page_title: Valestrandfossen
hierarchical_section_title: Valestrandfossen
caption_attribution_description: English: The ferry MF Ole Bull Norsk bokmål: Fergen MF «Ole Bull» ved Breistein kai
context_page_description: Valestrandfossen or Valestrandsfossen is a village in Osterøy municipality, Vestland county, Norway. The village sits along the Sørfjorden on the western coast of the island of Osterøy, about 6 kilometres west of the municipal centre of Lonevåg and about 7 kilometres south of the village of Hamre where Hamre Church is located. Valestrandfossen has shops, a gas station, primary school, hairdressers, pubs, and Lerøy Fossen AS, the world's largest trout smokehouse.
  Valestrandfossen is the largest settlement on the whole island of Osterøy. The 0.94-square-kilometre village has a population of 1,303 and a population density of 1,386 inhabitants per square kilometre. Located by the Sørfjorden, it has a regular ferry that crosses the fjord to Åsane in Bergen.
  The famous Norwegian violinist and composer Ole Bull had his summer house here. In 1858, he bought a farm in Valestrand. The house was designed during 1865 by his youngest brother, architect Georg Andreas Bull. Ole Bull lived there for a time principally between tours. In 1872, he bought property on the island of Lysøen in what is now Bjørnafjorden Municipality, south of Bergen which became the primary residence of his family.
context_section_description: Valestrandfossen or Valestrandsfossen is a village in Osterøy municipality, Vestland county, Norway.  The village sits along the Sørfjorden on the western coast of the island of Osterøy, about 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) west of the municipal centre of Lonevåg and about 7 kilometres (4.3 mi) south of the village of Hamre where Hamre Church is located.  Valestrandfossen has shops, a gas station, primary school, hairdressers, pubs, and Lerøy Fossen AS, the world's largest trout smokehouse.
  Valestrandfossen is the largest settlement on the whole island of Osterøy. The 0.94-square-kilometre (230-acre) village has a population (2019) of 1,303 and a population density of 1,386 inhabitants per square kilometre (3,590/sq mi). Located by the Sørfjorden, it has a regular ferry (the MF Ole Bull) that crosses the fjord to Åsane in Bergen.
  The famous Norwegian violinist and composer Ole Bull had his summer house here. In 1858, he bought a farm in Valestrand.  The house was designed during 1865 by his youngest brother, architect Georg Andreas Bull. Ole Bull lived there for a time principally between tours. In 1872, he bought property on the island of Lysøen in what is now Bjørnafjorden Municipality, south of Bergen which became the primary residence of his family.
caption: MF Ole Bull
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