Feylingsbua Foundation

A letter from Egersund's Health Council in 1918 paints a picture of how extensive this type of activity was in Egersund: Because of the stench, it is ordered that all herring stored in public places and streets, as well as private plots and courtyards, must be removed and taken outside the city limits, and the ground where they have stood must be cleaned.

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"In some places on the piers, the herringbone is so thick that it feels like a soft carpet under your feet. Now that the spring rains will soon come and wash it away, one might be tempted to do as one can still see old-fashioned peat merchants do when they receive the first coin they buy in the morning - spit on it and say: "two for a bargain". Yes - welcome back, herringbone!"

(Egersundsposten, 1916-03-21)

After gradual decay, many unused sea arches were demolished in the latter half of the 20th century. Feyling's property, with buildings constructed between 1879 and 1890, soon became the last complete property of its type left in the city. The property includes the residential house facing Strandgaten, a courtyard, a boathouse and an elongated building with a bookmaker's workshop, barn, hayloft and outhouse.

In 1996, Egersund Kystforening launched a fundraising campaign with the aim of preserving Feylingsbua, and the Feylingsbua Foundation was formed with the purchase of Feylings' property. The foundation immediately began restoration and refurbishment, and work progressed rapidly. During the royal couple's visit to Egersund's 200th anniversary in 1998, King Harald and Queen Sonja celebrated Midsummer's Eve with a festive dinner in the newly restored Feylingsbua. In 2018, the foundation was awarded the Diploma House Prize from the National Trust of Rogaland.

Today, the Feylingsbua Foundation has several meeting rooms for hire for both parties and cultural events in the restored buildings.