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The Fjord - a blue lung

Landscape

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Herman G. Gade

The West Coast of Norway, with its deep fjords that carve far into the high mountains, is one of the most characteristic and - many would say - beauti...

Last Ice Age

Landscape

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Jan Mangerud

The continental glacier that covered Hordaland was like a great power that had decisive influence over our natural history. The glaciers which at the ...

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...

Glaciers

Landscape

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Atle Nesje Svein Olaf Dahl Arve Tvede Jostein Bakke

Two of Norway's - and mainland Europe's - largest glaciers, in addition to a number of smaller glaciers, lie in Hordaland. This eternal ice is easily ...

Hesjedals waterfall

Published: 06.02.2024

Hana

Bedrock

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Øystein Jansen

Finsefetene

Wildlife

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Stein Byrkjeland

Lussand-roadwork

Communications

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Nils Georg Brekke

The road along the north side of the Hardanger fjord - between Øystese and Eide in Granvin – was literally built “by hand”. The construction work sta...

Hausberget

Landscape

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Inge Aarseth

From Dense Forest to Open Heathlands

Plant life

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Mons Kvamme

The outer frame - the coast, the fjord and the mountains - are an inheritance from the country's geological history. But what, more than anything else...

The Landscape

Landscape

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Johan Naterstad

If you have passed Fossli on your way eastwards, where the Vøringsfossen waterfall plummets down the ravine carved by the Ice Age, a little further ah...

Bygda Dyrdal

Landscape

Grend / Hamlet

Published: 01.10.2007

Author: Trude Knutzen Knagenhjelm

A small greenstone (greenschist) axe from the Stone Age may be an indication that there has been a settlement since prehistoric times in the village o...

Rimbareid - Vestbøstad

Wildlife

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Stein Byrkjeland

At nesting time you cannot avoid hearing the calls of the curlew or the snipe along the narrow road through the cultural landscape from Rimbareid to V...

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, ...

Botnavatnet

Landscape

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Haakon Fossen

BOTNAVATNET - A RESULTOF EFFECTIVE GLACIER WORK ...

Fluøyane

Wildlife

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Stein Byrkjeland

The richest seabird localities in Bjørna Fjord are FLUØYANE, a group of small and medium-sized islets just east of the entrance to Våge. Here, we see ...

Toftøyna

Bedrock

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Haakon Fossen

FOLDS: NATURE'S ART ...

Toftestallen

Industry, Energy and Natural Resources

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Herman G. Gade

The large coastal waves that crash down on the islands west in the sea gather their energy from storms and winds all the way out in the North Atlantic...

Power line

Industry, Energy and Natural Resources

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Stein Byrkjeland

When the terminal at Kollsnes in Øygarden was going to be extended in the 1990s, environmental organisations, the local community and politicians dema...

Strømsnes

Settlements, Villages, Towns

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Nils Georg Brekke Anders Bjarne Fossen

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...

Skogseidvatnet

Wildlife

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Stein Byrkjeland

Lake Skogseidvatnet is the most famous fishing lake in Hordaland, with good stocks of both char and trout. There is fishing here throughout the year: ...

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

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

Wildlife

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Stein Byrkjeland

SONG SWANS IN LAKE FRØLAND ...

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

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...

Frøland - Liarostunnel

Bedrock

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Haakon Fossen

Steinevik

Plant life

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Bjørn Moe

Møkster - seabirds

Wildlife

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Stein Byrkjeland

Fish and guests smell after three days, it is said. The cormorants do not need this long. If you follow your nose, the cormorant is not difficult to f...

Møkster - botany

Plant life

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Bjørn Moe Anders Lundberg Knut Krzywinski

Møkstrafjordøyane

Bedrock

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Haakon Fossen Erling Rykkelid

The sea keeps the bedrock in the outer skerries smooth and clean. When the bedrock is also varied and interesting, the setting is perfect for a discov...

Drøna

Bedrock

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Haakon Fossen Erling Rykkelid

GUEST FROM THE EARTH'S INTERIOR ...

Lysekloster - Mushroom flora

Plant life

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Olav Aas

The area around Lysekloster is one of the most popular places in Hordaland for picking mushrooms. The large variety of mushrooms probably stems from t...

Sjøbøelva river

Wildlife

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Stein Byrkjeland

Pøyla

Plant life

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Anders Lundberg

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...

Ulven

Bedrock

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Haakon Fossen

In the region of Ulven phyllite occurs with Hordaland's youngest fossils, and a beautiful quartz conglomerate. The phyllite and conglomerate got squee...

Ulvensletta

Landscape

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Stein Bondevik

Ulvenvatnet

Wildlife

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Stein Byrkjeland

Lake Ulvenvatnet is thought to be the most species rich wetlands in the municipality. Despite this, the area is not protected, nor is it likely ever t...

