{"id":2950,"date":"2022-07-13T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-07-13T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/visitsirdal365.no\/sommerstemning-pa-haugen-bli-kjent-med-haugen-hytteutleie-og-camping\/"},"modified":"2022-07-13T12:00:00","modified_gmt":"2022-07-13T12:00:00","slug":"summer-vibe-at-haugen-get-to-know-haugen-cabin-rental-and-camping","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/visitsirdal365.no\/en\/sommerstemning-pa-haugen-bli-kjent-med-haugen-hytteutleie-og-camping\/","title":{"rendered":"Summer vibe at Haugen \u2013 Get to know Haugen Cabin Rental and Camping"},"content":{"rendered":"

Summer vibes at Haugen\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Haugen Hytteutleie & Camping offers nostalgia and magical summer experiences. People come here from far and wide, both to see Preikestolen and Kjerag \u2013 and several Asian tourists have been spotted snapping photos of Mother Anny's garden, which truly flourishes in the summer.<\/em><\/p>\n

Siblings \u00c5ge and Anita Haugen are proud of the family business, and every now and then sell badges with the original logo.<\/p>\n

We have been running accommodation here for somewhere between 70 and 75 years, says \u00c5ge Haugen, owner and general manager of Haugen Hytteutleie & Camping.
\nWe are open all year round and offer cabin rentals, caravan pitches, campervan parking and tent pitches. Now in the summer we also offer canoe hire, minigolf, a playground and great swimming and walking opportunities, he explains further.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Brief history:<\/strong>
\n\u00c5ge, his former wife Solveig Therese and Anita rented the campsite from father (and father-in-law) J\u00f8rgen Haugen from 2001 to 2006. Until 2006, the campsite was part of the farm owned by J\u00f8rgen. The campsite was subdivided from the farm in 2006 and \u00c5ge became the owner of Haugen Hytteutleie & Camping.<\/p>\n

In 1974, J\u00f8rgen took over the farm from his father \u00c5dne. He then gradually started accepting caravans to be parked through the winter. Caravans that were placed on farms \u2013 most often on cultivated land \u2013 during the winter, which evolved into caravans staying all year round. The cultivated land where the caravans stood during the winter eventually became so difficult to restore after the winter that more and more farms chose to convert cultivated land into a camping area so that the caravans could stay all year.<\/p>\n

The grandchildren of one of the first people to have a caravan in the yard of J\u00f8rgen and Anny Haugen (Haugen 40) in the 1970s are here in a caravan to this very day.<\/p>\n

A large yellow chemical toilet\u2018<\/strong>
\n\u00abThe sanitary facilities in the 70s were a bit different to what they are today. At that time, there was a large yellow \u00bbloo bucket\u2018. This loo bucket stood in an old portable cabin in the yard at J\u00f8rgen and Anny's.<\/p>\n

Water and sewerage were installed in the house at Haugen 70 in 1981.<\/p>\n

Grandfather \u00c5dne died in February 1981 and grandmother Jenny lived in the house until she died in October 1995. Anita moved back home at the end of 1995.<\/p>\n

Father J\u00f8rgen died in April 2008 \u2013 then sister Anita took over the farm. Some of the caravans are on Anita's farm, but the caravans are part of the operation of Haugen Hytteutleie & Camping.<\/p>\n

Auntie Mor<\/strong>
\nMother Anny still lives at home at Haugen 40. In the summertime, her great hobby is gardening and flowers. Pictures of her garden are likely spread all over the world \u2013 the garden is a popular photo subject for our summer guests. More than one Asian tourist (and tourists from other continents) have snapped away in Mother Anny's garden.<\/p>\n

We have had visitors from almost the entire world, but so far we are missing guests with an address registered in Africa and Antarctica. Guests from all the other continents we have had, \u00c5ge laughs.
\nWe are practically perfectly positioned between Kjerag and Preikestolen.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The summer season starts gradually when the Lysevegen road opens after the winter around 17 May. The summer season gathers a bit of pace when the Brokke-Suleskard road opens on 20 May.\u00a0<\/p>\n

With few exceptions, this road has been opened later than 20 May \u2013 it depends on the amount of snow in the mountains.<\/p>\n

In the 1950s, 60s and part of the 70s<\/strong>
\nGrandfather \u00c5dne and grandmother Jenny Haugen rented out several rooms in the house to tourists from \u00abthe city\u00bb (Stavanger\/Sandnes). Our great-grandmother Torbj\u00f8rg (died in 1962), \u00c5dne, Jenny, and the three sons \u2013 J\u00f8rgen, Agnar, and Torfinn \u2013 lived in the house at the same time as they rented out rooms to tourists. The family of 6 had the everyday living room and 3 bedrooms at their disposal, while those who rented had the \u00abnew living room\u00bb, the kitchen, 2 bedrooms, and the small bedroom at their disposal.<\/p>\n

The house could get quite busy at Easter. A family of five rented the \u00abnew room\u00bb and the kitchen. Another family \u2013 of four \u2013 had one of the bedrooms, and two other people had the other bedroom. All five bedrooms are on the first floor, and the visitors had cooking facilities in the upstairs hallway.<\/p>\n

Even they had to wait until the tourists were finished in the kitchen before they could perhaps make themselves some quick hot food.<\/p>\n

So the tourists could be a little to themselves, as far as that was possible with so many people in the same house.<\/p>\n

Room rental was a good source of income for many people from Sirdal and was common. Some also rented out mountain pastures belonging to the farm \u2013 this was also common.
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\nThe house of J\u00f8rgen and Anny Haugen (Haugen 40)<\/strong>
\nHaugen got a bridge over the River Sira in 1957. Until then, they had to row across the river in a pram. A new bridge was built in 1978 \u2013 that is the one used to this day.<\/p>\n

Fact box:
\n\u2013 14 rental cabins in various sizes.
\n\u2013 3 new cabins are under planning and construction.
\n\u2013 Pitching area for 70+ caravans\u00a0
\n\u2013 62 caravans are stationed with us on annual pitches
\n\u2013 Large barbecue for the summer season that everyone can use.\u00a0
\n\u2013 In the summer season we also have an outdoor washing-up bench.
\n\u2013 Grey-water disposal (summer only) and waste disposal point.
\n\u2013 Open for drop-in all year round.\u00a0
\n\u2013 The service building was completed in 1994. Here you will find sanitary facilities, a laundry room\/kitchen, reception, storage room and a caf\u00e9.
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