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Ågotnes - crystals

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Haakon Fossen

Road cuts and blast areas are a joy to rock collectors, even if the disturbance to nature is ever so disfiguring. These are the best kinds of places t...

Ågotnes - Stonechat

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Stein Byrkjeland

Tjeldstømarka

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Stein Byrkjeland Nils Georg Brekke

There is no place in Hordaland where there are so many over-wintering song swans as in Tjeldstømarka. And there are few places in the county that have...

Skogsøyna

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Stein Byrkjeland

There isn't much forest on Skogsøyna today, but that there is, has been planted. There is not much wildlife, either. But, quite a lot of birds pass by...

Blomvågen

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Jan Mangerud

"One of the big scientific sensations", was the title in the Bergens Times newspaper on the 22nd of November, 1941. It was the geologist Isal Undås wh...

Turøyvegen

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Haakon Fossen

The earthquake was caused by movements along fault zones in the bedrock where the blocks of rock chafed against each other. In Devonian time, there we...

Toftøyna

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Haakon Fossen

FOLDS: NATURE'S ART ...

Matre - Salmon spot

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Stein Byrkjeland

BEST SALMON SPOT IN THE COUNTY...

Memorial stone over fallen on Hersvik churchyard

People and Society

Monument / Monument

Published: 25.03.2003

Author: Hans H. Steinsund Hermund Kleppa

On each of the three churchyards in Solund, there is a memorial stone with the names of the 16 from Solund who were victims of the Second World War. T...

Haugsdalen

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 ...

War grave at Selje church - Oluf Ingebrigtsen Aarsheim

Person / Person Gravstein / Gravestone

Published: 03.04.2003

Author: Hermund Kleppa

On Friday 19 October, 1945, the Selje church was filled to capacity by village people and others. The occasion was the funeral for Oluf Ingebrigtsen A...

Litlematre

Industry, Energy and Natural Resources

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Inge Aarseth

THE TERRACE THAT LEFT FOR THE CITY ...

Frøyset river network

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Stein Byrkjeland

Frøyset river network is protected from power station-building - not because of its pristine nature - but because it is a typical river network for th...

Dyrdal

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...

Raunøya

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Stein Byrkjeland

The sea birds discovered it long ago. Raunøya and the surrounding islands are the most beautiful places in Masfjorden....

Andvikedalen

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Bjørn Moe

ELM- AND LIME TREE...

Godske farm

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: William Helland-Hansen

GODSKE AND GODSKE FARM ...

Memorial commemorating the museum founder - landowner G. F. Heiberg

People and Society

Monument / Monument

Published: 27.11.2003

Author: Hermund Kleppa

At the entrance to the museum "De Heibergske Samlinger - Sogn Folkemuseum" at Kaupangerskogen there is a memorial commemorating the founder, landowner...

Memorial at Rugsund church for war victims in the Second World War

People and Society

Monument / Monument

Published: 16.12.2003

Author: Hermund Kleppa

The 19-year-old Johan Friis from Rugsund died in the first Norwegian shipwreck after the Second World War broke out in 1939. In 1994, the Rugsund "sok...

Herlandsnesjane

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 - Red-throated diver

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Stein Byrkjeland

The troll-like sounds from the Red-throated diver carry long distances between the mountains around Storavatnet. The high-pitched, haunting screeches ...

Storavatnet - shoreline

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...

Lonelva

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Stein Byrkjeland

It is said that the salmon populations with the largest and the smallest salmon in the world both come from the waters that run out into the fjord sys...

Førdehuset community centre

Forsamlingshus / Assembly house

Published: 07.07.1999

Author: Finn Borgen Førsund

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Kvitingen

Weather and climate

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Endre Skaar

Few other places in Hordaland, or even the whole country, get as much rain as in the Samnanger mountains. The mountains here simply attract wetness. T...

Lona

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...

Frøland - Liarostunnel

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Haakon Fossen

Fossen Bratte

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

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

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Bjørn Moe

The boat stop Steinen

Settlements, Villages, Towns

Published: 07.07.1999

Author: Finn Borgen Førsund

Steinen became the port of call for Førde. Several activities grew up here, for example the first manufacturing industries. Yet, like so many other bo...

