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Earth and stone
Landscape
Published: 06.02.2024
Author:
Inge Aarseth
"Humus" is a word with great meaning. It is the soil we live from, in addition to the resources we get from the ocean. This layer of earth - sometimes...
Hausberget
Landscape
Published: 06.02.2024
Author:
Inge Aarseth
Landa
Landscape
Published: 06.02.2024
Author:
Inge Aarseth
STRANDFLAT AND SCREE BY LAND...
Grønafjellet
Plant life
Published: 06.02.2024
Author:
Bjørn Moe
Mountain plants with their beautiful, colourful flowers are common in high altitude areas in Norway. On the coast there are not so many of them. But, ...
Møshovd
Landscape
Published: 06.02.2024
Author:
Inge Aarseth
Gjønavatnet and Kikedalen
Landscape
Published: 06.02.2024
Author:
Haakon Fossen
Inge Aarseth
Peter Emil Kaland
Precipitous cliffs tower over a thousand metres straight up into the air in wild and narrow Kikedalen at the end of Lake Gjønavatnet. Even in mid-summ...
Vinnesleira
Landscape
Published: 06.02.2024
Author:
Inge Aarseth
Anders Lundberg
Stein Byrkjeland
Bays that are shallow far out into the sea, with fine sand and clay, are rare in Hordaland. Where they are found, the reason is usually that the edge ...
Yddal
Plant life
Published: 06.02.2024
Author:
Bjørn Moe
Stein Byrkjeland
Yddal is one of the biggest and finest pine forest areas in the county. The rich forest resources provided an important foundation for the settlement ...
Grasdalen
Bedrock
Published: 06.02.2024
Author:
Inge Aarseth
MARBLE AND KARST ...
Kvernes
Bedrock
Published: 06.02.2024
Author:
Haakon Fossen
Bjørn Moe
Idar Restad
Håkons Hall, Domkirken Church, Bergen Børs Stock Exchange, Permanenten and other well known buildings in Bergen are decorated with soapstone from Øvre...
Slåttene
Plant life
Published: 06.02.2024
Author:
Bjørn Moe
Idar Restad
Lona
Landscape
Published: 06.02.2024
Author:
Inge Aarseth
One does not need much imaginationto see that where the river bends down in Røssebotnen, there has once been a lake. The landscape tells this - more c...
Steinevik
Plant life
Published: 06.02.2024
Author:
Bjørn Moe
Møkster - botany
Plant life
Published: 06.02.2024
Author:
Bjørn Moe
Anders Lundberg
Knut Krzywinski
Lysekloster - The monks and nature
Plant life
Published: 06.02.2024
Author:
Bjørn Moe
Lysekloster was the largest agricultural property in the country when it was phased out during the Reformation in 1537. In its prime this cloister enc...
Villelia
Plant life
Published: 06.02.2024
Author:
Bjørn Moe
Os valley
Landscape
Published: 06.02.2024
Author:
Inge Aarseth
Raudlia
Plant life
Published: 06.02.2024
Author:
Bjørn Moe
Eikelandsosen
Landscape
Published: 06.02.2024
Author:
Inge Aarseth
"So many and such big potholes as are found at Eikelandsosen, we don't see other places in western Norway, and as beautifully polished as the mountain...
Hopslia
Plant life
Published: 06.02.2024
Author:
Bjørn Moe
Some of the giant trees in Hopslia north of Holme Fjord are as much as thirty metres high. Elm and ash are the most common, basswood somewhat rarer. R...
Hystad - the black alder forest
Plant life
Published: 06.02.2024
Author:
Inge Aarseth
Anders Lundberg
Stein Byrkjelan
One of the biggest black alder forests in the country is in Hystadmarkjo. Along the well prepared trail through the forest you can experience an excep...
Hovaneset
Plant life
Published: 06.02.2024
Author:
Bjørn Moe
PURPLE SAXIFRAGE - A TYPICAL MOUNTAIN PLANT - BY THE SEA ...
Ådlandsvatnet
Plant life
Published: 06.02.2024
Author:
Bjørn Moe
Stein Byrkjeland
Plants that grow in and beside water have to be prepared for marked and rapid changes in their living conditions. They must be able to tolerate living...
Tveitavatnet
Plant life
Published: 06.02.2024
Author:
Bjørn Moe
It is difficult to imagine that a plant can grow at the same place for many thousands of years: Climate and local environment change. Different specie...
