Høylandet

Høylandet is an agricultural municipality in the river valley surrounding Søråa and Kongsmoelva. The landscape is green and lush with a rich agriculture history, and modern food production.

However, Høylandet is probably most known for Norsk Revyfestival (The Norwegian Revue festival), Norway’s most amusing festival. Every other year thousands of people show up in a field in Høylandet to be entertained. The revue festival is one of Norway’s leading humour events and the locals volunteer en masse to make the event happen. In 2019 the locals even created the world’s largest campfire coffee pot, enough for 39 000 cups.

Photographers and birth watchers will find excellent motifs in Høylandet. Flakkan nature and bird reserve is home to redshanks, greenshanks, golden- eyes, wigeons, swans and quite a few beavers. Red-throated loon, mallard, tufted duck and cranes all nest in Øie nature reserve. Grongstadfossen waterfall is also a good photo motif. The 75-meter waterfall is particularly impressive during the spring melt. The waterfall is signposted from Fv17, just before the centre of Høylandet. Here you can park and enjoy the waterfall or follow a path down the river for an even better view.

CYCLING SUGGESTION:

There are several signposted cycling routes in Høylandet.

Cycling around Øyvatnet lake is nice during the summer, with grazing horses at Bjøllia, birds in Øie nature reserve and the idyllic Svortstranda beach. Bremburunden is a 4.5 km long route for cycling and walking. This round-trip passes Hammarsbru bridge, a protected covered bridge.

Orsgrønningløypa is a 15 km long route along scenic Orsgrønningen. A detour down to Grongstadfossen waterfall is recommended. Lille Flakkenrunden is also a scenic cycling trip. You can find more suggestions on

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