stad outdoors

guiding service for stad peninsula

outdoor adventures with local guides

Explore tall mountains, long stretched beaches and steep cliffs on the Stad Peninsula with Stad Outdoors Guiding Service.

We offer guided tours on spectacular mountain trails.

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Coastal cliffside with green grass, rocky slopes, and ocean view under a blue sky with clouds.
Aerial view of a coastal village with a beach, green hills, and surrounding mountains in Norway.

popular destinations

  • Scenic lakeside view with a church, mountains, and beachgoers, framed by tree branches.

    selje beach

  • Beach with surfers, grassy hills, and sand dunes

    Ervik beach

  • Beach with wet sand and green mountains in the background, under a clear sky.

    Hoddevik beach

  • Scenic coastal landscape with a person standing on grassy area, a stone structure, and a body of water with islands in the background.

    Selja Monastery

  • Aerial view of a coastal village with green hills, houses, sandy beach, and blue water in a fjord-like setting.

    Kyrkjehornet

  • Small house situated on a grassy hillside at the base of rocky mountains, next to a calm body of water under a clear blue sky.

    årdal & rydjejorda

  • Ytre Fure

  • Landscape view of grassy hills with rocky foreground, sheep grazing, and distant cliffs overlooking the sea at sunset.

    vestkapp

  • tarvaldseggja

  • kvamfjellet & løypinga

Wooden path and gate with dragon carvings leading to scenic ocean view.

Visit dragseidet

where vikings dragged their boats over a 5km land passage to avoid treacherous waters

The Vikings are believed to have dragged their boats over Dragseidet, a narrow land passage on the Stad Peninsula, to avoid the dangerous waters around Stad. This practice was known as portaging, where ships were pulled over land to bypass treacherous seas.

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learn about

The legend of St. sunniva and

the selja monastery

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