Digernes
Wildlife
Published: 06.02.2024
Author:
Stein Byrkjeland
Bjørn Moe
Despite the fact that the animal life on Stord is better investigated and studied than most other places in Hordaland, we were not clear about the div...
Storsøya Island
Plant life
Published: 06.02.2024
Author:
Bjørn Moe
On Storsøya Island, English ivy grows nearly everywhere. It creeps along the ground and climbs all the way to the top of the tree trunks. Together wit...
Brandvikneset
Plant life
Published: 06.02.2024
Author:
Bjørn Moe
Per Harald Salvesen
ENGLISH YEW TREE FOREST AT BRANDVIKNESET ...
Huglo
Landscape
Published: 06.02.2024
Author:
Haakon Fossen
Inge Aarseth
Anders Lundberg
The majority of Huglo is bare rock. A bit of dwarf pine forest is the only vegetation able to put down roots. Along the west- and east sides, to the c...
Fitjarøyane
Landscape
Published: 06.02.2024
Author:
Haakon Fossen
Inge Aarseth
If we study the group of islands south of Selbjørns Fjord from the air or on a sea map, we will notice that many of the islands are elongated and lie ...
Fitjar - potatoes
Published: 06.02.2024
Author:
Inge Aarseth
The deep agricultural soils in Fitjar are found especially in the area between Lake Storavatnet and Breivika. The many stonewalls in the area reflect ...
Moster
Plant life
Published: 06.02.2024
Author:
Bjørn Moe
Løno
Wildlife
Published: 06.02.2024
Author:
Bjørn Moe
William Helland-Hansen
Stein Byrkjeland
Small boat folk in Hordaland know where Løno is. As do many seabirds. With the big ocean at its back and a wide, weather beaten strait ahead of it, Lø...
Haganes
Landscape
Published: 06.02.2024
Author:
Haakon Fossen
Inge Aarseth
The gneiss landscape west and north of Bergen viewed in profile can remind us of a saw blade of the kind that has long, slanted sides that get broken ...
Fossen Bratte
Landscape
Published: 06.02.2024
Author:
Inge Aarseth
The steep drop by Fossen cliff has been the biggest challenge for those who wished to make a road over Kvamskogen through the years. Leave the car by ...
Herdla – glacial deposits
Landscape
Published: 06.02.2024
Author:
Inge Aarseth
Haakon Fossen
The shift in the landscape is striking between the barren craggy moors north on Askøy and the green fields of Herdla, which has the county's biggest f...
Herdla - botany
Plant life
Published: 06.02.2024
Author:
Bjørn Moe
Ask - jordbær
Bedrock
Published: 06.02.2024
Author:
Inge Aarseth
Haakon Fossen
Strawberry-growing on Askøy flourished in the beginning of the last century. When gardener Samson Eik took in the type "Seierherren" from Rosendal in ...
Golta - Gneiss
Bedrock
Published: 06.02.2024
Author:
Haakon Fossen
Inge Aarseth
Over thousands of years, autumn storms and strong land-driving winds have cleaned the bare rocks of Golta. The waves can beat far in over land and mak...
Golta - Pygmy willow
Plant life
Published: 06.02.2024
Author:
Bjørn Moe
Kalandsvika
Wildlife
Published: 06.02.2024
Author:
Stein Byrkjeland
Bjørn Moe
There is little to say about the opportunity for surveying from the bird observation tower in Kalandsvika: 155 different bird species have been sighte...
Hopsfjellet
Plant life
Published: 06.02.2024
Author:
Bjørn Moe
Stein Byrkjeland
On June 2nd, 1992, a big forest fire broke out in Sveio. The fire started southeast of Hopsfjellet. In a strong wind the flames spread quickly northwa...
Gjuvsland
Plant life
Published: 06.02.2024
Author:
Bjørn Moe
Mary Losvik
Nils Georg Brekke
For time immemorial, probably all the way back to the Middle Ages, animals from the Homestead at Gjuvsland have grazed on the sunny slopes on the sout...
Møkjedalen
Plant life
Published: 06.02.2024
Author:
Bjørn Moe
NORWAY'S BIGGEST YEW TREE ...
Ølveshovda
Plant life
Published: 06.02.2024
Author:
Bjørn Moe
Ølve
Landscape
Published: 06.02.2024
Author:
Inge Aarseth
Ølve has a special soil type. Here one finds an extra hard clay soil. This is especially noticed by those who work with excavating for building foun...
