Selje Things to Do

If you are visiting Selje, be sure to visit Vestkapp (West Cape) and Vestkapphuset (The West Cape house).

West Cape is the most western mountain spot in Norway. West Cape offers you fantastic views out on the North Sea and It's a place to explore the thrilling weather of West Norway.

Afther looking at the nature, you have to visit the restaurant for a excellent meal or some special souveniers. Very friendly staff!

My journey will continue on the next page about Sogndalsfjora

These are the chapters of my trip through Norway in 2003 :

1 Rondane National Park
2 Åndalsnes and Trollstigen
3 Geiranger (Under construction)
4 Ålesund
5 Selje
6 Sogndalsfjora (Under construction)
7 Skjolden (Under construction)
8 Jotunheimen National Park (Under construction)
9 Kongsvinger (Under construction)

After the nice cup of tea it was time to challenge the weather outside. Hahaha, yeah, yeah, I know! You don't need to say it, it is rather strange to wear a miniskirt on a day like this! But when I left Selje it was nice weather and as I was feeling optimistic, so I had hoped it would stay like that ;-) I guess I was out of luck today. But nothing was going to stop me from enjoying the beautiful views here at Vestkapp; not even the weather! I tossed on a sweater grabbed my camera and started hiking down the hill. I have to admit that the rain was being nice to me and decided to stop falling down for a while. The views were so beautiful that I forgot all about the weather and wandered further down the hill than I intended. Eeks, walking down is fun and easy to do, but climbing back up the steep hill was another story, lol. Hahaha, Åke was more sensible than me and didn't walk that much down the hill. He was patiently waiting for me at the top, smiling at me, while I struggled my way back up the hill. I was puffing out of exhausting, but smiling and feeling so happy. Norway is soooo beautiful!!!

After a beautiful drive of 32 kilometres from Selje we arrived at Vestkapp. Vestkapp is on the northernmost tip of the Stadlandet peninsula and my travel guide book wasn't joking when it predicted that there would be some fierce winds at this lookout point. When I got out of the car, the car door was almost blown out of my hand because it. Oops..... it was much windier than I expected! But I caught the car door just in time :-) There was also a drizzle of rain, and together with the strong winds it felt bitterly cold. So I didn't have to think long to make a run for the little restaurant that is located here, to find some shelter. The restaurant isn't great, but you can get some coffee and simple dishes here. Mmmmm, and a hot cup of tea or coffee tastes delicious on a rainy windy day and like this :-)

Selje is a small village with only 1500 inhabitants, but it is a pleasant little village. Just outside the village is a campground. It is very small and very basic, but it is clean and that is the most important part. There are some stores in Selje that provide you with all you will need during your trip, which is a real plus. Selje also has some beaches, but the only bad thing about it was that I didn't have any great weather to be on the beach ;-) Eeks, too much rain and clouded weather! Although I have to say that the sun did surprise me on one afternoon and made perfect weather for a round of golf. Selje itself isn't the reason why you want to go to this area, as it hasn't that much to offer. It is the beautiful surrounding area and the tranquillity that will attract you to this place.

A main attraction at Selje is the monastery and the church of St Sunniva on Selja Island from the 11th and 12th century. I didn't go here as I didn't have enough time, so I can't tell you that much about it. One point of warning though : you need a ferry to get to Selje island, and they only go from 25th of June to the 5th of August. You can get more info about the ferry at the tourist office (tel : 57 85 66 06)

It was really cosy inside the lighthouse, a perfect location to have a cup of tea and waffles. At the lighthouse they also have a small selection of books that you can buy. They are all about lighthouses and this region of Norway, they looked great, although a bit pricy in my opinion. There are several copies of them lying around which you can browse through and make up your might if you want to buy them or not. It made it all so nice and cosy here. Hahaha, I have to admit it was hard to leave the lighthouse again! It meant being confronted with the cold windy and rainy weather, brrrr. But at least the way back meant walking downhill, hahaha, and that goes a bit faster ;-)

The fun thing is that you can go inside the lighthouse to have a coffee or a light snack. And besides that it is also a hotel! So if you like you can stay here overnight :-) I have no clue how expensive it is though, but here is a phone number where you can get more information + 47 57 85 55 27

Aaah, finally at the lighthouse! To me it didn't look really like a real lighthouse, but it certainly is. The light is on the other side of the building at the edge of the cliffs. A logical place of course as this is where the ships can see it. As the lighthouse is already high up on the cliff it doesn’t need a high tower to have the light on, so this makes it look more like a normal house than a lighthouse.