Nice to see my hometown from the eyes of a cruise tourist. As a local I often forget about the attractions we really have. Hope you had a decent stay here in Haugesund, and found something nice to both look at and experience. The best of luck on your journeys!
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This is my first stop on my first cruise next June and I can't wait. I'm trying to learn some norwegian currently although I'm mindful there are regional dialects. Such a beautiful and civilised country. Any recommendations on places to see would be greatly appreciated!
"maybe everybody is getting out of church" had me laughing :) Sunday is a terrible time in Norwegian cities for foreigners at least before 14:00 as everything is closed.
@@HubbardsJourney Norway is a very secular society so Church is usually for Xmas, Funerals and marriages. The ceremonial stuff. I was born in Stavanger moved to and grew up in Haugesund then moved back to stavanger and now im once again back in Haugesund. :)
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Norwegian and Haugesund local here, "All tømming forbudt" means "all dumping forbidden" - as in people dumping yard trimmings, garbage, furniture, old appliances etc. it's a bit of an issue in dead end streets, or other places that are a bit off the beaten track. Some people just insist on being lazy instead of taking it to the proper recycling stations I guess. Aside from that, glad you liked the city, it's always fun to see the perspective of cruise tourists visiting here. It's old news in most of those destinations in Norway, but Haugesund's only been a cruise stop for the past 4-5 years, so it's been a learning experience for us, we like the hustle and bustle whenever a cruise ship is in town though! :D
Thank you for the comments and for your help with the translation. I was kinda close, or maybe not…LOL! I'm assuming you have been to that beach area? It was a nice place to hang out. We loved the port and the ability to walk everywhere, a very clean town but wished there were more local flavors of food and drink. Of course we were also there on a Sunday so that may have added to the situation. Have you been to any other Norwegian port towns? We will be visiting the following ports below. We are open to any ideas of what to do if you like to share. In addition to seeing the historical sites we really like trying local foods, drinks and talking with locals. On our next cruise journey we will be in Stavanger, Tromso, Alta, Honningsvag, Gravdal, Trondheim, Andalsnes, and Olden (on our last visit here we were on a water shuttle and they brought us into the to Leon port and not the town of Olden).
@@HubbardsJourney Yeah, unfortunately a lot of stuff is closed on Sundays, as is typical for Norway. There's been debates in the local newspaper about allowing more stores to open for Sunday though. But as you can imagine, that would require Sunday pay, yadda yadda, lots of hurdles. As for typical Norwegian cuisine related things, there aren't really a ton of specifically Norwegian places in the city centre. Most of it is foreign ones like Indian, Chinese, Thai, Italian, etc. But there's some. Right next to the Risøy bridge (the one you cross over from the docks and cruise terminal to the city centre) there's the historic Lothe's Restaurant, that one is a bit on the pricier side, but has a few Norwegian dishes. -Next, on Indre Kai (Inner Quay), this is the long cobble street you see by the waterfront down from the Risøy bridge, there you have Brasserie Brakstad, they serve creamy fish soup, fresh cod, and lamb shanks, well worth a try. :) Ans then, nearby the kinda bogus Marilyn Monroe statue that you mentioned, you have Hotel Maritim, there is a seafood restaurant there, Naustet, -Aside from that, in Haraldsgata, the long pedestrian street that spans most of the city centre, you have some options for cafés that serve coffee, tea, sandwiches, Norwegian waffles (the heart shaped ones), lefse, baked goods etc. Choices like Tesalongen, Naturbakst, and Totalen, are spots us locals like to frequent. - and there's a new one, Tre Stuer that recently opened, that one is run by a charity organisation though, they help immigrants, and other people that need job training, and the like, so it closes very early, even on weekdays, 3pm. But they have good food though. :) The whole thing with Marilyn Monroe having roots to here isn't really about her specifically, but her mother's husband, Martin Edward Mortensen, he was born in California, but he had roots from Haugesund. The problem here though is that he wasn't her father, they married, they seperated, but in the meantime someone else that Gladys Monroe had a an affair with ended up as Marilyn's father. This was proven by DNA testing in 2022. So I really don't understand why they even bothered with a statue. It adds nothing, and if anything just creates confusion. A much more tangible statue is the little Statue of Liberty replica at the Visnes Copper Mines (now a museum) on Karmøy, they *did* supply copper to the Statue Of Liberty during its construction.