Ænesdalen
Plant life
Published: 06.02.2024
Author:
Inge Aarseth
Even far down in the denst forest in Ænesdalen valley the precipitous and mighty Gygrastolen watches over you. Ænesdalen is not the easiest route in t...
Ulvanosa
Landscape
Published: 06.02.2024
Author:
Inge Aarseth
Some mountains have rounded shapes, while others have steep slopes and sharp edges. Ulvanosa (1246 mos.) has both. The forms reflect the type of bedro...
Langhaugane
Landscape
Published: 06.02.2024
Author:
Inge Aarseth
THE MORAINE RIDGES AT LANGHAUGANE ...
Skorpo
Landscape
Published: 06.02.2024
Author:
Inge Aarseth
Skorpo - Polished by glaciers and meltwater ...
Halsnøy
Landscape
Published: 06.02.2024
Author:
Inge Aarseth
Hadde ikkje Hardangerfjordbreen mot slutten av istida rykt fram over fjordbotnen, ville Halsnøy ikkje eksistert som éi øy, men som mange småøyar. Bree...
The Ancient Ash Tree
Plant life
Published: 06.02.2024
Author:
Bjørn Moe
Holmedalsberget
Plant life
Published: 06.02.2024
Author:
Bjørn Moe
If you want to be on your own for a long day in a magnificent deciduous forest in demanding terrain, then HOLMESDALSBERGET is the right place. This is...
Tveitabotn
Plant life
Published: 06.02.2024
Author:
Bjørn Moe
VIRGIN FOREST IN THE BOTTOM OF TVEITA ...
Skogafjellet
Plant life
Published: 06.02.2024
Author:
Bjørn Moe
You have to travel to Scotland in order to find pine forests similar to those at Bømlo. The nearness to the sea has contributed in different ways to s...
The village of Etne
Landscape
Published: 06.02.2024
Author:
Sveil Olaf Dahl
Inge Aarseth
Much of the sand and gravel that the town of Etne is built on was laid down at the end of the Ice Age and is evidence of melting glaciers and roaring ...
Floteskaret
Plant life
Published: 06.02.2024
Author:
Bjørn Moe
Skånevik - moraine
Landscape
Published: 06.02.2024
Author:
Inge Aarseth
In Skånevik there are marks left from the ice edge that advanced during the thousand-year cold spell (Younger Dryas) that marked the end of the Ice Ag...
Tungesvikstranda
Plant life
Published: 06.02.2024
Author:
Bjørn Moe
Langebudalen
Plant life
Published: 06.02.2024
Author:
Bjørn Moe
Åsane
Landscape
Published: 06.02.2024
Author:
Inge Aarseth
Most associate Åsane with ridges, naturally enough (the Norwegian word for "ridge" is "Ås"). A lesser noticed trait in the landscape are the unusual f...
Reppadalen
Plant life
Published: 06.02.2024
Author:
Bjørn Moe
The unusual bog landscape, with enormous peat deposits surrounded by steep mountainsides, makes Reppadalen in Arna an exciting, but little visited tou...
Kråmyrane
Plant life
Published: 06.02.2024
Author:
Bjørn Moe
Fløyfjellet
Plant life
Published: 06.02.2024
Author:
Bjørn Moe
Munkebotsdalen
Plant life
Published: 06.02.2024
Author:
Bjørn Moe
Vidden
Landscape
Published: 06.02.2024
Author:
Inge Aarseth
Bjørn Moe
Rambjøra
Plant life
Published: 06.02.2024
Author:
Bjørn Moe
Stein Byrkjeland
In Sanddalen and Helldalsåsen the building of houses has increased dramatically. Where there eariery was grazing land, hundreds of families now live. ...
Tokagjelet
Landscape
Published: 06.02.2024
Author:
Inge Aarseth
Nils Georg Brekke
There is a sharp transition between the wide valley at Kvamskogen and the narrow Tokagjelet. The transition is no less dramatic when we come out of th...
Steinsdalsfossen
Landscape
Published: 06.02.2024
Author:
William Helland-Hansen
Inge Aarseth
Øvsthusfossen, or Steinsdalsfossen waterfall, as it is called today, attracts tourists by the thousands, and always has done as long as there have bee...
Fyksesundet
Landscape
Published: 06.02.2024
Author:
Inge Aarseth
"GIANT FEMALE TROLL" ...
Fykse
Landscape
Published: 06.02.2024
Author:
Inge Aarseth
LANDSLIDE AT FYKSE ...
