Utne

Introducing Utne

One of the prettiest little villages you’ll find Hardangerfjord, Utne is famous for its fruit-growing and for the excellent open-air Hardanger Folk Museum (53 67 00 40; www.hardanger.museum.no; adult/child Nkr50/free; 10am-4pm May, 10am-5pm Jun-Aug, 10am-3pm Mon-Fri Sep-Apr), which acts as a repository for the cultural heritage of the Hardanger region. It comprises a collection of historic homes, boats, shops, outhouses and a school, plus exhibitions on Hardanger women, weddings, the famed Hardanger fiddle and fiddle-making, fishing, music, dance, orchard crops and the woodcarvings of local artist Lars Kinsarvik; it also bakes delicious local cakes on Tuesdays (noon to 3pm) in July.

There are also some good walking trails leading beyond the village; ask at the Utne Hotel for information.

Last updated: Oct 27, 2008