Church
Hopperstad Stave Church
17 locals recommend
Location
53 Rv13
Vik i Sogn, Vestland fylke
Tips from locals
Beautiful 12th-century stave church in a magnificent valley and town. Nearby is another Medieval stone church, also worth a visit.
The richly decorated Hopperstad stave church in Vik would have been lost but for the intervention of cultural conservationists, who managed to save it just in the nick of time. This stave church was one of the many stave churches that would have been lost but for the intervention of cultural conservationists, who managed to save it just in the nick of time. Hopperstad was built in 1130 and is, together with Urnes, the oldest stave church in existence. During its long life, Hopperstad Stave Church has both suffered periods of neglect and experienced a wonderful revival in the 1880
The richly decorated Hopperstad stave church in Vik would have been lost but for the intervention of cultural conservationists, who managed to save it just in the nick of time. This stave church was one of the many stave churches that would have been lost but for the intervention of cultural conserv…