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Bakholmen

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke Ronny B. Skaar
On Austre Bakholmen, a small islet of around 15 acres between Hundvåko and Drøni, lies the oldest trading centres in Austevoll. For a long time this w...

Hufthammar

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke Karl Johan Haugland
Farming in Austevoll has nearly all been in combination with fishing as the main industry. The farms in the district are therefore small, even in a we...

Krosshamn

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke
Krosshamn lies in the shipping lane northeast of Hundvåkøy, near Sandtorv. The name probably derives from the fact that this is Austevoll’s harbour si...

Strusshamn

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke Anders Bjarne Fossen
On the south side of Askøy, just west of Bergen, lies Strusshamn. The sheltered bay is one of the best harbours in Byfjorden, on the route south. At t...

Hop - Thomas Erichsens Minde

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke Anders Bjarne Fossen
From the 1500s Hop was noble estate for the law speaker in Bergen and Gulen judicial districts. Several of the law speakers were of noble descent, suc...

Kvalvåg

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke
Kvalvåg on Stolmen is first mentioned as a trading post in 1655, and in 1731 the owner Jens Meyer, was granted a royal trading privilege....

Ramsøy

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Svein Indrelid Nils Georg Brekke
“At thick of night a thundering knock on the door; the man in the house wakes up, jumps out and demands: Who cries? Yes, now you must out, the beacon ...

Herdla farm

People and Society
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke Anders Bjarne Fossen
Numerous finds show that the settlement at Herdla goes back to prehistoric times, and the large estate at Herdla has enjoyed a central place in the na...

Træet

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke Erling Virkesdal

Ask - The king's estate

People and Society
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke Anders Bjarne Fossen

Hop - The royal mounds

Archaeology
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Svein Indrelid

Herdla Church

Churches, Cloisters, Christianity
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke Hans Emil Liden
A letter from the Pope Eugenius 3 in 1146 mentions St. Nikolaus church at Herdla. This church belonged under Munkeliv monastery, which was founded in ...

Bekkjarvik

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke

Eidsbøen

Archaeology
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Svein Indrelid
Where the school and the sports facility lie at Eidsbøen there was previously a bog surrounded by small hillocks. More than 1000 years ago this was a ...