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Characteristic Reformed Kuipers Church with tower in Noordwijk aan Zee.

Buvik Church is an octagonal church consecrated in 1823. The building was designed using the Klæbu church (built by Lars Larsen Forsæth) as a model. Both churches have the same elongated octagonal shape and are almost the same size. The church lacked a sacristy from the beginning and received one in an extension on the east side in 1978. It originally had a round dome which was destroyed by lightning in 1861 and replaced by an octagonal bell tower. The red brick roof was replaced by Alta slate in 1920.

Although the construction date of the church is unknown, its chancel was built in the late 14th century. In order to offer protection from the hillside, the chancel was fortified by adding three more defence levels, thus rising far above the nave. The upper fortification system can be accessed through a small spiral staircase and is situated above the rib vault. The ring wall built one century later, once over 6m tall, was downsized and its gate tower converted to a house for the castle guardian. The western Gothic portal features stylistic characteristics specific for the Mediaş area. A Neoclassic side gallery characterizes the nave’s interior, while the Baroque altar dominates the chancel. Here, next to the Gothic tabernacle and dated to the same period, one can find the beautiful portal to the sacristy. Another interesting characteristic is the wooden roofed staircase leading to the fortress.

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.