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Kvalvåg

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke
Kvalvåg on Stolmen is first mentioned as a trading post in 1655, and in 1731 the owner Jens Meyer, was granted a royal trading privilege....

Bakholmen

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke Ronny B. Skaar
On Austre Bakholmen, a small islet of around 15 acres between Hundvåko and Drøni, lies the oldest trading centres in Austevoll. For a long time this w...

Hufthammar

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke Karl Johan Haugland
Farming in Austevoll has nearly all been in combination with fishing as the main industry. The farms in the district are therefore small, even in a we...

Krosshamn

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke
Krosshamn lies in the shipping lane northeast of Hundvåkøy, near Sandtorv. The name probably derives from the fact that this is Austevoll’s harbour si...

Notaholmen

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke
The fishnet shed at Notaholmen stands as a reminder of the days when people used to row out on the fjord to set their nets. On Notaholmen the nets wer...

Håkonshallen

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Per Jahn Lavik
In 1266 “brann hallin i Biorgyn” (the hall in Biorgyn burned down) the Icelandic annals recount. The building we call Håkonshallen must be one of the ...

The Rosenkrantz tower

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Per Jahn Lavik
In the Scholeus engraving (section on the right) from the 1850s the fortified king’s estate at the entrance to Vågen has become a modern Renaissance p...

Bryggen

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Per Jahn Lavik
In the 1300s Bergen was a trading centre of European dimension. The town is thought to have had around 7000 inhabitants and was the largest and most i...

Vågsbunnen

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Per Jahn Lavik
Vågsbotn was the name of the innermost part of the eastern part of town from Auta-almenning (today’s Vetrlidsalmenning), skirting the bottom of Vågen ...

Strandsiden

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Per Jahn Lavik
During the 1300s Strandsiden changed from a rural area with a monastery to a pulsating trading centre with boathouses, storehouses and embankment....

Verftet

Livelihood and Craftsmanship
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Per Jahn Lavik
Today the name “Verftet” is linked to both a district and conglomeration of buildings lying protected by Fredriksberg castle. The original shipyard wa...

Sandviken

Livelihood and Craftsmanship
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Per Jahn Lavik Trygve Fett
Close to the tunnel opening at Amalie Skrams vei in Ssandviken, there is a cultural monument of European dimensions; a rope making works that produced...

Strusshamn

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke Anders Bjarne Fossen
On the south side of Askøy, just west of Bergen, lies Strusshamn. The sheltered bay is one of the best harbours in Byfjorden, on the route south. At t...

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

Korsfjorden

Wildlife
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Stein Byrkjeland Nils Georg Brekke
IN DEEP WATER...

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 ...

Bekkjarvik

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