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A stylish octagonal-cruciform shaped wooden church built in 1734, inspired by Bakke church in Trondheim.
Dolstad Church is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Vefsn Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It is located in the town of Mosjøen. It is the church for the Dolstad parish which is part of the Indre Helgeland prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Sør-Hålogaland. The red, wooden church was built in an octagonal style in 1734 by the architect Nils Pedersen Beck. The church seats about 500 people.
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Helgeland stairway hike
Outdoor stairway of natural, local stones through the hill above Mosjøen and Vefsn river. About 3000 steps. Will reach the summit at 800 meters above the fjord when complete (expected in 2020 or 2021).
Zipline from Øyfjellet mt across mouth of Vefsna river to downtown Mosjøen.
Rødøymannen
Rock carvings from around 2000 years AD showing a skier, known as Rødøymannen (the man of Rødøy). This is assumed to be the oldest picture of a skier i Norway. This picture was used as a symbol for the 1952 and 1994 Winter Olympics.
Helleristning i Vevelstad
Pictures carved into rock in Vistnesdalen depict reindeer, elk, halibut, human figures, soles of the feet, boats and geometric figures. The pictures are presumably from around 4000 years BC.
More than 6,000 Soviet soldiers that died in Norway during the Second World War are buried at Tjøtta.
Alsthaug kirke
Built around year 1200 from soapstone and in romanesque style. Was the seat of the first bishop of Northern Norway (cathedral status) from around 1800. Petter Dass was a legendary priest at Alstahaug church in the 17th century.