Bed & Breakfast escape for artists, herbalists and nature lovers.
We rent out charming rooms on a small farm with a view to the sea on the island of Finnøy in Ryfylke Rogaland, with a view towards the Boknafjorden and over the agricultural areas of Finnøy.
We have 3 lovely bedrooms that share a WC and a spacious shower room. We rent these out as bed and breakfast and it comes with a lovely farm breakfast with home-baked bread of the best variety (has to be booked as add on). The bread we make is slightly healthier than other breads as it is left to rise for a long time and has a characteristically good taste and crispy crust.
Room for home office, art, writing, painting, drawing, clay
When you choose to spend the night at Falkasete, you will have access to your own writing corner and a large common room in an outbuilding that has been specially designed for those who want to do art, such as painting, drawing, clay or other exciting things. You will also have the opportunity to shop for art materials with us should you leave your own at home.
Our place is perfect for those who want a pleasant home office during the winter months or a place where you can write a book.
Our land is mainly a cultural landscape with many trees and wild plants and small places in between as perfect locations for working on your art whether it might be painting, drawing, writing or something else.
Wireless internet is included in the price.
Herbalism, plants and principles of permaculture
Maria Hrefna and her husband Nils run the small farm as a herbal sanctuary, allowing about 85% of the farm to grow in a permaculture style. We are in the process of implementing principles of permaculture on our land and slowly building up our small farm to become more and more sustainable and at the same time giving you opportunity to enjoy our garden where you can sit down and work on your art.
Maria your host is educated as a herbalist and will gladly give you insight to her world of plants at the same time you may learn to make your own tincture, salves or even creams, but Maria can provide education one-to-one or for groups interested in learning about herbalism and how to use plants for better health. Maria does offer consultations for those seeking health improvements through change in diet and use of plants as support to health.
The house
The old house has been renovated and is located in the countryside in the heart of tomato Norway. The house has retained its charming style, but is contemporary and practical furnished. The spacious terrace faces south and west with a view of the sea. Below the house there is a lawn and good opportunities for parking. It is a short distance to great hiking trails on the island.
The house consists of 3 rooms with double beds, all of which are rented out as “room and breakfast”. Each room has an associated sitting area with 2 armchairs and 1 desk with chair. The rooms have a TV, kettle, fridge and a welcome basket of juice and sandwich is included when you arrive.
1 toilet with spacious shower upstairs, 1 toilet downstairs, both of which are used by those who rent one of the 3 rooms. The breakfast kitchen is downstairs and is open between 8:00 and 11:00, where you will be served a good breakfast every day you stay in our house. Downstairs there is an exit from the hallway to the terrace where you can sit down and eat breakfast outside if you wish. The kitchen is only available for breakfast. If you wish, you can go up to our barbecue area where you can sit down and grill or cook outside and at the same time enjoy the view of the sea, the Boknafjord and the surrounding islands. If you are the one who loves peace and peace and dreams of getting away from everything that includes stress, then Falkasete on Finnøy is the right place for you. When you are at Falkasete you feel that you are protected from the whole world and no one can take your peace from you. Terrace, barbecue area, barbecue kitchen with a view of the sea, car park, room for art.
Terrace and barbecue area with a view of the Boknafjorden and the sea
Next to the house there is a pleasant south/west facing terrace that you can enjoy when the sun warms up from lunchtime until late in the evening. Further up on the plot there is an outdoor barbecue area/kitchen that you can freely use and sit down with a romantic view of the Boknafjorden, the nearest islands and the sea where you sit embraced by Falkasetet’s beautiful nature. Up on the viewing platform itself, you have as your nearest neighbor a view of an old Viking burial ground, Falkasete itself.
Delicious evenings: there are no mosquitoes here!
Boat and surrounding islands
Take a look at the video in image selection showing one of the neighboring islands, Hidle, which is a beautiful island filled with tropical plants, as this part of Norway is known to be warm enough to harbor tropical islands and the island is in the heart of Norwegian tomato farming. It was actually on Finnøy, about 500 m from our small farm, that tomatoes first began to be grown in Norway in 1928. The greenhouse was 55m2 in size. In 1929, 1 more was built at Vestbø. At the 1939 agricultural census, there were a total of 110 greenhouses in the former Finnøy and Rennesøy municipalities. On almost all the islands in Boknafjorden. It saved many people from poverty in the hard 1930 years.
You can rent a small electric scooter with 30km range and “bike” all over the island or take it by ferry to some of the nearby islands to explore. The ferries to nearby islands are free of charge!
There may be an opportunity to rent a small boat with space for 7-8 people, ask in advance. Good fishing conditions around the island.
Your host, a descendant from a historic Norwegian family
Maria Hrefna your host is a descendant from the famous Birkebeinerne and king Håkon Håkonsson, which you can read more about here; https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/…
You can also read about the family and family line here: https://falkasete.no/var-histo…, but it was your host Maria Hrefnas ancestor Gudridur who moved to Iceland from Norway, decendant of Håkon Håkonsson who brought the famous “kings horn” with her to Iceland and her son Ívar Hólmur Vigfússon who wrote his name on the kings horn and another horn, now preserved in Denmark but Norwegians are trying to get the horns “back home”.
Neighborhood
Nearby islands are Rennesøy, Talgje, Fogn, Bokn, Halsnøya, Ombo, Bjergøy og Sjernarøy. Hitra with its Flo and Fjæra is only 20 min away by boat. Stavanger is 30 minutes by speedboat. On the island of Talgje you will find an old Stone Church, since year 1150. The ancestors of Maria who is renting out the Bed & Breakfast owned the entire island of Talgje and Sjernarøy way back and you can read about Marias ancestors here:
Maria is descendant of Håkon old King of Norway. There has been made a film of when that king was saved from being killed, as an infant. The film is to be seen at Viaplay: Birkebeinerne.
