Editing Askøy (section)

==Culture==
[[File:Kollevaag.jpeg|thumb|left|Kollevåg has one of Norway's most attractive beaches where The Lost Weekend festival was held.]]
Askøy is home to several sports teams. Askøy Fotballklub is an [[association football]] club, formed in 1999 by the merger of Florvåg Idrettsforening and Kleppestø Fotball. The club has a large number of teams, of which the majority are junior football teams. The men's senior team plays in the Norwegian third division {{As of|2008|lc=y}}. The oldest sports club on the island is Ask Idrettslag, mainly an [[athletics (sport)|athletics]] club, founded in 1928.

The music festival [[Lost Weekend (festival)|Lost Weekend]] is held on the island every summer in [[Kollevågen]]. The festival, first held in August 2001, attracts a large number of minor [[Norway|Norwegian]] bands. The festival has been threatened by economic trouble several times.

In the village of [[Strusshamn, Hordaland|Strusshamn]] are old wooden houses, dating back to the early 19th century. Strusshamn then served as a quarantine harbour for [[Bergen]]. Today, Strusshamn is one of the cultural capitals of Askøy, with a lot of activities and a [[museum]] of its own showing life on Askøy in earlier times.