We arrived in Olden with Cunard Cruises on Thursday 6 June 2024. As we looked out from our balcony we could see the Olden Old Church in the distance with its superb spire and thought we would look at finding this building. We walked for quite sometime and eventually arrived at this quite unique church which was very impressive to see inside and out. Within the church has an absolute abundance of fantastic wooden bench seats, altar, and impressive roof structure. The entire church is so well made and looks so traditional for this area. We spent approx. 15 minutes inside walking around and taking pictures of the simply enormous musical organ which is at the back of the church on the upper level. The walk here is easy and straightforward and its certainly worth a view. The scenery around the church is spectacular with the mountains tipped in snow and water cascading down to flow into the river which ends up in the Fjord. When the Queen Mary 2 left Olden some of the locals came out and waved Norwegian & UK flags. They also played music from 4 very large speakers e.g. "We are Sailing" by Rod Stewart, which was a really lovely gesture. It obviously impressed and pleased many passengers as a lot waved back from there balconies/deck areas and applauded as the ship departed. We saw residents on hill side houses standing in there gardens waving very large Norwegian Flags as well which again was very much appreciated. Certainly worth visiting Olden, thank you.

The church is the only existing cruciform church in Nordfjord. It is no longer used as a parish church but does ocasionally get used for pecial occasions. The church seats about 250 people in hand made woodern pews. The altar is impressive and was fully restored a few years back. Look out for the 16th Century Bible on display! I enjoyed a wonder around the graves in the churchyard looking particularly at the old metal gothic designed ones.

The Old Church is right in the center of Olden, a short walk or ride from the port where our cruise ship docked. Inside the old church was beautiful, all wood and the roof looks like the hull of a boat. Weird thing is, that the inside of the church was considerably colder then it was outside.