Villelia

Plant life

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Bjørn Moe

Oselva

Wildlife

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Stein Byrkjeland Arve Tved

Oselvo is the biggest waterway on the Bergen peninsula, with sources in Gullfjellet and Sveningen. There is a fall of only 60 metres along the entire ...

Søfteland

Weather and climate

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Kåre Utaaker

If you drive between Søfteland and Ulven on a clear spring morning, or an evening in late autumn, you are advised to be careful on the turns. The temp...

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...

Dalskarvatnet–Dyvikvågen

Bedrock

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Haakon Fossen Bjørn Neumann

Many of the fossils one finds on Stord are related to fossils of the same age found in North America. Scientists thinks this indicates that the bedroc...

Sævarhagsvikjo

Wildlife

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Stein Byrkjeland

Most of the shoreline toward the sea in Sunnhordland is stony and steep. Therefore, flat tidal areas are scarce, yet these are especially important fo...

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...

Iglatjødno

Wildlife

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Stein Byrkjeland

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...

Tveit Mine

Bedrock

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Øystein Jansen

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 ...

Engesundsvatnet

Wildlife

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Stein Byrkjeland

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 ...

Finnås

Bedrock

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Haakon Fossen

At Flintaneset by Finnåsvika, in the centre of the municipality, we find the most beautiful and best preserved igneous rocks in western Norway. We mus...

Siggjo

Bedrock

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Haakon Fossen

Siggjo is a cone-shaped, volcano-like mountaintop in the part of Hordaland where one finds the best preserved volcanic rocks. The rock types originate...

Moster

Plant life

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Bjørn Moe

Urangsvågen-Rubbestadneset

Bedrock

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Haakon Fossen

In 1868 the first stone workers came to Rubbestadneset to take out the granite for the Skoltegrunns Pier, predecessor of the Skoltegrunns wharf in Ber...

Kattnakken–Stovegolvet

Bedrock

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Haakon Fossen

The highest mountainous area on Stord, including Kattnakken, Midtfjellet and Stovegolvet, has more in common with the mountainous terrain on the mainl...

Børtveit

Weather and climate

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Endre Skaar

Børtveit is known to be a place with a lot of rain. We must go to Samnanger or Indre Matre to find a higher rainfall. The average rainfall on Børtveit...

Glesvær

Wildlife

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...

Vatlestraumen

Bedrock

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Haakon Fossen

There are coal bits hidden in the sand under Vatlestraumen. These remains from a geological layer from the Jurassic Period were discovered when the un...

Litlesotra

Wildlife

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Stein Byrkjeland

CORAL REEFS ...

Fjell river network

Landscape

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Geir H.Johnsen

There are many river networks out by the coast and they tend to be small and unassuming. The farmer has relied upon the watercourses to run his mill a...

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 ...

Ågotnes - crystals

Bedrock

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

Wildlife

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Stein Byrkjeland

STONECHAT ...

Tjeldstømarka

Wildlife

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

Wildlife

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

Landscape

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

Bedrock

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...

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

Herdla - Migrating birds

Wildlife

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

Wildlife

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

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 ...

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 ...

Hanøy

Bedrock

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

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

Spildepollen

Bedrock

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...

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...

The pioneers who discovered the natural history of Hordaland

People and Society

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Knut Fægri Hilde Sandvik William Helland-Hansen Bjarne Meidell Dagfinn Moe

When Professor Emeritus Knut Fægri (1909-2001) was asked to write the book's chapter about the natural science pioneers of Hordaland, he answered uneq...

The bedrock of western Norway

Bedrock

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Haakon Fossen

Much is hidden from us, but we know some of the main features in the history behind the different rock types and minerals that surround us. The Hordal...

The Precambrian Era and Precambrian basement rocks

Bedrock

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Haakon Fossen

Almost nothing is as solid, unchangeable and stable as the Norwegian Precambrian basement rocks. Here, there are no volcanic eruptions or violent eart...

Hordaland as high as the Himalayas - the Caledonian mountain chain

Bedrock

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Haakon Fossen

The Himalaya Mountain Chain is being formed by the Indian continental plate colliding w the Asian continent. This happens because the earth’s continen...

The mountain chain disappears – and the dinosaurs arrive!

Bedrock

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Haakon Fossen

The Caledonian mountain chain is an example of how plate movements and continental drift can cause collisions and the upheaval of huge mountain chains...

Stone quarry in Hordaland

Industry, Energy and Natural Resources

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Øystein J. Jansen

Hordaland has been through several "Stone Ages". The first was in the real Stone Age, with Bømlo as its centre. Hard stone as tools and weapons was th...

Mining in Hordaland

Industry, Energy and Natural Resources

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Øystein J. Jansen

Ølve has the oldest known mines in Hordaland. In 1642, privilege was granted by the king to build an iron works in Jernsmuget on the property of Lille...

