Bolstadøyri is a small village with about 230 inhabitants.
Local sights : An old inn from 1663 in Louis seize style and Flåtemuseet/raft museum by Bolstad fjord (1.7 km), the old post road between Bergen and Kristiania (old Oslo) with steps carved in stone (1.5 km), and the “Castle” by Horvei, an old dragon style building (1.5 km).
When the railway between Bergen and Voss was opened i 1883 the steamboats and the traffic to Bergen at the fjord disappeared.