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Explore Are in Norway

Are in the region of Rogaland is a town in Norway - some 193 mi or ( 311 km ) West of Oslo , the country's capital city .

Interactive map of Are

Current time in Are is now 04:41 PM (Thursday) . The local timezone is named " Europe/Oslo " with a UTC offset of 1 hours. Depending on the availability of means of transportation, these more prominent locations might be interesting for you: Esbjerg, Ystabo, Tunge, Stavanger, and Snorteland. Since you are here already, make sure to check out Esbjerg . We saw some video on the web . Scroll down to see the most favourite one or select the video collection in the navigation. Where to go and what to see in Are ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.


Videos

Livet på Kvitsøy-trailer

1:55 min by Reidar Johannessen
Views: 1617 Rating: 4.33

Hva skjer i Norges minste kommune, i areal, en vanlig sommerdag? Denne filmen viser litt av Kvitsøys dagligliv på land og i vann, noen vakre dager i august 2011. Folk er i aktivitet, enten på arbeid e ..

Sailing Boknafjorden in Oceanis 46

1:44 min by oceanis46
Views: 1439 Rating: 4.50

Sailing from Skudeneshavn to Stavanger, it's a windy day. ..


Boknafjorden

0:21 min by Baseiler
Views: 321 Rating: 0.00

Hjem over Boknafjorden ..

Part 2 of the Norwegian Fjord Cruise

3:57 min by David Cowling
Views: 94 Rating: 5.00

The Funicular Train up Mt Floin in Bergan and the Cruise leaving Bergen en route to Geiranger Fjord. ..


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Interesting facts about this location

Boknafjord

The Boknafjord is a Norwegian fjord located in the county of Rogaland, between the cities Stavanger and Haugesund. The fjord is shared between the municipalities of Kvitsøy, Rennesøy, Finnøy, Tysvær, Bokn and Karmøy. There are serious plans to build Rogfast, a planned sub-sea tunnel under the Boknafjord and the Kvitsøyfjord. It will the be about 24 km long and 350 m deep, and the longest and deepest underwater road tunnel in the world.

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Located at 59.17 5.53 (Lat./Long.); Less than 6 km away
Tags: Fjords of Rogaland

Føresvik

Føresvik is the administrative centre of Bokn municipality, Norway.

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Located at 59.23 5.45 (Lat./Long.); Less than 7 km away
Tags: Bokn, Villages in Rogaland

USS Zeppelin (1914)

USS Zeppelin was a passenger liner launched in 1914 as SS Zeppelin by Bremer Vulkan, Bremen-Vegesack, Germany, for Norddeutscher Lloyd (NDL). Due to the First World War she never entered NDL service. She had a career after the war first under White Star Line control, then briefly as the troop ship USS Zeppelin, next as the Orient SN Co liner SS Ormuz and finally back with NDL as SS Dresden.

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Located at 59.20 5.32 (Lat./Long.); Less than 8 km away
Tags: 1914 ships, Maritime incidents in 1934, Merchant ships of Germany, Ocean liners, Ships built in Bremen (state), Ships of Norddeutscher Lloyd, Steamships of Germany, Steamships of the United States Navy, Transports of the United States Navy, World War I merchant ships of Germany

Rogfast

Rogfast (from "Rogaland fast forbindelse", "Rogaland fixed connection") is a planned sub-sea northward tunnel between Randaberg near Stavanger and Bokn in Rogaland, Norway. The tunnel is planned as a 25 km connection below the Boknafjord and Kvitsøfjord. A connection to Kvitsøy will be added. The project will be a world record with respect to length and maximum depth (380 m below sea level). The cost of the project is assumed to be around 500-600 million €.

More reading: Wikipedia Article
Located at 59.07 5.46 (Lat./Long.); Less than 10 km away
Tags: Bokn, European Route E39 in Norway, Kvitsøy, Proposed tunnels in Norway, Randaberg, Subsea tunnels in Norway

Ystabø

Ystabø is the administrative centre of Kvitsøy municipality, Norway. Its population is 388.

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Located at 59.07 5.42 (Lat./Long.); Less than 11 km away
Tags: Villages in Rogaland