Haugesund
Haugesund is a city in the county of Rogaland, in the West Norway region of Norway. The town offers a much wider range of goods and services than might be expected from a city of its size, due to its position as the definite centre of its relatively populous region. Wikivoyage
Population 38,663 (Wikidata)
Before you go
Emergency numbers in Norway
- January: 6 h 51 of daylight
- February: 9 h 15 of daylight
- March: 11 h 43 of daylight
- April: 14 h 29 of daylight
- May: 16 h 59 of daylight
- June: 18 h 36 of daylight
- July: 17 h 55 of daylight
- August: 15 h 36 of daylight
- September: 12 h 55 of daylight
- October: 10 h 17 of daylight
- November: 7 h 42 of daylight
- December: 6 h 07 of daylight
Getting there
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Best-documented sights
All of them in the guideWithin a kilometre of the centre, ordered by how well documented each is — not by a "best" anyone decided. Each opens on the map in the guide. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited there.
Through the year
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Norwegian International Film Festival
August
Next: 21–27 August 2027 · as published, checked 19 Oct 2026
The Norwegian International Film Festival (Norwegian: Den norske filmfestivalen or Filmfestivalen i Haugesund) is a film festival held annually in Haugesund, Norway. The festival goes back to 1973 and is therefore the oldest one in Norway.
Annual events from Wikidata and Wikivoyage; descriptions from Wikipedia where it has one, photos from Wikimedia Commons. Dates move year to year — check before you plan around one.
Places © OpenStreetMap contributors, as of 17 October 2026. Description from Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA). Events from Wikidata and Wikivoyage, population from Wikidata.