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Format:  Fotopositiv
 Dato / Date:  ca. Februar 1886
 Fotograf / Photographer:  Symons?
 Sted / Place:  Salt Lake City, Utah, U.S.A.
 Lenke / Link:  Dødsattest for Elizabeth Orstad Boggess (Utah State Archives and Records Service)
 Eier / Owner Institution:  Trondheim byarkiv, The Municipal Archives of Trondheim
 Arkivreferanse / Archive reference:  Tor.H41.B33.F2522
 Merknad:  Fotografiet har denne påskriften bak:

Jeg og min Man og lille datter Mildrid 10 Aar. Min mans navn Wiliam Boggess. Jeg er saa Stor og tyk att du kjender mig nok ikke igjen.
Sigfrid Ørstad
Photo by Municipal Archives of Trondheim from Trondheim, Norway
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Orstad

Rogaland, Norway · Europe

About Orstad

Orstad is worth a stop: 10 minutes from Kleppe, 36km from Preikestolen (Pulpit Rock).

Orstad is in Rogaland, Norway, with about 7,400 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Kleppe, about 4 km away.

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What is there to see near Orstad?

Within an hour or so of Orstad: Jæren National Tourist Route (13 km), Stavanger (Gamle Stavanger) (21 km), Ryfylke Tunnel (Ryfast) (23 km), Preikestolen (Pulpit Rock) (36 km).

Are there any good drives near Orstad?

The nearest famous roads are Jæren National Tourist Route, Lysebotn Road (Lysevegen) and Lysevegen.

Where is Orstad?

Orstad is in Rogaland, Norway, about 4 km from Kleppe.

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Quick Information

Population
7,358
Continent
Europe
Country
Norway
Region
Rogaland
Timezone
Europe/Oslo
Coordinates
58.7853, 5.7041

Emergency & Services

Essential numbers in Norway

Police
112
Ambulance
113
Fire
110
Driving side
right

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Worth the detour from Orstad

7 notable places within an hour's drive.

coastal drive

Jæren National Tourist Route

Flat, windswept coastal drive south of Stavanger past endless dune beaches, stone-walled farmland and lighthouses: Norway's softest coastline and a favourite of surfers and sunset chasers.

13 km · about 25 min drive

landmark

Stavanger (Gamle Stavanger)

Northern Europe's best-preserved wooden house settlement, a charming cluster of 173 white-painted 18th-century houses near the harbour.

21 km · about 25 min drive

tunnel

Ryfylke Tunnel (Ryfast)

The world's longest and deepest subsea road tunnel, running 14.4 km beneath the fjord from Stavanger to Ryfylke and reaching 292 m below sea level.

23 km · about 25 min drive

natural wonder

Preikestolen (Pulpit Rock)

A flat-topped cliff rising 604 meters above Lysefjorden, one of Norway's most iconic and thrilling viewpoints.

36 km · about 40 min drive

film location

Preikestolen (Mission: Impossible - Fallout finale)

The 604m flat-topped cliff above Lysefjord is the cliff-edge fight that ends Fallout; a 4km hike from the car park.

36 km · about 40 min drive

natural wonder

Lysefjord

A 42km sheer-walled fjord framed by Pulpit Rock and Kjerag, threaded by a serpentine fjord-side road.

50 km · about 55 min drive

scenic viewpoint

Kjeragbolten

A boulder wedged in a mountain crevice 984 metres above the Lysefjord, one of Norway's most thrilling photo opportunities.

57 km · about 65 min drive

Driving roads near Orstad

  • Right hereJæren National Tourist RouteFlat, windswept coastal drive south of Stavanger past endless dune beaches, stone-walled farmland and lighthouses: Norway's softest coastline and a favourite of surfers and sunset chasers.
  • 23 kmRyfylke Tunnel (Ryfast)The world's longest and deepest subsea road tunnel, running 14.4 km beneath the fjord from Stavanger to Ryfylke and reaching 292 m below sea level.
  • 57 kmKjeragboltenA boulder wedged in a mountain crevice 984 metres above the Lysefjord, one of Norway's most thrilling photo opportunities.
  • 62 kmLysevegenA dramatic mountain road in Norway with 27 hairpin bends providing access to the famous Pulpit Rock viewpoint.
  • 62 kmLysebotn Road (Lysevegen)A spectacular Norwegian mountain road descending 900m through 27 hairpins and a spiral tunnel to the Lysefjord, near the famous Preikestolen cliff.
  • 78 kmSuleskarvegen (Fv337)A lonely moorland road across the Setesdal uplands between Sirdal and the Lysefjord region, all bare rock and lakes.

When to drive here

May to September

Far northern latitude: short daylight hours outside summer make long drives harder.

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