Jonstein
Plant life
Published: 06.02.2024
Author:
Bjørn Moe
When high school student Arne Handegard collected plants for a herbarium in 1962, he didn’t know what kind of rarity he had pressed into his notebook....
Hereiane
Landscape
Published: 06.02.2024
Author:
Haakon Fossen
Bjørn Moe
At Hereiane on warm summer days one you can walk barefoot up the hill from the fjord all the way up to 400 metres elevation. The naked, furrowed bedro...
Folgefonna
Landscape
Published: 06.02.2024
Author:
Endre Skaar
Inge Aarseth
Stein Byrkjeland
The glacier is not only white – it is full of colour. The colours have several sources: glacial flour, desert dust, or living algae. And the light ref...
Husedalen
Plant life
Published: 06.02.2024
Author:
Bjørn Moe
OLD PINE FORESTHardangervidda has no more beautiful entryway for hikers than Husedalen. The river, its waterfalls and the expansive landscape is well ...
Haugsdalen
Landscape
Published: 06.02.2024
Author:
Inge Aarseth
Stein Byrkjeland
Early in the 1900s there were much larger salt water deltas in Hordaland. But, essentially all of the larger river deltas got filled in and regulated ...
Litlematre
Industry, Energy and Natural Resources
Published: 06.02.2024
Author:
Inge Aarseth
THE TERRACE THAT LEFT FOR THE CITY ...
Dyrdal
Landscape
Published: 06.02.2024
Author:
Inge Aarseth
If you journey along Austfjorden, you at the same time turn the pages of time back through Ice Age history. The landforms show how the landscape has d...
Andvikedalen
Plant life
Published: 06.02.2024
Author:
Bjørn Moe
ELM- AND LIME TREE...
Herlandsnesjane
Plant life
Published: 06.02.2024
Author:
Bjørn Moe
Stein Byrkjeland
Herlandsnesjane, a four-kilometre long peninsula in Lake Storavatnet in the middle of Osterøy, is well known among botanists. Here lies an unusually l...
Storavatnet - shoreline
Landscape
Published: 06.02.2024
Author:
Inge Aarseth
The regulation of Lake Storavatnet has created a rare geological phenomenon: When Herlandsfossen power station taps the reservoir during the spring an...
Mostraumen
Landscape
Published: 06.02.2024
Author:
Inge Aarseth
Until 1743 the people from Modal had to wait for a flood in MOSTRAUMEN before they could draw their boats up the river current, and then row back acro...
Otterstadstølen
Plant life
Published: 06.02.2024
Author:
Bjørn Moe
Stein Byrkjeland
Otterstadstølen lies in an idyllic grassy plain surrounded by rich forest, but also with high mountains close by. The mountainsides are steep and typi...
Nedre Helland - Sand Quarries
Industry, Energy and Natural Resources
Published: 06.02.2024
Author:
Inge Aarseth
Nils Georg Brekke
The three spades in the municipal coat of arms for Modalen are sand spades. Sand quarrying has brought income and employment. As much as 70,000-80,000...
Nedre Helland - skred
Landscape
Published: 06.02.2024
Author:
Inge Aarseth
Many still remember when the avalanche struck Nedre Helland, on the 14th of August, 1953 14:30 o'clock. All of the buildings at one of the farms and t...
Eksingedalen - hydropower development
Industry, Energy and Natural Resources
Published: 06.02.2024
Author:
Endre Skaar
Stein Byrkjeland
Bjørn Moe
Water discharge at the outlet of the Ekso into Eidsfjord was halved after the big hydropower development in the mountainous area between Modalen and E...
Eksingedalen - landscape
Landscape
Published: 06.02.2024
Author:
Inge Aarseth
Eksingedalen alternates between wide, flat flood plains with good farmland, and narrow passages with waterfalls where the roads cling to the mountains...
Moastølen
Plant life
Published: 06.02.2024
Author:
Bjørn Moe
TROLL FOREST AT MOASTØLEN...
Skjervet - river theft
Landscape
Published: 06.02.2024
Author:
Inge Aarseth
At the end of the last ice age the ice flowed out of Hardanger fjord in such a fury that it forced the meltwater from Voss to run back uphill toward G...
Joberget
Plant life
Published: 06.02.2024
Author:
Bjørn Moe
Flowering lime is one of nature's blessings: The nectar gives clear honey. The flower is used as folk medicine. From the inner bark of the lime tree o...