The little beach you went to, Asalvika isn't one I frequently go to, I sometimes go there on evenings just to rest after a bike ride though. :) It's used by a few people that live in the neighbourhood around it on the other hand. I prefer the larger beach of Åkrasanden a little outside of Haugesund, in the coastal town of Åkrehamn on Karmøy, the large island next to Haugesund. it does take a few weeks of nice and warm weather for that water to be even remotely warm enough to swim in though, haha. :P Other than that, there are two lakes that are popular to swim in during summer, Haraldsvangen, and Eivindsvannet. As for other coastal towns and cities: I go to Bergen and Stavanger pretty often, as they are nearby, especially Stavanger, that's just a 2 hour drive along E39. Aside from that, not been to Åndalsnes, but I have been in the nearby city of Molde quite a few times. I have also been to Ålesund a few times. Ålesund, Åndalsnes and Molde are in the county of Møre og Romsdal. While Haugesund, and Stavanger are in Rogaland county. The furthest north I've been is Trondheim though, so I haven't seen cities and towns like Tromsø, Bodø, Narvik, or Kirkenes yet. As for Alta, Alta is a major Sami town, Samis are a local indigenous population we have in Norway, Sweden, Finland, and Russia in the north, so that'd be worth looking into, for sure. :) They have a culture that's pretty distinct from the usual Norwegian stuff. I suspect they docked the ship in Loen, and not Olden because it's either too shallow in Olden, or simply too tight to manouver a cruise ship there. It's a bit of a show watching from my 11th floor apartment whenever they dock the cruise ships here in Haugesund as it is, where they need to turn the ship around, and all. Olden is just a teeny tiny place at the end of a fjord arm. I can't remember if I've been there myself, might have on a roadtrip at some point. Roadtripping in Norway is a little different from cruising, as you pass so many towns, villages, waterfalls, mountains, tunnels, and what not, that they sorta just end up a blur in the end. This is especially true here on the west coast. :p Onto Stavanger; Stavanger is close to 350 000 people, which makes it a fairly large city by Norwegian standards, only beaten by Bergen and Oslo. So it has a ton of things to offer, museums, shopping, venues, cafes, bars etc in the historic core. You'll have no problems finding things to see and do there, I think. :)
@@HubbardsJourney I grew up in one of the big brick houses next to the graveyard ya passed by, with a path right down to the little beach, used it a lot as a kid, had to practically get dragged out... as even if the beach looks nice, it ain't warm, so my lips would turn blue. :P
Nice to see my hometown from the eyes of a cruise tourist. As a local I often forget about the attractions we really have.
Hope you had a decent stay here in Haugesund, and found something nice to both look at and experience.
The best of luck on your journeys!
We had a blast in Haugesund! Thank you for checking out our channel. Come along on our journey around the world as we will be sailing the next 4 months heading to our last continent Antarctica.
This is my first stop on my first cruise next June and I can't wait. I'm trying to learn some norwegian currently although I'm mindful there are regional dialects. Such a beautiful and civilised country. Any recommendations on places to see would be greatly appreciated!
"maybe everybody is getting out of church" had me laughing :) Sunday is a terrible time in Norwegian cities for foreigners at least before 14:00 as everything is closed.
We were thinking everyone was in church as well. Where in Norway are you from?
@@HubbardsJourney Norway is a very secular society so Church is usually for Xmas, Funerals and marriages. The ceremonial stuff. I was born in Stavanger moved to and grew up in Haugesund then moved back to stavanger and now im once again back in Haugesund. :)
Town center looks so clean/tidy
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Hello, and thank you for watching. We enjoyed our visit to Haugesund very much. It appears to be a beautiful place to live.
I really enjoyed watching your video. Lovely town with beautiful scenery and I love the sheep following you.
All the best from Paul
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I think the sheep were just curious of who you were and hoping you had a treat for them 🤣
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Norwegian and Haugesund local here, "All tømming forbudt" means "all dumping forbidden" - as in people dumping yard trimmings, garbage, furniture, old appliances etc. it's a bit of an issue in dead end streets, or other places that are a bit off the beaten track. Some people just insist on being lazy instead of taking it to the proper recycling stations I guess.
Aside from that, glad you liked the city, it's always fun to see the perspective of cruise tourists visiting here. It's old news in most of those destinations in Norway, but Haugesund's only been a cruise stop for the past 4-5 years, so it's been a learning experience for us, we like the hustle and bustle whenever a cruise ship is in town though! :D
Thank you for the comments and for your help with the translation. I was kinda close, or maybe not…LOL! I'm assuming you have been to that beach area? It was a nice place to hang out. We loved the port and the ability to walk everywhere, a very clean town but wished there were more local flavors of food and drink. Of course we were also there on a Sunday so that may have added to the situation. Have you been to any other Norwegian port towns? We will be visiting the following ports below. We are open to any ideas of what to do if you like to share. In addition to seeing the historical sites we really like trying local foods, drinks and talking with locals.
On our next cruise journey we will be in Stavanger, Tromso, Alta, Honningsvag, Gravdal, Trondheim, Andalsnes, and Olden (on our last visit here we were on a water shuttle and they brought us into the to Leon port and not the town of Olden).
@@HubbardsJourney Yeah, unfortunately a lot of stuff is closed on Sundays, as is typical for Norway. There's been debates in the local newspaper about allowing more stores to open for Sunday though. But as you can imagine, that would require Sunday pay, yadda yadda, lots of hurdles.
