Hjelle is located at the eastern end of Oppstrynsvatnet in Stryn Municipality, in a peaceful place with magnificent nature and an atmosphere of old rural culture—midway between the municipal center of Stryn and Stryn Summer Ski Center.
The hotel has a simple standard, with 16 rooms in the main building and 12 rooms in the motel. The hotel combines modern comfort with old Norwegian cultural traditions. It has several lounges, one in an old style, a fireplace lounge, and a dining room.
The hotel offers several room categories: Romantic rooms with a balcony, mini-balcony, or suite, romantic rooms with shower and WC, twin rooms with shower and WC, as well as economy double rooms with shower and WC in the motel/annex.
The oldest part of Hjelle Hotel was built in 1896 in Swiss style, like many other wooden hotels in Western Norway from the same period. The first tourists came to Hjelle with the steamboat Fridtjov Nansen in the early 1890s. At that time, there were only simple cottages and barns at the northern end of Strynsvatnet. From the shoreline, tourists could see the Tindefjella mountains to the south, a row of nunataks surrounded by snow and ice.
Jostedalsbreen National Park Center is only five kilometers from the hotel. Right next to the hotel is the "old shop at Hjelle," which was built in 1882 and has been run by the same family as Hjelle Hotel. Today, it is a cozy café serving, among other things, Afternoon Tea and selling English porcelain.
Dinner at Hjelle Hotel:
The hotel serves a buffet with cold and hot dishes, with seating at 19:00 for overnight guests. Guests are encouraged to reserve a table before 16:00 on the day of arrival.
In the hotel garden, you will find our beautiful sauna. It is open for our hotel guests from 08:00–21:30. Non-resident guests are welcome to use the sauna from 12:00–12:45 and 14:00–15:45.
Accessibility information
- Adapted for people with disabilities
- Service animals allowed
Source: Nordfjord