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The farm Dyrdal

Gardsbruk / Farm

Published: 03.05.2007

Author: Åsmund Ohnstad

The Dyrdal farm is located down by the fjord on the northwest side of the Nærøyfjord and west of the river Dyrdalselva. The old farmyard lies on a ter...

The small town of Undredal

Bygd / Village

Published: 25.09.2007

Author: Trude Knutzen Knagenhjelm

Undredal is a very special small town, located about half-way into the Aurlandsfjord. Until the late 1980s, the town could only be reached by boat. To...

Styvi

Grend / Hamlet

Published: 26.09.2007

Author: Trude Knutzen Knagenhjelm

Styvi is one of the four hamlets or main farms along the Nærøyfjord. It consists of two farms and the "spring farm" of Hølmo. In addition, the farm ha...

Memorial stone for Andrias Bryn at Gudvangen

People and Society

Monument / Monument

Published: 11.10.2000

Author: Hermund Kleppa

Close to the main road at Gudvangen there is a memorial stone commemorating the seaman Andrias Bryn, born 1918. He went to sea before the Second World...

The waterfalls in the valley of Nærøydalen

Settlements, Villages, Towns

Foss / Waterfall

Published: 15.11.2007

Author: Trude Knutzen Knagenhjelm

The impressive waterfalls in the innermost part of Nærøydalen - Sivlefossen and Stalheimsfossen are famous tourist attractions. They are both examples...

The waterfalls in Flåm and along the Aurlandsfjord

Settlements, Villages, Towns

Foss / Waterfall

Published: 15.11.2007

Author: Trude Knutzen Knagenhjelm

In the valley of Flåmsdalen and along the Aurlandsfjord the landscape is dominated by a number of waterfalls. Some of them are among the most famous t...

Beitelen

Settlements, Villages, Towns

Fjell / Mountain

Published: 15.11.2007

Author: Trude Knutzen Knagenhjelm

Beitelen is one of the most famous landmarks in the Nærøyfjorden World Heritage area. The characteristic mountain top offers an excellent view of the ...

Vangen church

Churches, Cloisters, Christianity

Kyrkje / Church

Published: 07.07.1999

Author: Torkjell Djupedal Sigurd Vengen Anders Gjerde

Vangen church is a longchurch built of stone at Aurlandsvangen. The church, in an early Gothic style, is probably built in two turns in the 13th centu...

Flåm church

Churches, Cloisters, Christianity

Kyrkje / Church

Published: 07.07.1999

Author: Torkjell Djupedal Sigurd Vengen Anders Gjerde

Flåm church is a wooden longchurch from 1670. The church has a seating capacity of 160 and was built by the master builder Magne Essen. This church...

Undredal church

Churches, Cloisters, Christianity

Kyrkje / Church

Published: 07.07.1999

Author: Torkjell Djupedal Sigurd Vengen Anders Gjerde

Undredal church is a stave church from the mid-12th century. The church, with a seating capacity of only 40, has since the early 18th century been cla...

Bakka church

Churches, Cloisters, Christianity

Kyrkje / Church

Published: 07.07.1999

Author: Torkjell Djupedal Sigurd Vengen Anders Gjerde

Bakka church is a so-called longchurch made of wood, located in the hamlet of Bakka in the Nærøyfjord. The church, with a seating capacity of 200, was...

The church at Rygg

Kyrkje / Church

Published: 07.07.1999

Author: Ingvar Vikesland

Rygg is located just above Aurlandsvangen. This is the site of a stave church that was probably erected about 1130. The area adjacent to the church si...

The graveyard in the valley of Aurdalen

Churches, Cloisters, Christianity

Gravplass / Cementery

Published: 07.07.1999

Author: Ingvar Vikesland

The high farm of Østerbø in the valley of Aurdalen got its own graveyard in 1858. It was used until 1911, when the last person was buried there. Peopl...