Herdla - Migrating birds

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Stein Byrkjeland

Bergen folk landed on it, long and well. The Germans took it over, during the Second World War. The birds had been doing it for several thousands of y...

Herdleflaket

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Stein Byrkjeland

Spring, summer and autumn, there is bird life on Valen, and the tidal zone is especially attractive. Out on Herdlaflaket, you see ducks and other divi...

Ask - jordbær

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 ...

Holmefjord

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Knut Andreas Bergsvik

Even though we know of several hundred burial places from the Stone Age in Hordaland, we do not often hit on the Stone Age Man himself. But there are ...

Samnøya

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Svein Indrelid

Førde Hotell

Livelihood and Craftsmanship

Losji / Accommodation

Published: 07.07.1999

Author: Torkjell Djupedal

Førde Hotell is today the smaller of the two hotels in Førde, but has a longer tradition. In older photos of Førde the hotel is always there, both b...

Gullbotnen

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Haakon Fossen Bjørn Moe

A barren belt where almost nothing grows, runs through the forest on the east slope of Gullbotnen. But, along the west side of the main road there is ...

The bailiff farm of Volden

Settlements, Villages, Towns

Gardsbruk / Farm

Published: 07.07.1999

Author: Torkjell Djupedal

The bailiff farm of Volden is the only residence for high-ranking public officials in Førde which is even today the residence of a public official. ...

Grasdalen

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Inge Aarseth

MARBLE AND KARST ...

Kvernes

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...

Førde church

Churches, Cloisters, Christianity

Kyrkje / Church

Published: 07.07.1999

Author: Margrethe Henden Aaraas Sigurd Vengen Anders Gjerde

Førde church is a basilica church in wood located on the farm Skei in the centre of Førde. It has 600 seats and was consecrated on 1 October, 1885 b...

Slåttene

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Bjørn Moe Idar Restad

Frøland

Industry, Energy and Natural Resources

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Arve Tvede Stein Byrkjeland

Much rain, a steep drop and nearness to Bergen meant that the power-making potential of the Samnanger water system was exploited early. Samnanger was ...

Frølandsvatnet

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Stein Byrkjeland

SONG SWANS IN LAKE FRØLAND ...

Litlandsvatnet

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Haakon Fossen Nils Georg Brekke

Large quantities of nickel ore have been mined from Litlandsvatnet, between Lonevågen and Hosanger. The discovery was made in 1875. During the period ...

Hellandsfossen

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Stein Byrkjeland

SALMON LADDER IN HELLANDSFOSSEN WATERFALL ...

War grave at Selje - Peder Sandvik

Person / Person Gravstein / Gravestone

Published: 14.01.2004

Author: Hermund Kleppa

"In a statement from the chief command of the Norwegian Royal Navy he died on his post for the country." These words are written in the death notice o...

Mostraumen

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...

War grave at Selje - Reidar Drage

Person / Person Gravstein / Gravestone

Published: 14.01.2004

Author: Hermund Kleppa

On 15 April, 1946, the cargo on a motor boat loaded with German ammunition caught fire on her way to a dumping site in Nordfjord. People jumped overbo...

Otterstadstølen

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

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...

Steinslandsvatnet

Published: 06.02.2024

SNOW AVALANCHE FANS AND DEPRESSIONS ...

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

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...

Lake Nesheimvatnet

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Stein Byrkjeland

Kollevågen

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Stein Byrkjeland

From 1938 until 1975 there was a large amount of trash dumped in Kollevågen. A lot of the garbage from the city of Bergen ended up here. The dump was ...

Hjalmar Christensen - culture critic and author from Førde

Person / Person

Published: 07.07.1999

Author: Finn Borgen Førsund

Hjalmar Christensen was a culture critic and author from Førde. He was most active in the capital, but all his life he held on to his childhood roots....

Hanøy

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Haakon Fossen

At Kong Olav V's Place in Bergen, one finds stone from Hanøy. Together with Sima-granite from Eid Fjord, it decorates the city floor around "The Blue ...

Golta - Gneiss

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...

