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Bekkjarvik Gjestgiveri was built towards the end of the 17th Century when King Christian IV (1577-1648) ordered that a guesthouse should be built for every half day journey along the Norwegian coastline. As well as offering food and shelter to travellers Bekkjarvik had a steamboat terminal, a barrel factory, a herring factory, a cured-fish factory (salteri), a lobster reception point, a brewery and a notheng (a building used to dry fishing nets).