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Langfoss
A 612 m waterfall cascading down the mountainside straight into Åkrafjorden beside the E134: CNN ranked it among the world's ten most beautiful falls, and you can admire it without leaving the car.
42 km · about 50 min drive
Vestland, Norway · Europe
Leirvik sits on the route: 10 minutes from Sagvåg, 42km from Langfoss.
Leirvik is a town located in Vestland, Norway. With a population of 14,126, it is an important destination in Europe.
On a road trip, Leirvik sits in Norway, where you drive on the right. It's in the Europe/Oslo time zone. Below you'll find where to stay, things to do nearby, and everything you need to add Leirvik to your route.
Leirvik or Stord is a town and the administrative centre of Stord Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. The town lies along the southern coast of the large island of Stord, along the Hardangerfjorden. The town gained "town status" in 1997. The town includes the Eldøyane peninsula where the large Kværner StordRead more
industrial area is located.
Leirvik is the regional centre of the traditional district of Sunnhordland, and has many public services and offices such as the Haugaland og Sunnhordland District Court and the Sunnhordland Museum, as well as many shops and restaurants. Stord Church and several schools such as Stord Upper Secondary School and Western Norway University of Applied Sciences are all located in the town.
The 10.34-square-kilometre (2,560-acre) town has a population (2025) of 14,767 and a population density of 1,428 inhabitants per square kilometre (3,700/sq mi). The entire municipality has about 18,700 residents in it (2019), so Leirvik has about 75% of the total population of the municipality. Leirvik is also the largest urban area that is located in a municipality where Nynorsk is the preferred language form.
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Leirvik is located in Vestland, Norway, Europe. The coordinates are 59.7798 latitude, 5.5005 longitude.
Leirvik has a population of approximately 14,126 people, making it a town in Norway.
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waterfall
A 612 m waterfall cascading down the mountainside straight into Åkrafjorden beside the E134: CNN ranked it among the world's ten most beautiful falls, and you can admire it without leaving the car.
42 km · about 50 min drive
May to September
Far northern latitude: short daylight hours outside summer make long drives harder.
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