The altarpiece in Førde church

Churches, Cloisters, Christianity

Kyrkjekunst / Church art Måleri / Painting

Published: 07.07.1999

Author: Sigurd Vengen Anders Gjerde

Quite a few people have become interested in the altarpiece in Førde church once they have seen it. It is unique, rich in motif, fine in the carving...

Golta - Pygmy willow

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Bjørn Moe

Spildepollen

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Haakon Fossen

The oceanic crust of the North Sea was subjected to a lot of stretching both in Permian and Triassic times, and later in the Jurassic. This stretching...

Glesvær

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Stein Byrkjeland

He wondered, surely, the fisherman who in 1769 found a 3.3 metre-long silvery shining sea creature at Glesvær. Perhaps he hadn't heard the legend abou...

Fedje bog

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Stein Byrkjeland

The wild rabbit is really native to Northwest Africa, but the Ancient Romans introduced them to large parts of Europe. Not to Norway, rightly enough: ...

Steinsdalsfossen

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...

Skårsvatnet

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Stein Byrkjeland

In September, 1901, a load of golden orfe fish was transported from Preussen to Bergen for stocking of Nygårdspark. One of the originators of the proj...

Fyksesundet

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Inge Aarseth

"GIANT FEMALE TROLL" ...

Fykse

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Inge Aarseth

LANDSLIDE AT FYKSE ...

Stølsdalen

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Stein Byrkjeland

The grey alder forest down by the river in Stølsdalen is full of life. The many birds are very busy finding enough to eat from day to day – but the bi...

Jonstein

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

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...

1905 - The municipality of Selje

Unionen oppløses 1905

Unionsoppløysing / Union resolution

Published: 29.11.2004

Author: Gunnar Urtegaard

In 1905, Norway became a free and independent country. The union with Sweden was dissolved by the Storting¿s parliamentary resolution on 7 June. This ...

1905 - The municipality of Sogndal

Unionen oppløses 1905

Unionsoppløysing / Union resolution

Published: 20.02.2005

Author: Berit Selseng

In 1905, Norway became a free and independent country. The union with Sweden was dissolved by the Storting¿s parliamentary resolution of 7 June. This ...

Folgefonna

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...

Sålesnes

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Haakon Fossen, Nils Georg Brekke, Atle Sollesnes

Jondal has one of the country’s oldest slate quarries. Roof tiles have been extracted here since the end of the 1700s, but the quarry is much older. K...

1905 - Vågsøy municipality

Unionen oppløses 1905

Unionsoppløysing / Union resolution

Published: 16.03.2005

Author: Gunnar Urtegaard

In 1905, Norway became a completely free and independent country. The union with Sweden was dissolved by a parliamentary resolution of the Norwegian S...

Herand - geologi

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Øystein Jansen

SCULPTURES IN THE BEDROCK...

1905 - Solund Municipality

People and Society

Unionsoppløysing / Union resolution

Published: 29.11.2004

Author: Kjerstin Risnes

In 1905, Norway became a free and independent state. The union with Sweden was dissolved by resolution of the Norwegian Storting (Parliament) on 7 Jun...

Oksen

Weather and climate

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Endre Skaar

OKSEN – A WEATHER PREDICTOR...

Djønno

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Stein Byrkjeland

Husedalen

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 ...

Kinso

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Stein Byrkjeland

SALMON OF KINSO RIVER...

Huse housing development

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Vidar Valen

RADON GAS IN THE GROUND The country's most comprehensive mapping of radon in homes has been carried out in the housing development Huse in Kinsarvik....

Uranes

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...

1905 - Askvoll Municipality

People and Society

Unionsoppløysing / Union resolution

Published: 29.11.2004

Author: Hermund Kleppa

In 1905, Norway became a free and independent state. The union with Sweden was dissolved by resolution of the Norwegian Storting (Parliament) on 7 Jun...

Havås

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 ...

Geitaknottane

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...

1905 - The municipality of Bremanger

Unionen oppløses 1905

Unionsoppløysing / Union resolution

Published: 29.11.2004

Author: Karianne Schmidt Vindenes

In 1905, Norway became a completely free and independent country. The union with Sweden was dissolved by the Norwegian Storting's (Parliament) resolut...

Mundheim

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...

Froastad

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Haakon Fossen Villand Reutz

RAW MATERIALS FOR MUSIC - AND FOR MOSQUITOS ...

