Hjellestad is a neighborhood of
Bergen
Bergen (), historically Bjørgvin, is a city and municipality in Vestland county on the west coast of Norway. , its population is roughly 285,900. Bergen is the second-largest city in Norway. The municipality covers and is on the peninsula of ...
,
Norway
Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, the mainland territory of which comprises the western and northernmost portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and t ...
, situated in the borough of
Ytrebygda
Ytrebygda is a borough of the city of Bergen in Vestland county, Norway. The borough is the site of Bergen Flesland Airport.
Location
Ytrebygda is located southwest of the city center, south of the Grimstadfjorden and the lake Nordåsvannet. It ...
. It is located on Mildehalvøyen, about from the city center. From Hjellestad there is a ferry to
Bjelkarøy,
Lerøy
Lerøy Seafood Group ASA is a seafood production and distribution company based in Bergen, Norway
The company started operation in the 19th century when the fisherman Ole Mikkel Lerøen started selling fish and other seafood on the fish market o ...
and
Klokkarvik.
Bergen Airport, Hjellestad
Bergen Airport, Hjellestad ( no, Bergen sjølufthavn, Hjellestad) was a water airport serving Bergen, Norway from 1948 through 1951. Located at Hjellestad, then in the municipality of Fana, the airport was variously used by Norwegian Air Lines ( ...
was situated there from 1948 to 1951.
References
Neighbourhoods of Bergen
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