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Kannesteinen
Wave-carved rock shaped like a 3 m stone mushroom standing in the surf at Oppedal on Vågsøy, 10 km from Måløy. A roadside oddity sculpted by millennia of pounding North Sea waves.
41 km · about 50 min drive
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Florø
Vestland, Norway · Europe
About Florø
Florø sits on the route: 25 minutes from Svelgen, 41km from Kannesteinen.
Florø is in Vestland, Norway, with about 9,000 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Svelgen, about 23 km away.
Florø (Norwegian pronunciation: [fluːrøː] ) is a town and the administrative centre of Kinn Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. The town was founded by royal decree in 1860 as a ladested on the island of Florelandet, located between the Botnafjorden and Solheimsfjorden. Florø is Norway's (and thus theRead more
Scandinavian Peninsula's) westernmost town. It is the most western town on the mainland in the Nordic countries.
The 6.55-square-kilometre (1,620-acre) town has a population (2024) of 9,071 and a population density of 1,385 inhabitants per square kilometre (3,590/sq mi).
The town encompasses the entire island of Florelandet and the western half of the island of Brandsøya. The Norwegian national road Rv 5 is the main road connecting Florø to the rest of Norway. The nearby villages of Brandsøy and Grov lie several kilometers to the east of Florø. The islands of Reksta, Kinn, Skorpa lie several kilometers to the west of the town. Florø is also home to Florø Airport and Florø Church.
Florø is also a former municipality that existed as an independent town-municipality for just over 100 years (1860-1964) before being merged into Flora Municipality. On 1 January 2020, the town (and Flora Municipality) became part of the new Kinn Municipality after another municipal merger.
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Within an hour or so of Florø: Kannesteinen (41 km).
Are there any good drives near Florø?
The nearest famous roads are Gaularfjellet, Vikafjellet (Fv13) and Old Strynefjell Road.
Where is Florø?
Florø is in Vestland, Norway, about 23 km from Svelgen.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 9,024
- Continent
- Europe
- Country
- Norway
- Region
- Vestland
- Timezone
- Europe/Oslo
- Coordinates
- 61.5996, 5.0328
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1 notable place within an hour's drive.
Driving roads near Florø
13 named roads, passes and coastal drives within 150km.
- 76 kmGaularfjelletA National Tourist Route of hairpins and waterfall viewpoints linking the Sognefjord and Forde.
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May to September
Far northern latitude: short daylight hours outside summer make long drives harder.
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