Uranes
Plant life
Published: 06.02.2024
Author:
Bjørn Moe
One of the most magnificent deciduous forests in Hordaland grows along the border with Kvam. The rich growth comes from the phyllite and mica schist b...
Havås
Plant life
Published: 06.02.2024
Author:
Bjørn Moe
WORLD FAMOUS BOTANIST Johan Havaas (1864–1956) lived at the little farm, Havås, far up on the slope on the southwest side of Lake Granvinsvatnet. He ...
Mundheim
Landscape
Published: 06.02.2024
Author:
Inge Aarseth
Bjørn Moe
At Mundheim there is a dangerous stretch of the highway. The mountainside has given way several times in this area. Typically, it happens in the sprin...
Vesoldo
Landscape
Published: 06.02.2024
Author:
Haakon Fossen
Bjørn Moe
Folds are to be found everywhere in the remains of the Caledonian mountain chain. Some were formed during the collision with Greenland, others stem fr...
Rindarne moraine
Landscape
Published: 06.02.2024
Author:
Inge Aarseth
MORAINE RIDGES The Rindarne moraine is visible from the right stretch of road in Eikedalen, toward Kvamskogen. Northeast of Lake Eikedalstvatnet it s...
Leirvågen
Wildlife
Published: 06.02.2024
Author:
Bjørn Moe
Inge Aarseth
Stein Byrkjeland
A marsh is a grassy meadow that is strongly influenced by salt from the sea. This type of nature is abundant in Denmark, among other places. The flatl...
Opedal
Landscape
Published: 06.02.2024
Author:
Inge Aarseth
FRUIT-GROWING ON FLOOD DEPOSITS The old road through Opedal and Helland in Lofthus gives a beautiful introduction to the Fruit Kingdom, both when in ...
Veivatnet
Plant life
Published: 06.02.2024
Author:
Bjørn Moe
Stein Byrkjeland
From Kinsekvelven river and inward to Lake Veivatnet, we can wander through one of Hardangervidda's many fertile areas. A number of finicky plants gro...
Velure
Weather and climate
Published: 06.02.2024
Author:
Endre Skaar
Inge Aarseth
ANNUAL AVALANCHES South of Velure the mountainsides plunge from 1500 metres right down into Sørfjorden. No place along the fjord has snow avalanches ...
Lote
Plant life
Published: 06.02.2024
Author:
Bjørn Moe
BRIDAL OAK AT LOTE – THE THICKEST IN NORWAY ...
Kalvanes
Published: 06.02.2024
Author:
Arve Tvede
Bjørn Moe
On the 17th of January, 1993, the area between the towns of Odda and Eitrheimsneset were struck by a giant avalanche. One person was killed, and there...
Buardalen Valley
Landscape
Published: 06.02.2024
Author:
Atle Nesje
Bjørn Moe
Buarbreen glacier was one of the first destinations during the period of increasing tourism in Odda in the 1800s. Foreigners came by the thousands, mo...
Opo
Landscape
Published: 06.02.2024
Author:
Inge Aarseth
OPO – THE RIVER THAT DOESN'T CARVE DEEPER River Opo in Odda has a fall of 88 metres over the two kilometres from Lake Sandvinvatnet to Sørfjorden. Th...
Låtefossen
Landscape
Published: 06.02.2024
Author:
Inge Aarseth
Låtefossen waterfall, or more correctly, waterfalls, plunge 165 metres down the mountainside, 51 of them in free fall - to the enchantment of the many...
Grytøyrelva
Landscape
Published: 06.02.2024
Author:
Inge Aarseth
A WELL-ACCOMMODATED RIVER...
Tussafoten
Landscape
Published: 06.02.2024
Author:
Inge Aarseth
Måbødalen - geology
Landscape
Published: 06.02.2024
Author:
Inge Aarseth
The old pack road had 1500 steps, where cars today gas through the mountain. The time of this hard work is over, and of getting used to the steep terr...
Mjølfjell
Bedrock
Published: 06.02.2024
Author:
Inge Aarseth
Haakon Fossen
KETTLE HOLE LANDSCAPE AND TOXIC SOIL BY MJØLFJELL...
Jordalen
Landscape
Published: 06.02.2024
Author:
Inge Aarseth
During the last ice ages, parts of the Voss river system were stolen and sent down Nærøydalen valley to Nærøy Fjord (Nærøyfjorden). Before this big ri...
