Photo:Burren&Cliffs, Martin Kiely
GEOfood Food trails
We´d like you to explore our Geoparks though local food, descovering the geological and cultural heritage while you are tasting local delicatesse as unique as we are
The idea
Tourist route and Food trails are rather popular around the World, they are attracting thousands visitors tempted to explore local cusine while having wondeful holiday time.
Several GEOfood partners already have or soon will establish food trails network crossing their territory, connecting cultural and geological attraction, local enteprises, outdoor activities provinding visitors with unforgettable tastefully experiences.
Den Brune Bie
The main farm is at Bjørkhaug approx. 50 meters from their house. What’s special here is the bloom in springtime that starts early and that there is a generous access to apple, raspberry, morell, plum, blackberry, clover and dandelion blooms. The other beehives are located in areas where there are plenty of wildflowers, such as bell heather.
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Eigra Street Restaurant
Egersund’s street food restaurant serving traditional Norwegian food flavoured by other traditions and cultures, the raw material is locally sourced for at least 50% of the seasonal menu which includes: blue shells, beaf, chicken, salad, broccoli, salmon and shrimps. You can eat indoor or take away, the restaurant adopted compostable packaging. Here, you will also […]
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Fossmoen Frukt & Cider
The climate in Dalane is well suited for growing fruit. Our idyllic orchard is faced southwest, which gives the fruit an abundance of sun and light. The garden is protected by mountains in the north-east and thus sheltered from cold winds that can be harmful to trees and fruit. Favourable climate gives the trees good […]
Read more »Haugland Gård & Hage
Haugland Gård & Hage is located close to the protected coastal heath called “Sletthei”, in Lund municipality in the far south of Rogaland. The farm is nicely located with cultivated land close to the farm buildings. The coastal heath “Sletthei” is close and accessible to the animals. The farm hosts the protected cattle breed “Vestlandsk […]
Read more »Life at Fidsel
The farm has been owned and run by the same family for 400 years. A small farm in the coastal landscape between Flekkefjord and Åna-Sira. Today the farm is run by Hege and Øyvind Andersen. They keep bees, sheep and farm vegetables. The bees are of the species Apis Mellifera mellifera, the Nordic brown bee. […]
Read more »Løyning Gård
On the idyllic island Eigerøy, outside Egersund, Tone and Magne Sæstad have wild sheep and traditional Norwegian cattle spread over 6000 acres of coastal heathland. They focus on breeds that can handle and utilize this unique and protected landscape. Their goal is to produce high-quality meat products based on old and endangered breeds. Vestlands Raudkolle […]
Read more »Søya Gard
You can find Søya Gård just a cross the municipal boundary from Bjerkreim municipality, in Gjesdal municipality. In the border zone of Magma Geopark we find much of the same nature and geology as in the northern parts of Bjerkreim; 1.5 billion year old gneiss dominates this landscape and makes it fertile and well suited […]
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The Veen Farm
Veen Gard is idyllically located between water and mountains in Øvrabygda in Bjerkreim municipality. Vinjakula (907 masl) belongs to the farm and Gloppedalsura is close by.In 1948 the farm was divided between 2 brothers. Harald Veen’s part consisted only of outfield. A large cage project started. Without electricity and with the river as a washing […]
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