School districts and school buildings in Aurland

Skule / School

Published: 07.07.1999

Author: Ingvar Vikesland

Aurland is a municipality with many fjords and mountains. The road to school was often long for the pupils, and during the winter months it could also...

The pale linden tree in the Nærøyfjord - a botanical curiosity

Plante / Plant

Published: 02.02.2002

Author: Hermund Kleppa

Close to the head of the Nærøyfjord, a short distance up from the sea straight across the fjord from Bakka, we find the pale linden tree (lime tree). ...

The village of Vassbygdi

Settlements, Villages, Towns

Grend / Hamlet

Published: 12.11.2007

Author: Trude Knutzen Knagenhjelm

"The people who live above this lake are called 'Vassbygder' and the parish stretches eastwards up to the road leading to the valley of Hallingdal in ...

The village of Flåm

Settlements, Villages, Towns

Bygd / Village

Published: 12.11.2007

Author: Trude Knutzen Knagenhjelm

Aurlandsvangen

Settlements, Villages, Towns

Bygd / Village

Published: 12.11.2007

Author: Trude Knutzen Knagenhjelm

The place name of Aurlandsvangen comprises a large area, corresponding to the Vangen "sokn" (sub-parish). This includes the farms along the fjord from...

The hamlet of Stalheim

Archaeology

Grend / Hamlet

Published: 12.11.2007

Author: Trude Knutzen Knagenhjelm

The hamlet of Stalheim consists of the farms Stalheim, Brekke, Sivle and Sivlesøy in the municipality of Voss. The hamlet can be looked upon as a gate...

The Sivle memorial at Flåm

Monument / Monument

Published: 25.04.2002

Author: Hermund Kleppa

A number of memorial stones for the author Per Sivle have been erected, - on his grave in Drammen, at Stalheim, at Voss and at Elverum. In Aurland t...

The Royal Postal Road Bleiklindi - Styvi in the Nærøyfjord

Communications

Veg / Road

Published: 07.07.1999

Author: Kristin Ese

The present main road between Oslo and Bergen follows more or less the same route as the old postal roads did. However, from Lærdal it no longer follo...

Opposition to the Flåm Railway

Communications

Strid / Strife

Published: 07.07.1999

Author: Kristin Ese

When the Norwegian Parliament (Stortinget) in 1883 decided that the line for the Bergen Railway would go by way of Myrdal and Finse, the county counci...

The Flåm Railway - built 1923-1940

Communications

Jarnbane / Railway

Published: 07.07.1999

Author: Kristin Ese

On 10 July 1908, the Norwegian Parliament - Stortinget - decided to build a railway line between Myrdal and Flåm. The work was not begun until 1923, a...

The road through the Flåmsdalen valley - construction road and tourist road

Communications

Veg / Road

Published: 07.07.1999

Author: Kristin Ese

In 1893, the Norwegian Parliament - Stortinget - decided that the Oslo-Bergen railway line would go by way of Voss and Myrdal. The construction of the...

Local-historical centre at Aurland

Museum / Museum

Published: 07.07.1999

Author: Ingvar Vikesland

The local-historical centre is located in the old municipal building at Aurlandsvangen. The centre offers a series of exhibits and services for the ge...

The high farm of Sinjarheim in the valley of Aurlandsdalen

Settlements, Villages, Towns

Gardsbruk / Farm

Published: 07.07.1999

Author: Anders Gjerde

In the valley of Aurlandsdalen there are many deserted farms, and Sinjarhiem is one of these. The farm has a high location on a hill with gorges, ca...

The farm Stigen

Gardsbruk / Farm

Published: 07.07.1999

Author: Åsmund Ohnstad

Stigen is located on the western side of the Aurlandsfjord, about 200 metres southeast of Beitelen and the entrance to the Nærøyfjord. The farm is loc...

The farm Nedbergo

Gardsbruk / Farm

Published: 07.07.1999

Author: Åsmund Ohnstad

Nedbergo is located on the eastern side of the Aurlandsfjord, 300-400 metres northeast of Undredal. It is a steep climb up from the fjord, about 540...