Vossagran
Plant life
Published: 06.02.2024
Author:
Bjørn Moe
Knut Nedkvitne
Stein Byrkjeland
How did the spruce tree get to Voss? Did the seed or small spruce plants get help from people, for example, to make it here unscathed? Nobody knows....
Bømoen
Landscape
Published: 06.02.2024
Author:
Inge Aarseth
Bordalsgjelet
Landscape
Published: 06.02.2024
Author:
Inge Aarseth
Deep down between the stone polished phyllite bedrock in Bordalsgjelet canyon, there is a cascading river. In close cooperation with hard polishing st...
Rekvesøyane
Landscape
Published: 06.02.2024
Author:
Bjørn Moe
Stein Byrkjeland
The sediment that was deposited from the river Dyrvo has created the fan-shaped delta Rekvesøyane. The bit of land farthest out toward the water gets ...
Hamlagrø
Bedrock
Published: 06.02.2024
Author:
Haakon Fossen
Bjørn Moe
The type of underlying rock can be decisive for how many different types of plants are found in an area. In the area around Hamlagrø-lake the diversit...
Teigdalen
Landscape
Published: 06.02.2024
Author:
Inge Aarseth
Nils Georg Brekke
It is not surprising that there are several folk tales connected to the large and unusual scree deposit that is found at Langeland, uppermost in Teigd...
Fadnesskaret
Plant life
Published: 06.02.2024
Author:
Bjørn Moe
DECIDUOUS FOREST IN FADNESSKARET ...
Ulvikapollen
Wildlife
Published: 06.02.2024
Author:
Anders Lundberg
Stein Byrkjeland
Bjørn Moe
When the lush beach area innermost in Ulvikapollen was protected, the bird life was instrumental to the decision. The plant diversity is just as impre...
Ulvik-village
Landscape
Published: 06.02.2024
Author:
Inge Aarseth
The ice cap that covered the land during each of the 40 past ice ages over the past 2 million years of Earth's history pressed down the crust of the e...
Osafjorden
Plant life
Published: 06.02.2024
Author:
Bjørn Moe
WARM-LOVING FLORA ...
Rallarvegen
Landscape
Published: 06.02.2024
Author:
Haakon Fossen
Inge Aarseth
They rest there, all as one, the silent witnesses of Western Norway's saga of creation: Precambrian basement, phyllite and thrust sheet. In the end ca...
Fruo
Landscape
Published: 06.02.2024
Author:
Inge Aarseth
At Fruo, nature has built its own little "Chinese wall ". Some kilometers south of the Vøringsfossen waterfall, there are a number of moraine ridges, ...
Sysendammen
Industry, Energy and Natural Resources
Published: 06.02.2024
Author:
Inge Aarseth
Sysendalen
Industry, Energy and Natural Resources
Published: 06.02.2024
Author:
Inge Aarseth
If you are lucky you can find 9000-year-old pine stumps on Hardangervidda. Since that time, the tree line has continuously declined. But now, it is on...
Langavassfjellet
Landscape
Published: 06.02.2024
Author:
Inge Aarseth
ESKERS ...
Geitaknottane
Wildlife
Published: 06.02.2024
Author:
Morten Hage
Bjørn Moe
Many travellers between Mundheim and Gjermundshamn are captivated by the expansive view toward Øynefjord, Varaldsøy and Folgefonna. The barren pine fo...
Husebø
Wildlife
Published: 06.02.2024
Author:
Inge Aarseth
Stein Byrkjeland
When the Corncrake returned to Nordhordland, it came as no surprise that Husebø was the place it chose. Here, remnants of the old cultural landscape a...
Leiro
Plant life
Published: 06.02.2024
Author:
Inge Aarseth
Romarheimsdalen
Landscape
Published: 06.02.2024
Author:
Inge Aarseth
Vollom
Plant life
Published: 06.02.2024
Author:
Bjørn Moe
Stein Byrkjeland
On Vollom, northwest of Seim, we find the only natural beech forest in Western Norway, which is also the most northerly of its type in the world. Beec...
Isdalen
Landscape
Published: 06.02.2024
Author:
Inge Aarseth
The valley on the inside of the Svartediks dam, a five minutes' bus ride from Bergen centre, is often referred to by Bergen folk as Isdalen ("Ice Vall...
Skuggestranda
Plant life
Published: 06.02.2024
Author:
Bjørn Moe
PARADISE FOR MOSSES ...
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