås peninsula, along the southern end of the Radfjorden. The village of Alversund lies immediately to the north of Alver and the …
Abbedisso is a small village in the municipality of Askøy in Hordaland county, Norway. It is located along the Herdlefjorden near the northwestern tip of the island of Askøy.
Søråsen is a mountain of Hordaland, in southern Norway.
Livarden is a mountain in the city of Bergen in Hordaland county, Norway. It is located south-east of the Ulriken mountain massif, on the border of the boroughs of Fana and Arna, just south of the village of Espeland.