The farm Horten

Gardsbruk / Farm

Published: 07.07.1999

Author: Åsmund Ohnstad

Horten is located on the eastern side of the Aurlandsfjord, about 560 metres above sea level, and about one kilometre north of Nedbergo. It is possibl...

Fretheim hotel in Flåm

Losji / Accommodation

Published: 07.07.1999

Author: Anders Gjerde

Flåm is one of the most popular tourist destinations in the county of Sogn og Fjordane. The main reason is the Flåm Railway which winds its way up t...

The Nærøyfjord

Fjord / Fjord

Published: 07.07.1999

Author: Anders Gjerde

At Beitelen the Aurlandsfjord separates into two fjord branches. The eastern fjord branch is the wider and is considered a continuation of the Aurla...

Vikingvang Hotel at Gudvangen

Losji / Accommodation

Published: 07.07.1999

Author: Åsmund Ohnstad

The history of the village of Gudvangen starts about 1800. In that year the innkeeper of Arnehus at Dyrdal, Jens Knutsen Kappadal, moved to Gudvange...

The track up to the mountain farm of Rimstigen

Communications

Veg / Road

Published: 23.02.2006

Author: Åsmund Ohnstad

The farms of Bakka and Tufto are located on the western side of the Nærøyfjord about six kilometres north of the village of Gudvangen. In the mountain...

Sculpture of Pål Bårdsson - vicar at Undredal and archbishop

Monument / Monument

Published: 06.10.2005

Author: Hermund Kleppa

Many churches have portraits of their own previous vicars going back many centuries. However, no church can match the Undredal church in this respect....

The big "river theft" in the valley of Nærøydalen

Naturformasjon / Natural structure

Published: 19.05.2005

Author: Inge Aarseth

The river of Nærøydalselvi has not always been as big as it is today. Throughout the last few ice ages it has stolen many tributary rivers which previ...

Memorial stone commemorating women's graves at Skaim

People and Society

Monument / Monument

Published: 08.12.2005

Author: Hermund Kleppa Svein Indrelid

On the northern side of the church at Aurlandsvangen there is a stone linked to a prehistoric find of a grave at the farm Skaim. The stone has been er...

Women's graves at Skaim- settlement for 15 centuries

Historisk plass / Historical site

Published: 08.12.2005

Author: Svein Indrelid

In the spring of 1964 there was some cultivation work going on at the farm of Skaim. This work included removing some rock heaps left from clearing th...

The hamlet of Bakka

Weather and climate

Grend / Hamlet

Published: 07.10.2007

Author: Trude Knutzen Knagenhjelm

The small hamlet of Bakka consists of the farms Bakka and Tufto. In the Nærøyfjord these two farms on the right-hand side are the last two farms that ...

The village of Gudvangen

Settlements, Villages, Towns

Grend / Hamlet

Published: 06.10.2007

Author: Trude Knutzen Knagenhjelm

Gudvangen is located at the very head of the Nærøyfjord, covering a distance from Stalheim in the western part of the valley of Nærøydalen to Dyrdal f...

The Stegastein Lookout Point

Utsiktspunkt / Viewpoint

Published: 18.09.2007

Author: Trude Knutzen Knagenhjelm

The lookout point and the adjacent car park of Stegastein are located on the old mountain road between Aurland and Lærdal - county road 243 - has been...

The waterfalls in the Nærøyfjord

Weather and climate

Foss / Waterfall

Published: 15.11.2007

Author: Trude Knutzen Knagenhjelm

There are as many as 25 waterfalls of various sizes along the Nærøyfjord. The waterfall called Kjelfossen is the most impressive of these, but there a...

The mountain farm Langhuso in the valley of Undredalsdalen

Settlements, Villages, Towns

Støl / Mountain farm

Published: 13.03.2006

Author: Åsmund Ohnstad

The farms of Undredal and Hjøllo are located close together on the western side of the Aurlandsfjord, about five kilometres south of the entrance to...

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