As for typical Norwegian cuisine related things, there aren't really a ton of specifically Norwegian places in the city centre. Most of it is foreign ones like Indian, Chinese, Thai, Italian, etc.
But there's some. Right next to the Risøy bridge (the one you cross over from the docks and cruise terminal to the city centre) there's the historic Lothe's Restaurant, that one is a bit on the pricier side, but has a few Norwegian dishes.
-Next, on Indre Kai (Inner Quay), this is the long cobble street you see by the waterfront down from the Risøy bridge, there you have Brasserie Brakstad, they serve creamy fish soup, fresh cod, and lamb shanks, well worth a try. :)
Ans then, nearby the kinda bogus Marilyn Monroe statue that you mentioned, you have Hotel Maritim, there is a seafood restaurant there, Naustet,
-Aside from that, in Haraldsgata, the long pedestrian street that spans most of the city centre, you have some options for cafés that serve coffee, tea, sandwiches, Norwegian waffles (the heart shaped ones), lefse, baked goods etc.
Choices like Tesalongen, Naturbakst, and Totalen, are spots us locals like to frequent. - and there's a new one, Tre Stuer that recently opened, that one is run by a charity organisation though, they help immigrants, and other people that need job training, and the like, so it closes very early, even on weekdays, 3pm. But they have good food though. :)
The whole thing with Marilyn Monroe having roots to here isn't really about her specifically, but her mother's husband, Martin Edward Mortensen, he was born in California, but he had roots from Haugesund.
The problem here though is that he wasn't her father, they married, they seperated, but in the meantime someone else that Gladys Monroe had a an affair with ended up as Marilyn's father.
This was proven by DNA testing in 2022. So I really don't understand why they even bothered with a statue. It adds nothing, and if anything just creates confusion.
A much more tangible statue is the little Statue of Liberty replica at the Visnes Copper Mines (now a museum) on Karmøy, they *did* supply copper to the Statue Of Liberty during its construction.
The little beach you went to, Asalvika isn't one I frequently go to, I sometimes go there on evenings just to rest after a bike ride though. :)
It's used by a few people that live in the neighbourhood around it on the other hand.
I prefer the larger beach of Åkrasanden a little outside of Haugesund, in the coastal town of Åkrehamn on Karmøy, the large island next to Haugesund.
it does take a few weeks of nice and warm weather for that water to be even remotely warm enough to swim in though, haha. :P
Other than that, there are two lakes that are popular to swim in during summer, Haraldsvangen, and Eivindsvannet.
As for other coastal towns and cities: I go to Bergen and Stavanger pretty often, as they are nearby, especially Stavanger, that's just a 2 hour drive along E39.
Aside from that, not been to Åndalsnes, but I have been in the nearby city of Molde quite a few times.
I have also been to Ålesund a few times. Ålesund, Åndalsnes and Molde are in the county of Møre og Romsdal.
While Haugesund, and Stavanger are in Rogaland county.
The furthest north I've been is Trondheim though, so I haven't seen cities and towns like Tromsø, Bodø, Narvik, or Kirkenes yet.
As for Alta, Alta is a major Sami town, Samis are a local indigenous population we have in Norway, Sweden, Finland, and Russia in the north, so that'd be worth looking into, for sure. :) They have a culture that's pretty distinct from the usual Norwegian stuff.
I suspect they docked the ship in Loen, and not Olden because it's either too shallow in Olden, or simply too tight to manouver a cruise ship there.
It's a bit of a show watching from my 11th floor apartment whenever they dock the cruise ships here in Haugesund as it is, where they need to turn the ship around, and all.
Olden is just a teeny tiny place at the end of a fjord arm. I can't remember if I've been there myself, might have on a roadtrip at some point. Roadtripping in Norway is a little different from cruising, as you pass so many towns, villages, waterfalls, mountains, tunnels, and what not, that they sorta just end up a blur in the end. This is especially true here on the west coast. :p
Onto Stavanger; Stavanger is close to 350 000 people, which makes it a fairly large city by Norwegian standards, only beaten by Bergen and Oslo. So it has a ton of things to offer, museums, shopping, venues, cafes, bars etc in the historic core. You'll have no problems finding things to see and do there, I think. :)
@@HubbardsJourney I grew up in one of the big brick houses next to the graveyard ya passed by, with a path right down to the little beach, used it a lot as a kid, had to practically get dragged out... as even if the beach looks nice, it ain't warm, so my lips would turn blue. :P
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Techincally they are windturbines, as they generate electricity, and doesn't mill anything, but we all call them windmills :P
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All those sheep and nothing to eat, Mike !!
Hi Claudio, Baaaaa-Baaaaa!
Baaaaaa! Very interesting to see how they charge their vehicles
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Are you staying on for the following cruise?
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@@HubbardsJourney We are, we’ve done a few trips up to Norway, it’s a fantastic cruise, hope to see you on board!