Nærbø

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Downtown Nærbø in the evening. Racing marking on the sidewalk is used during the Formula Festival

Nærbø is a village located in Hå municipality in Rogaland, Norway. The story of how the village became Nærbø: The name is supposedly joined from the names of the two villages Njærheim and Bø. The priest used to live in Njærheim (or "Hå" to be precise) and the church was at "Bø". It was decided that the new church (and village centre) should be somewhere in between, and that became Nærbø. (FURTHER INFO NEEDED!)

The main source of income is agriculture (mainly dairy, beef, pork, sheep and potatoes), dairy production (Tine Nærbø Dairy is where Jarlsberg cheese is made), agricultural related industry and landscaping/construction.

Nærbø has a town square(with a sculpture park), three museums and a park for exotic birds.

Shopping can be done in individual stores or in one of the three shopping-centres:

Amfi [1]
Co-Op
Kiwi

[2].

Nærbø train-station is located on the Jærbanen railroad[3].

Sports is big in Nærbø, so there are two indoor sporting halls (handball) one swimming pool, one ice hockey rink, one curling facility and a football arena with several fields with club house. The local football-team has not been in the major league. The handball teams are more notable, and both host and visit tournaments regularly. Nærbø enjoys very little snow, so traditionally cyclists from all over Norway come there to exercise on the snow free roads in the winter months.

Nærbø hosts a bi-annual formula racing festival in May [4].

There are places to eat and have a drink in town. One of the local specialties is Komle.

There are no hotels nor inns in Nærbø, so in order to get a bed for the night, one can either go to Nærland Gjestegård (by the coast) or north to Bryne town.

Nærbø has two Protestant churches and countless other Christian communities.

Nærbø has four public elementary schools (Motland skule, Bø skule, Vigre skule, Høyland skule), a public secondary school (Nærbø Ungdomsskule) and a private Christian continuation boarding school (Tryggheim [5]).

[edit] Notable people from/living/lived in Nærbø

Audun Skeidsvoll - Consumer Politics Director of Norwegian Consumer Council
Georg Fredrik Rieber-Mohn - Former National Attorney.
Gunnar Torvund - Artist.
Helge Torvund - Writer
Svein Inge Aarrestad - Entertainer, musician, composer, builder and writer.
Søren Sviland - Award-winning photographer.
Øyvind Sviland - Did some acting on stage and in a movie as a child and a teenager.
Norodd Torland - Strong-man that did some guest appearances at the late Torkel Ravndal´s shows TorkelRavndal.com.
Trond Are - Guitarist in Sea of Dreams EnterSeaOfDreams - A melodic metal band.
Kenneth Eidsaune - Got the position as asst. trainer for Bryne F.K. football team after years of voulenteer work for little league teams and teen football in the region.
Egil Bjørløv - MD that worked as regional doctor for Finmark. Works now for Stavanger county.
Henriette Henriksen - Handball player that has played for the national handball team.
Jostein Goa - Local missionary. Lived and preached in Bolivia from 1990 to 1999.
Egil Ø Nærland - Editor of news and Sportswriter at Stavanger Aftenblad.
Tore Nærland - Blind cyclist who works hard for world peace.
Anders Midttun - Artist (paint and lito). Died a few years ago.
Ragnvald Skjærpe - Famous entrepreneur and superviser of the Skjærpe plow: A specialized plow made for breaking new ground into farmland using a bulldozer.
Aslak Moen - Popular singer/songwriter. Has produced several music videos.
Gabriel Underhaug - Award-winning designer of potato machinery
Ådne Underhaug - Inventor of the famous DRYGOLIN house paint at Fleischers
Enevald Flåten - Founder of a religious movement "Jæren Kristne Senter" -a part of the "Levende ord"/"Livets Ord" movement. Claims to be able to convert homosexuals.
Bob Mellomstrand(aka Kiwi-Bob) - Has risen to fame through making a living on returning expired groceries for money. He's been featured in several TV shows.
Kjell Gudmestad - Among Norways highest regarded guitar technicians. Builds and repairs guitars for a variety of notable artists.

Coordinates: 58°40′N, 5°39′E

Internationally readable link to this page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/N%C3%A6rb%C3%B8 Nærbø can also be spelled NAERBOE if failure to produce Norwegian letters -it will not be correct, but understandable to most Norwegians.