Point 6 – Guesthouse Ingeniørmessa In 1927, when the municipality took over Flørli, they planted an oak to mark the event, with a small plaque in front. Walk up to the oak to read it. The power station had a guesthouse called Ingeniørmessa. This was where...
Point 7 – Farm Flørli was first inhabited around 1620 as a clearing under the farms of Kalleli, the next village along the fjord. Reason to settle here was not the great soil. Rather the river was used for a waterpowered sawmill. Timber was in high demand at the...
Point 8 – School The school was first constructed in 1916 for housing functionaries at the construction site. They may also have held offices here. In addition, there was a blacksmith’s workshop. That’s why there is the pretty stone basement as...
Point 9 – Steel factory grounds By the end of the 1970’s, the oil industry was surging in the Stavanger region. This made it difficult to recruit families to live in Flørli. After all, working in oil paid better, you could keep on living in the city with...
Point 10 – Power Station In the summer of 1999, the historic power station in Flørli was closed. The workers who watched over it moved to Lysebotn. The houses had been left to the care of Stavanger municipality. They were empty. Just a few times per week workers...