Vesoldo

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...

1905 - The municipality of Førde

Unionen oppløses 1905

Unionsoppløysing / Union resolution

Published: 29.11.2004

Author: Kjerstin Risnes

In 1905 Norway became a free and independent state. The union with Sweden was dissolved by resolution of the Norwegian Storting (Parliament) on 6 June...

Aksnesholmane

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Stein Byrkjeland

There are especially many seabirds inwards along the fjords of western Norway. There are not many islets, either, so if the birds want to nest, it is ...

Kvamskogen

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Haakon Fossen

The different bedrock types that got shoved in over Hordaland in Cambro-Silurian times still remain, layer by layer, almost like a cake. But at Kvamsk...

1905 - Gulen municipality

Unionen oppløses 1905

Unionsoppløysing / Union resolution

Published: 29.11.2004

Author: Karianne Schmidt Vindenes

In 1905, Norway became a completely free and independent country. The union with Sweden was dissolved by the Norwegian Storting's resolution of 7 June...

Rindarne moraine

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...

Tokagjelet

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...

Hamlagrø

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

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

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Bjørn Moe

DECIDUOUS FOREST IN FADNESSKARET ...

Ulvikapollen

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

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...

Solskinstjørni

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Arve Tvede

Solskinstjørni in Osa, just above Haugen farm in Norddalen, is visible only now and again, seemingly always for a period of good weather. Then it disa...

Osafjorden

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Bjørn Moe

WARM-LOVING FLORA ...

Rallarvegen

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...

Buadalsbrotet

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Haakon Fossen

FOSSIL SCREE ...

Bergensbanen - snow measurements

Weather and climate

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Arve Tvede

Opponents of the Bergen Railway used the snow argument for all it was worth. During the debate in Parliament before the decision about the route was r...

Vassfjøro

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Haakon Fossen William Helland-Hansen

ROOF TILES IN THE MOUNTAINS ...

Trail toward Kyrkjedøri

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Haakon Fossen Helge Askvik

Roughly 550 million years ago, what is now Finse lay at the bottom of the sea - the remains of mud and clay that were deposited in this sea have ended...

Jomfrunuten

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Svein Olaf Dahl Atle Nesje

Freezing and thawing are processes that influence plant cover, move enormous blocks, stretche long mounds of earth, break open bedrock and create patt...

Nordrenut

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Stein Byrkjeland

It must have taken a long time for the snails of Finse to make it to the mountains; six species have been found as high as 1470 m a.s.l. For the snail...

Finse

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Wenche Eide

Many mountain plants are well prepared to face cold and wind. Some would surely rather face an easier life in the lowlands, but they cannot compete wi...

Skjervet - river theft

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...

The forgotten saga

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Svein Indrelid

The saga regarding the settlement of Hordaland started off about 10,000 years ago. Most of this saga has been recorded in writing, not on paper, but o...

Ulvund

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Mary Losvik

One of the oldest farms in Myrkdalen, Ulvund, is recognized as one of 14 areas in Hordaland having an especially valuable cultural landscape. The dirt...

Nordheim

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Haakon Fossen

"And here these endless kingdoms and these toils for a rich working life far and wide have lain and slept for a hundred thousand years! Right up until...

Lønaøyane

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Stein Byrkjeland

The Strandaelvi river is forever protected from the development of hydropower. The Lønaøyane islands – which comprise the delta furthest north in Lake...

Vossagran

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....

Vossavangen

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Arve Tvede

WATER FROM THE GROUNDEssentially all of the inhabitants at Vossavangen receive their tap water from the large sand- and gravel deposits at Prestegards...

Bømoen

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Inge Aarseth

Bordalsgjelet

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

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 ...

Vosso

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Stein Byrkjeland Geir H. Johnsen

There is probably no bigger salmon to be found in the whole wide world than in Vosso. The average size varies from season to season of course, but for...

Ekso

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Stein Byrkjeland

In the late 1800s, Ekso was known among the nobility in England as having among the best salmon rivers. In summer the Lords could haul in big fish of ...

Bergsdalen

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Haakon Fossen

The mountains of western Norway are lovely to wander in. In Cambro-Silurian time it was the mountain itself that wandered. The mountain, or more corre...

