Fiksdal - A Typical Norwegian CommunityTo give you an impression of "Typical Norway", I want you to meet Fiksdal, a small community close to the fjord, and its beautiful nature surroundings.Fiksdal has only about 500 inhabitants, sharing a grocery shop with postoffice, a school, a church , a community centre and a small-boat harbour. Or in other words; A typical Norwegian community. 
Most people in the village know each other, and the big events like National Day (Constitution Day) on 17.May, all the people in Fiksdal are gathered for celebrating.There are an impressive lot of clubs and associations in this small community, like the soccer team, the athletic club, the childrens choir, the mens choir, the boat club, the shooting club, the music orchestra Fiksdal / Rekdal Janitsjar, and many others...
Coat of Arms
Here you can see the Coat of Arms for Vestnes municipality.Fiksdal is one of many small communitys in the municipality, and Vestnes has about 6500 inhabitants. The Coat of Arms were granted on 11. of April 1980.It shows the two fjords in the municipality, the Tresfjorden and the Tomrefjorden. Some information about Fiksdal
Let me show you around a little, and show you some photos so you know what a typical, small community in Norway looks like, and lives like. Most of the people in Fiksdal has to go out of the community to get to work. Fortunately there is a strong tradition for ship building in Tomrefjord, only 8 kilometers away, so a lot of men from Fiksdal find there living at the local ship yards.In the municipality centre, Vestnes, there are many institutions and caring homes. This is where most of the women go for work, and some of the men too, of course. Employment
Most of the people in Fiksdal has to go out of the community to get to work. Fortunately there is a strong tradition for ship building in Tomrefjord, only 8 kilometers away, so a lot of men from Fiksdal find there living at the local ship yards. 
In the municipality center, Vestnes, there are many institutions and caring homes. This is where most of the women go for work, and some of the men too, of course.
Fiksdal School
The local school has about 50 pupils from 1. to 7. grade. After that the children has to go by bus the 10 kilometers to a bigger school in Tomrefjord where they study for the next three years.
The Church
The church was build in 1866, and has seats for 200 persons. It is all build i wood, and have had an important role in the life of generations in Fiksdal. Baptism, confirmations, weddings and funerals are held here, and the church has been and still is a part of our local traditions. Learn more about Fiksdal Church The Grocery Store
Joker Fiksdal, Bygdabua, is the name of the local grocery shop and post office. The grocery shop is in addition to be a shop, also an important place of meeting neighbours and friends.The people in Fiksdal appreciate their store, and hopes it also in the future is possible to keep it going. The competition is tough, and there are 4 big grocery-stores in Vestnes, only 20 kilometers away, and to Ålesund it is only 40 minutes driving. The Harbour
The inhabitants of Fiksdal had to fight for their little small-boat harbour, but now its there, and the harbour has also become one of the important places where people meet. The tradition of celebrating mid-summer is now taking place here, with a huge bonfire on the evening of June 23. Bygdaheim
The community centre in Fiksdal is the Bygdaheim, built in 1953 by the people of Fiksdal. It is all done on voluntery bases, and since then a lot of partys, dance-evenings, concerts, theaters, weddings and other events has been held on Bygdaheim.The first house for this purpose was build in 1907, but in 1953 the old house was removed, and a new, modern and big house was replacing the old one. Even today the Community center Bygdaheim is all based on voluntery, and each year the people in Fiksdal come together for the election of the board for next year.
The Fiksdal/Rekdal Ballklubb
As most small communitys in Norway, Fiksdal has its own football (soccer)club. The club was established in 1979, in cooperation with one of the neighbour communitys, and has the name of both: The Fiksdal / Rekdal Ballklubb.As you will understand it is hard to recruit enough players from the local communitys, but so far they have managed.
Fiksdal IdrettslagThe Fiksdal Idrettslag is the local athletic club. It was established in 1940, and is still going strong.Most of the activity is related to children, but also many popular activitys for the whole family, young as well as the old ones.Fiksdal Idrettslag has a very active homepage that might be worth a visit. (Norwegian language) Homepage of Fiksdal Idrettslag The Nature
Fiksdal is a very beautiful place, and the nature and surroundings are very important for the local people. A lot of people loves to walk in the mountains, to fish in the many small lakes or to just relax in the peace of the forest. Many has build their own small cabins near the lake, with no electricity, no water in the cabin, no television and no disturbing sounds anywhere. Just the quiet evenings by the water, listening to the wind and to the birds. The fjord is also important to many people, both for those who fish with nets from big motorboats, and for all those who has their small boat and a rod, having a good time on the fjord on a late summer evening.Many tourists come here mainly to fish, and the fjord usually give them what they are after. The last years the many polish workers in the ship-yards has also found this fishing activity to be one of their favourites.See more about People and living |
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