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The Búðakirkja, located on a lava field, was built for the first time in 1703. The current building, which is more of a tourist attraction than a functioning church (there is only one parishioner), is a reconstruction of 1987 .

Byåsen church is a hexagonal church from 1974. In 2004, the church underwent an extensive rebuild but retained its original hexagonal shape.

The St. Martin and St. Nicholas Cathedral was built in the 15th century in the Gothic style. It is a listed monument of the ancient Polish architecture of Bydgoszcz. It contains two Marian images still venerated to this day.

Bygdøy church is a concrete church built from 1968. It replaced the Bygdøy Chapel, which had burned down ten years earlier. The architect of the church was Finn Bryn, who also designed the pulpit and baptismal font. The altar is a work by Veslemøy Nystedt Stoltenberg from 1994.

The church in Bygland was built in 1838. The altarpiece is by Lars Olav Stedjan from Bjelland. In 1925 the church acquired a Hollenbach organ from the church in Tolga.

The Bygstad Church is a long church dating from 1845, erected according to the type drawings of Hans Ditlev Franciscus von Linstow. The first church in Bygstad was a Stave church mentioned as early as 1320. The stave church was demolished in 1845 to make way for the new church. The church was moved from its original location in 1939 to the site of the old church in Bygstad.

Bykle Church, built between 2000 and 2004, is a wooden "working church" with a long church floor and a gable roof. On the long sides and at the entrance of the church there are low wings that can accommodate various activities. The church was designed by architect Hans Olaf Aanensen.

Bykle old church is a wooden church dating from 1620. In front of the western part there is a porch from the 18th century. The interior is characterized by the 17th century with a lot of furniture from that time. The walls are covered with a listed decoration from 1826 and show traces of earlier decorations.

Byneset Church is a Romanesque stone church dating from the Middle Ages. It is first mentioned in written sources in 1252. In 1646 the church underwent a restoration in which the choir arch was widened and the church was given new pews. The 16th-century frescoes on the north and east walls were discovered in the 1960s and 1970s.

Presumably, the Jewish cemetery in Bystrytsya was established in the 19th century. According to epigraphic data, it already existed in 1918. The cemetery was used presumably until WWII, aтв the latest preserved gravestone dateы to 1939.