The Goldfish Lake
The Goldfish Lake
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The Goldfish Lake or Skarsvatnet, 5 km from oystese direction Porsmyr/Fyksesund. It gets its name from the colour of the fish, gullfiskvederbuk, imported from the Congo and stocked into the little lake in 1914 by doctor Klaus Hansen and Munch Soegaard. This fish is a rare specie in Europe. Location ideal for picnic. Bathing facilities and good parking conditions.
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Michael N
Tel Aviv, Israel1,035 contributions
Aug 2017 • Family
It is unlikely that one will stumble onto this place accidentally- as it is literally in the middle of nowhere. There are signs pointing to Gullfiskvatnet - Gold Fish Lake - but even when we got there we had a hard time locating where you actually access the lake - it was completely abandoned.
We did finally find it. It has a small wood shed with 2 picnic tables and access to the lake. There were a few ducks and a bunch of large gold fish (not the small ones used in home aquariums). Both ducks and fish must be overfed - they showed limited interest in breadcrumbs thrown their way.
Pleasant place for a picnic if you are close by - wouldn't bother otherwise.
We did finally find it. It has a small wood shed with 2 picnic tables and access to the lake. There were a few ducks and a bunch of large gold fish (not the small ones used in home aquariums). Both ducks and fish must be overfed - they showed limited interest in breadcrumbs thrown their way.
Pleasant place for a picnic if you are close by - wouldn't bother otherwise.
Written 12 August 2017
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surrey146 contributions
July 2017
The fish are there to see close up as well as the place being a nice spot to stop and have a lumch and a strill. Even got a perfectly respectable loo.
Written 17 August 2017
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Hanna T
Leipzig, Germany70 contributions
June 2016 • Couples
This lake is beautiful and very quiet. Nice place to stay for a break.
You can see lots of gold fish there.
You can see lots of gold fish there.
Written 12 June 2016
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