Moastølen

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Bjørn Moe

TROLL FOREST AT MOASTØLEN...

Skipshelleren

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Stein Byrkjeland, Svein Indrelid

For vel 7000 år sidan var Straume ein av dei beste – om ikkje den beste – veideplassen i Hordaland. Steinalderfolket som busette seg ved Skipshelleren...

The Tunold stone at Selje

Monument / Monument

Published: 18.02.2004

Author: Hermund Kleppa

The artist Bernt Tunold, born at Selje on 25 February, 1877, died in Bergen on 23 January, 1946, is held to be one of the great painters from wester...

Skreien

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Haakon Fossen

VAKSDALSTEIN TO BERGEN ...

Veafjorden

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Stein Byrkjeland

Some decades ago, Veafjord and the currents in toward the bigger rivers were the most likely places to see harbour seals in Hordaland. In the summer f...

Raundalen

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Stein Byrkjeland

Thousands of years ago - when the climate was warmer than today - there was probably a lot of moose in Hordaland. We know this from finds of bone from...

Mjølfjell

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Inge Aarseth Haakon Fossen

KETTLE HOLE LANDSCAPE AND TOXIC SOIL BY MJØLFJELL...

Jordalen

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...

The Eggja runic stone

People and Society

Historisk monument / Historical monument

Published: 07.07.1999

Author: Aage Engesæter

The Eggja stone is one of the best known runic stones ever found in Norway. It contains the longest known inscription of the old futhark (early runic)...

Holo

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Mary Losvik

I Kvassdalen var det aktiv stølsdrift med mjølking av kyr og geitehald nokre år inn i vårt tusenår, og slik hadde det vore i meir enn to hundre år. Så...

Vikafjellet

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Stein Byrkjeland

The largest reindeer herd in Hordaland - outside of Hardangervidda - lives in the mountainous area between Voss/Vaksdal and Sognefjorden....

Myrkdalsdeltaet

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Stein Byrkjeland

Mykdal delta had an unusually diverse bird life, right up until 1987. The Myrkdal delta should have been protected, and the plans were prepared. Despi...

Seglberget

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Stein Byrkjeland

HOUSE MARTINS IN STONE WALLS...

Granvinsvassdraget

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Stein Byrkjeland Randolf Knotten

After the ice age, Granvin Fjord reached all the way up under Skjervsfjossen waterfall. Just a thousand years later, as a result of the rising of the ...

Joberget

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...

Lussand - geology

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Haakon Fossen

Hardangerfjorden kløyver Hordaland i to. Den etter måten rettlinja fjorden skjer seg liksom på skeive inn i landet. Ikkje som Sognefjorden og Nordfjor...

The Vosso river network

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Arve Tvede

The Vosso is Hordaland's main artery, she has never run more richly than in our times, and no other river in western Norway carries so much water. The...

Vangsvatnet

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Arve Tvede

150 YEAR BATTLE AGAINST FLOOD It is figured that if nature had her way, a so-called hundred-year flood would increase the water level in Lake Vangsva...

Varaldsøy - mining

Industry, Energy and Natural Resources

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Haakon Fossen

There is still a lot of ore in the abandoned mines on Varaldsøy Island. If today's prices and availability of ore continue, it is doubtful whether the...

Gjuvsland

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...

Gildrehola

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Stein Erik Lauritzen

Møkjedalen

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Bjørn Moe

NORWAY'S BIGGEST YEW TREE ...

Ølve - Mining

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Haakon Fossen

All in all there are ten known copper mines and two iron mines on the Ølve peninsula. Geologically, the nine mines on Varaldsøy Island also should be ...

Ølveshovda

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Bjørn Moe

Ølve

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...

Bondhusdalen

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Atle Nesje J. Riis-Simonsen

The Bondhus area in Maruanger has been a magnet for tourists ever since the stream of tourists to Norway's west coast began in the middle of the 1800s...

Ænesdalen

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...

Melderskin

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Atle Nesje Endre Skaar

MELDERSKIN - ONCE A NUNATAK? Melderskin, the towering and majestic landmark at Rosendal, rises 1462 metres above sea level. The top area is smooth,...

