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Valestrandfossen

Valestrandfossen

General information - Location

Country	Norway
Location in country	West
Location in Europe	North Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 5.4224,Lat: 60.5062
Elevation	24 meter above sea level
Local time	8:12:56am
At island	Osterøyni
Name province/region (Fylke)	Hordaland
Wiki-website Subregion (Kommune)	Osterøy

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Hylkje	3.8 km	West
2 Lonevåg	5.1 km	EastNorthEast
3 Ytre Arna	5.1 km	South
4 Hausvik	7.7 km	SouthSouthEast
5 Leknes	7.9 km	NorthNorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Oslo	Norway	302 km	EastSouthEast
2 Tórshavn	Faroe-islands	673 km	WestNorthWest
3 København	Denmark	679 km	SouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Valestrandfossen lies at the North Sea (direction SouthEast).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named West. The nearest bigger lake is Osterøyni (7.6 km² at a height of around 153 meter above sea level) at a distance of 9.4 km in EastNorthEastern direction).The place is located at an island named Osterøyni. The distance to the mainland is 0.2 km.

The most nearby international border is the Swedish-Norwegian border with a straight distance of 364.1 km in EastSouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 510 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 6%, low location: 75%, hill: 18%, The hills are mainly flatern orientated. The most common land use in the area is forest.

Name area (subregions, nature area, hills, mountains, landscape)

Name
YTRE FJORDBYGDER PÅ VESTLANDET

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Bergen Airport, Flesland (at a distance of 26 km and direction SouthSouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Stord Airport, Sørstokken (at a distance of 80 km in Southern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

31.6 km2

50.1%

Nature

8.1 km2

12.9%

Agriculture

18.7 km2

29.7%

Urban area

3.3 km2

5.3%

Water - Lakes

0.6 km2

0.9%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Valestrandfossen in country Norway

Valestrandfossen at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Bryggen	Norway	13 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Urnes Stave Church	Norway	137 km	NorthEast
3 Rjukan-Notodden Industrial Heritage Site	Norway	189 km	EastSouthEast

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Filming Location	IMDB Valestrandfossen
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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Hylkje

Type of weather in Hylkje	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	6 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	5.66 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 4)
Wind direction:	South South East
Air pressure:	995 mb
Humidity:	93 %
Daylength at 12 March 2026:	11 hour and 26 minutes
Sunrise :	07:05 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	18:31 Europe/Amsterdam