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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

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 ...