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The Nordfjord region Nordfjord region lies close to the 62nd northern latitude, which in itself
suggests we have a cold climate, but this is not so. Because of the <=
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mild winters and cool summers. Humid westerly winds cause a lot of rainfa=
ll,
in the lowlands even in wintertime. This climate gives us a very green na=
ture
and a lot of bare mountains from about 600m above sea level. On the highe=
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mountain tops there is snow all the year round. Large parts of the biggest
glacier in Europe, |
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The local community Bergen and Ålesund. There are good bus connections between Sandane and Oslo, Bergen, <=
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Airport, the air=
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The school
At Firda Upper Secondary School we have
students from the entire county of Sogn and Fjordane. About 230 of our 380
students live in lodgings in Sandane during the week and return home for =
the
weekends. Especially for the benefit of these students the school is open
until 11 pm on weekdays and we offer several activities that they can tak=
e part
in: study groups, cooking, music, dance and drama groups, games etc. The
students also have access to TV, computers and washing machines. New building projects In 2008 the new school- and cultural part of =
221;Trivselshagen”
was finished. This is a cooperation project between the local municipality
and the county. In this building, that cost about 110 mill. Nkr, we have =
got
a new library, new teaching areas for dance, drama, media and communicati=
on,
new cantina, cinema and a theater/concert-hall. In fall 2010 we started a
full rehabilitation of Firdahallen (the gym) with a new 25 m swimmingpool,
therapy pool, children’s pool, training studio, offices for teachers
and a special hall for gymnastics.
International exchange pro=
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