Petroleum riches off the coast of Hordaland

Industry, Energy and Natural Resources

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: William Helland-Hansen

Already in the 1750s, Erik Pontioppidan fantasized about the possibility of petroleum in the North Sea, in "Forsøg til Norges naturlige Historie" (= S...

Bjellandsvatnet

Wildlife

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Stein Byrkjeland

Lake Bjellandsvatnet is one of the richest wetland areas in Sveio. But, everything has its limit, and the supply of nutrients can be too much. This is...

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...

Einstapevoll - slates

Bedrock

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Haakon Fossen

“On the country of Wallestrand…the rock almost everywhere appears to be of a slate-like substance, be it at the seashore, on the farms or in their dis...

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

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...

Gildrehola

Bedrock

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Stein Erik Lauritzen

Møkjedalen

Plant life

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Bjørn Moe

NORWAY'S BIGGEST YEW TREE ...

Ølve - Mining

Bedrock

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

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...

Bondhusdalen

Landscape

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

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...

Melderskin

Landscape

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

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 ...

Ingahogg

Bedrock

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

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 ...

The Valen Fault

Landscape

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Haakon Fossen

Espevær-The UFO-Ring

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Olav Aas

In Svartaneset on the west side of Espevær in October of 1975, a large oval imprint was discovered in an undulating field, where the grass had been fl...

Espevær - lobster park

Settlements, Villages, Towns

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Stein Byrkjeland William Helland-Hansen

The first Lobster Park in Espevær was built in 1887, and at the most there were three here. Operations ceased in 1957. The one lobster park that remai...

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...

Lykling - gold

Bedrock

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Brian Robins Haakon Fossen

During the summer of 1979 a rock was found at Lykling in Bømlo that contained 450 grams of gold, and at the end of the 1980s a great many gold samples...

Etnedeltaet

Landscape

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Sveil Olaf Dahl Stein Byrkjeland

During the latter half of the 1900s the big natural river deltas on Westland disappeared. Until the 1980s there was still a small, but significant rem...

Etne river

Wildlife

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Stein Byrkjeland

There is still life to be found that is just “hanging on a string”. The Etne river has been the most important river for sports- fisherman in Hordalan...

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 ...

Krokavatnet

Landscape

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Kuvvet Atakan Haakon Fossen

On Sunday the 29th of January, 1989, at 17:38 o'clock, Etna shook. The earthquake, with its epicentre ca. 9 kilometres south of Etne centre, had a str...

Stordalen

Wildlife

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Stein Byrkjeland Mary Losvik

When the Etne water system was protected in 1994, preservation of the cultural landscape in Stordalen Valley was a a main objective. This is a valley ...

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

Mosnes

Landscape

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

Landscape

Published: 06.02.2024

Langebudalen

Plant life

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Bjørn Moe

The West Country

Landscape

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

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...

Gaupås

Bedrock

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Haakon Fossen

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

Skuggestranda

Plant life

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Bjørn Moe

PARADISE FOR MOSSES ...

Sandviksfjellet

Bedrock

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

Wildlife

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

Wildlife

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Stein Byrkjeland

Fjellsiden

Wildlife

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

Plant life

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Bjørn Moe

Munkebotsdalen

Plant life

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Bjørn Moe

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...

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. ...

Fjøsanger

Bedrock

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 ...

Marmorøyen

Bedrock

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Haakon Fossen

Rådalen

Plant life

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Bernt-Håvard Øyen

"...it would not be of any particular economical interest to support the planting of forest as the forest that can be cultivated will leave much to be...

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...

Skårsvatnet

Wildlife

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

Landscape

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Inge Aarseth

"GIANT FEMALE TROLL" ...

Fykse

Landscape

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Inge Aarseth

LANDSLIDE AT FYKSE ...

Stølsdalen

Wildlife

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

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...

Sålesnes

Bedrock

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...

Herand - geologi

Bedrock

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Øystein Jansen

SCULPTURES IN THE BEDROCK...

Oksen

Weather and climate

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Endre Skaar

OKSEN – A WEATHER PREDICTOR...

Djønno

Wildlife

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Stein Byrkjeland

LION ANT...

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 ...

Matre - Salmon spot

Wildlife

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Stein Byrkjeland

BEST SALMON SPOT IN THE COUNTY...

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 ...

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

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...

Raunøya

Wildlife

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

Plant life

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 ...

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 - Red-throated diver

Wildlife

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

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...

Lonelva

Wildlife

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...

Litlandsvatnet

Bedrock

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

Wildlife

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Stein Byrkjeland

SALMON LADDER IN HELLANDSFOSSEN WATERFALL ...

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...

Steinslandsvatnet

Landscape

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

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...

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