Ulvanosa

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

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Inge Aarseth

THE MORAINE RIDGES AT LANGHAUGANE ...

Ingahogg

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Haakon Fossen Øystein Jansen

At nearly 1000 metres over sea level, on the north side of INGAHOGG mountain, the remains of a soapstone quarry have been discovered. It is said, acco...

Skorpo

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Inge Aarseth

Skorpo - Polished by glaciers and meltwater ...

Halsnøy

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

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Bjørn Moe

Holmedalsberget

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

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Bjørn Moe

VIRGIN FOREST IN THE BOTTOM OF TVEITA ...

The Valen Fault

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Haakon Fossen

Mosnes

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Arve Tvede

The permanently-protected Mosneselva River, with its meltwater from Folgefonna, runs out into Åkra Fjord by the roadless and uninhabited Mosnes. Those...

Langfoss

Published: 06.02.2024

Langebudalen

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Bjørn Moe

Gjerde church

Churches, Cloisters, Christianity

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Nils Georg Brekke Hans Emil Lidén

Skånevik - Norwegian engine museum

Museums, nature conservation, cultural heritage

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Nils Georg Brekke

Åkrafjorden

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Nils Georg Brekke Magnus Saltnes Ingvald Skålnes

Frette

Dialects and arts

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Nils Georg Brekke

THE FRETTE PAINTERS...

The Halsnøy Boat

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Svein Indrelid Arne Emil Christensen

Skorven

Dialects and arts

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Nils Georg Brekke

Sydnes

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Svein Indrelid

COASTAL STONE CAIRNS AT HALSNØYA ...

Undarheim

Dialects and arts

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Nils Georg Brekke

Fet

Settlements, Villages, Towns

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Nils Georg Brekke Anne Hilde Nagel

Seim

People and Society

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Nils Georg Brekke

Tveito

Dialects and arts

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Nils Georg Brekke Tore Lande Moe

THE HAUGA HOUSE AND THE SKILBECK COLLECTION ...

Skålafjøro

Livelihood and Craftsmanship

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Nils Georg Brekke

THE SHIPYARD AT SKÅLAFJØRO...

Gjerde

Settlements, Villages, Towns

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Nils Georg Brekke

The West Country

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Knut Fægri

Hordaland er en scene for naturens mange vekslinger – i topografi, berggrunn, vegetasjon og dyreliv, gjennom klimaperioder og årstider. ...

Åsane

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...

Gaupås

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Haakon Fossen

Reppadalen

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

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Bjørn Moe

Skuggestranda

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Bjørn Moe

PARADISE FOR MOSSES ...

Sandviksfjellet

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Haakon Fossen

On Sandviksfjellet there are old boulders that have been made into mountains. The stones have been stretched out or squeezed together between huge sla...

Byfjorden

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Herman G.Gade

Swimming and fishing is fully possible in Byfjorden (By Fjord). The water is of good quality most places, after considerable resources have been used ...

Store Lungegårdsvannet

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Herman G.Gade

LUNG IN DANGER OF DISAPPEARING...

Bergen - Rain City

Weather and climate

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Endre Skaar Karsten Eitrheim

"With its strange situation (surrounded by high mountains), this city has the advantage of a beautiful port and considerable shipping, but also the di...

Byparken

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Stein Byrkjeland

It isn't true that hungry students have hunted down basking ducks in the city park Byparken in their spring fervour, as rumours may have it. But, it i...

Nygårdsparken

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Stein Byrkjeland

Fjellsiden

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Stein Byrkjeland

Møllendal graveyard is the winter home of the urban crows in Bergen. Those that do not want to stay overnight in the graveyard, perch in the lush deci...

Fløyfjellet

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Bjørn Moe

Munkebotsdalen

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Bjørn Moe

Isdalen

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...

Vidden

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Inge Aarseth Bjørn Moe

Rambjøra

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. ...

Fjøsanger

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Jan Mangerud

Fjøsanger is known among ice age researchers from around the world. Under an excavation in 1975-77, geologists from the University of Bergen found lay...

Nordåsvatnet

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Herman G.Gade

The Post-war Era came to Fana with its population growth and modern sanitary equipment. This had nearly catastrophic consequences for Nordåsvatnet as ...