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Hesjedals waterfall

Published: 06.02.2024

Dale power station

Industry, Energy and Natural Resources
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke
In 1923 Bergenshalvøens Kommunale Kraftselskap (BKK) expropriated large areas for power plants and development of hydropower started soon afterwards. ...

Lavik

Churches, Cloisters, Christianity
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke Karl Egil Johansen
THE LAYMAN CHIEFTAINS FROM LAVIK...

Hana

Bedrock
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Øystein Jansen

Berge

Livelihood and Craftsmanship
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke Olav Tveiten
Down by the fjord on the farm Berge in Tørvikbygd, is Stekkavika – a sheltered eastward facing harbour, protected against the fjord by headlands and r...

Bru

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke
Bruosen is one of the few river harbours in the county. As landing place for the churchgoers, this place and the boatshed environment follow a traditi...

Tangarås

Dialects and arts
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke
From his loft window on the doctor’s farm at Tangarås the young Hans Ernst Kinck had a view of the fjord and the Mauranger mountains. The fjord settle...

Nes

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke
The farm Nes lies directly inside Mundheim on a forested headland in the fjord between Mundheimsvika and Bondesundet, a farm with an attractive and we...

Dale farm

Archaeology
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Svein Indrelid
The Dale farm lies well situated on the gravel by the river, below the mountain Beitelen. But a few stone throws further north, on the wide expanse be...

Straume - Salmon

Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke
From times immemorial salmon and trout have been caught with various tools in the fjord and the streams here. Finds in the Stone Age settlements at Sk...

Stamnes

Archaeology
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Svein Indrelid Ågot Gammersvik Øystein Jansen

Gullbrå

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke
From written sources we know that the farm Gullbrå was in use early in the 1600s. The Apostolic church in Bergen owned land here that it rented out, b...

Botnen

Landscape
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke
Fyksesundet and Botnagrenda present a fine experience of the landscape and cultural history; a geographically isolated local settlement with extensive...

Øystese - Kvam rural museum

Museums, nature conservation, cultural heritage
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke
KVAM RURAL MUSEUM ...

Norheim

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke
Norheim, “the farm by the narrow sound” is mentioned in a diploma from the Middle Ages and in an inheritance document. This is one of the large farms ...

Vikøy

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke Hans Emil Lidén
Through Adolph Tidemand’s detailed close-ups of smokehouses in Kvam, the vicarage in Vikøy, where he lived during his painting trips through Hardanger...

Vangdal

Archaeology
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Svein Indrelid Nils Georg Brekke
At Salthamaren in Vangdalsberget it is thought that salt was burned some time in history, and deep layers of coal in the ground show that fire has bee...

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 ...

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...

Lake Nesheimvatnet

Wildlife
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Stein Byrkjeland

Ekso

Wildlife
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Stein Byrkjeland
In the late 1800s, Ekso was known among the nobility in England as having among the best salmon rivers. In summer the Lords could haul in big fish of ...

Bergsdalen

Bedrock
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Haakon Fossen
The mountains of western Norway are lovely to wander in. In Cambro-Silurian time it was the mountain itself that wandered. The mountain, or more corre...

Moastølen

Plant life
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Bjørn Moe
TROLL FOREST AT MOASTØLEN...

Skipshelleren

Archaeology
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Stein Byrkjeland, Svein Indrelid
For vel 7000 år sidan var Straume ein av dei beste – om ikkje den beste – veideplassen i Hordaland. Steinalderfolket som busette seg ved Skipshelleren...

Skreien

Bedrock
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Haakon Fossen
VAKSDALSTEIN TO BERGEN ...

Mundheim

Landscape
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Inge Aarseth Bjørn Moe
At Mundheim there is a dangerous stretch of the highway. The mountainside has given way several times in this area. Typically, it happens in the sprin...

Froastad

Bedrock
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Haakon Fossen Villand Reutz
RAW MATERIALS FOR MUSIC - AND FOR MOSQUITOS ...

Vesoldo

Landscape
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Haakon Fossen Bjørn Moe
Folds are to be found everywhere in the remains of the Caledonian mountain chain. Some were formed during the collision with Greenland, others stem fr...

Aksnesholmane

Wildlife
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Stein Byrkjeland
There are especially many seabirds inwards along the fjords of western Norway. There are not many islets, either, so if the birds want to nest, it is ...

Kvamskogen

Bedrock
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Haakon Fossen
The different bedrock types that got shoved in over Hordaland in Cambro-Silurian times still remain, layer by layer, almost like a cake. But at Kvamsk...

Rindarne moraine

Landscape
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Inge Aarseth
MORAINE RIDGES The Rindarne moraine is visible from the right stretch of road in Eikedalen, toward Kvamskogen. Northeast of Lake Eikedalstvatnet it s...

Hårbrekke

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

Skogasel

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke
A RENAISSANCE LODGING HOUSE ...

Haugatun

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Torgeir Alvsaker
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke Kjell Andresen
Close to the main road at Bru lies a large well-proportioned building with classical features; of size most like a church, with church vestibule and a...

Strandebarm

Livelihood and Craftsmanship
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke Atle Ove Martinussen
BOAT-BUILDING IN STRANDEBARM Doing work in addition to farming has long traditions in Strandebarm, and work connected to various craft activities has...

Vikingnes

Archaeology
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Svein Indrelid
STONE MOUNDS ALONG THE FJORD ...

Veafjorden

Wildlife
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Stein Byrkjeland
Some decades ago, Veafjord and the currents in toward the bigger rivers were the most likely places to see harbour seals in Hordaland. In the summer f...

Vaksdal

Industry, Energy and Natural Resources
Leif Grung
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke Christopher Harris

Dale

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke Anders Haaland
THE INDUSTRIAL SETTLEMENT OF DALE ...

Straume - maritime environment

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke
THE FRAME-BUILT BOATSHEDS AT STRAUME ...

Dalseid - Eidslandet road construction

Communications
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke

Høvik

Archaeology
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Svein Indrelid
NECK RINGS FROM HØVIK ...

Øystese - Ingebrigt Vik museum

Dialects and arts
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke Reidar Storaas
INGEBRIGT VIK – A CLASSICIST WITHIN NORWEGIAN SCULPTURE ...

Ålvik

Archaeology
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Svein Indrelid
BRONZE FIND FROM ÅLVIK...

Rosseland

Archaeology
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Svein Indrelid
Around 50 years ago a runic stone came to light in a barn wall at Rosseland. On one of the flat sides 25 runic signs had been carved. The letters are ...

Sandven

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke
THE COASTAL COMMUNITY AND SANDVEN HOTEL ...

Hardanger Maritime Museum

Museums, nature conservation, cultural heritage
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Geir Madsen

Tveit

Dialects and arts
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke Reidar Storaas

Vika

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke
The old smokehouse still left in the farmyard at Vikjo a little south of Omastrand, was protected in 1924. The smokehouse is from the 1500's. ...

Hamn

Archaeology
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Svein Indrelid
THE BOATSHED AT HAMN ...

Geitaknottane

Wildlife
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Morten Hage Bjørn Moe
Many travellers between Mundheim and Gjermundshamn are captivated by the expansive view toward Øynefjord, Varaldsøy and Folgefonna. The barren pine fo...