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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

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 ...

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...

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

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...

Seglberget

Wildlife
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Stein Byrkjeland
HOUSE MARTINS IN STONE WALLS...

Granvinsvassdraget

Wildlife
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

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...

Lussand - geology

Bedrock
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...

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 ...

Raundalen

Wildlife
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

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...

Holo

Plant life
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

Wildlife
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

Wildlife
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...

Ulvund

Plant life
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

Bedrock
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

Wildlife
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

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....

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

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 ...

Vosso

Wildlife
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...

The Vosso river network

Landscape
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...

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 ...

Hisøya

Plant life
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Ove Gjerde
"I am going to prove to you that I am right". That is what the idealist and county doctor Christian Heitmann is supposed to have said in the early 189...

Sørøyane

Wildlife
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Stein Byrkjeland Knut Fægri
SØRØYANE - THE MOST IMPORTANT SEABIRD LOCALITY IN HORDALAND ...

Hallaråker

Landscape
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: John-Inge Svendsen
RAISED BEACHES BY HALLARÅKER-SØNSTABØ ...

Erslandsvatnet

Wildlife
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Stein Byrkjeland
CANADA GEESE - AN IMPORT WITH AN AFTER TASTE ...

Bergesfjellet

Bedrock
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Haakon Fossen
Both in its appearance and origin, Bergesfjellet mountain resembles Hårteigen on Hardangervidda, even though Hårteigen is a bit bigger. ...

Ånuglo

Plant life
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Per Harald Salvesen Stein Byrkjeland
Take a tour to Ånuglo on a warm summer's day. You can anchor up in Skipavågen and go exploring along the beach. Or, you can find giant holly trees and...

Espevik

Bedrock
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Haakon Fossen
220 million years ago, glowing hot molten rock masses intruded into fractures in the earth's crust in the outer parts of Hordaland. Some of these are ...

Lokksundet

Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Herman G.Gade
If you should happen to be in a small boat in Lokksundet sound when the ocean currents from the fjord meet the counter currents in the sound, you will...

Espevikpollen

Wildlife
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Endre Skaar
OYSTER DAMS ...

Flakkavågen

Wildlife
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Stein Byrkjeland
BLOOD SUCKERS...

Midt-Våge

Published: 06.02.2024
Author: William Helland-Hansen
VISIT FROM THE UNIVERSE ABOVE ...

Vernøya

Plant life
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Anders Lundberg
If you smell a foul smell out in nature, you mustn't immediately think that the reason is cloaca from houses or cabins. The reason can be an entirely ...

Vevatnet

Wildlife
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Stein Byrkjeland