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Hesjedals waterfall

Published: 06.02.2024

Kvernhusvågen

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

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

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

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...

Bolstad

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke Johannes Gjerdåker
The village at Bolstadøyri acquired its structure around the middle of the 1800s, but from the old days there has been a meeting place here; court loc...

Evanger

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke
Evanger (from Old Norse ålvangr, “vang”, “voll” (field) where the horses may graze) is the place where the river from Vangsvatnet, the Voss watercours...

Kvilekvål

People and Society
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke Johannes Gjerdåker Aslak L.Hellev
The story of Knute Nelson is like the story of Jack the Dullard. From narrow and poor conditions in his home country he worked his way up to become go...

Rekvemylna

Industry, Energy and Natural Resources
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke
If you enter the farmyard at Rekve, some kilometres from Bulken, where the road departs to Giljarhus, you no longer meet “the miller”, Knut Hernes, in...

Finne

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke
Peter Bonde, who owned Finne towards the end of the 1200s, had a jumping stag in his family emblem. This stag is the origin for the heraldic blazon of...

Vangskyrkja

Churches, Cloisters, Christianity
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke Hans Emil Lidé
Vangskyrkja (Vangen church) is the largest of the medieval churches in Hordaland; one of the four “fjordung” churches in the county. A royal letter fr...

Mølster

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke Aslak T. Helleve
“Above the old Vossevangen lies the old Mølster family farm. It is situated on a hill, as family farms will do. It is as if chance has wanted to make ...

Fjose

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke Aslak T. Helleve
The farm Fjose lies uppermost in Tjukkebygdi, one of the good grain farms on the sunny side here. The woodcarver Styrk Fjose (1873-1937) came from thi...

Ringheim

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke Johannes Gjerdåker
The farm Ringheim by Lundarvatnet is amongst the largest in Voss. It is divided into eight units and four cadastral numbers: Store Ringheim, Indre Rin...

Hopland

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke Svein Indrelid
The farmhouses at holding No. 15 at Hopland are built together to form a long, continuous building, with dwelling house, hayshed and cowshed built in ...

Kjelstraumen

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke Aud Karin Skagen
If you take the sea route north you have several options. The various routes have been dealt with in history, and through the Middle Ages the traffic ...

Krossøy

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke Aud Karin Skagen
Furthest north in the island community Rongevær, at the entrance to Fensfjorden, lies Krossøy. Belonging to the farm are the islands of Krossøy, Husøy...

Kræmmerholmen

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke
Kræmmerholmen is one of the old privileged trading posts. From the 1600s all trading in West Norway took place in Bergen, and the farmers were obliged...

Hellisøy

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke
Hellisøy lighthouse was lit for the first time in 1855. The characteristic red cast-iron tower with two white belts is 33m high and a light height of ...

Vinappen

Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke
Vinappen lies on a low hill to the very west on the island. Here you have an amazing panorama of the sea. Originally the area was grazing land for cat...

Storegraven

Churches, Cloisters, Christianity
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke Hans Emil Lidén
The first mention of Granvin church in written sources is in 1306, but the church location must be far older than this. The farm Storegraven is centra...

Kongstun

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke
In the Middle Ages the farmers were under obligation to transport state officials. The bishops were entitled to 18 horses when they travelled about on...

Øvre Folkedal

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke
Folkedal, which today is like a small “detour” from the main highway, was in the Middle Ages centrally situated in one of the most important roads bet...

Matrehola

Archaeology
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Knut Andreas Bergsvik
On a large gravel terrace in Matredalen (the Matre valley), a couple of kilometres from the coastal settlement Matre, lies Storseterhilleren, at the e...

Mollandseid

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke Aud Karin Skagen
In Mollandsvågen, close by the river that runs from Mollandsvatnet (lake) into the fjord, are two water-powered circular saws and a mill. This small i...

Havrå

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke
In the sunny, steep fjord landscape along Sørfjorden on the east side of Osterøy is the farm Havrå. The small “hamlet” is one of the few undisturbed f...

Valestrandsfossen - tanning industry

Industry, Energy and Natural Resources
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke Anders Haaland
Valestrand became a centre for the tanning industry in Osterøy; one of the old crafts that has developed into a local industry with many places of wor...

Hamre Church

Churches, Cloisters, Christianity
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke Hans Emil Lidén
Hamre Church has, by all accounts been one of the four main churches in Horda County in the Middle Ages. Hamre was a main church for the whole of Hord...

Hosanger church

Churches, Cloisters, Christianity
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke Hans Emil Lidén
On Christmas Day 1795, at 5 a.m., the lightning struck the church in Hosanger. After three hours, the timbered church from the 1600s, which had replac...

Otterstad

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke
Tthe Otterstad farms lie in the innermost part of Mofjorden, on the northwest side of the river. The row of stave-built boatsheds that belong to the f...

Nottveit

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke
In one of the frame-built haysheds at Nottveit, at holding No. 3, we discover that several of the staves have a medieval look, with large dimensions a...

Stølsheimen

Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Dagfinn Moe Aud Karin Skagen Nils Georg Brekke
The large mountain area between Modalen, the Voss communities and Sogn is one of the finest mountain pasture areas in West Norway. In older times this...

Staup

Livelihood and Craftsmanship
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke Aslak T. Helleve
The farm STAUP lies on a shelf in the terrain above Løno. From the highway E16 it is possible to glimpse the houses through the trees. The farm is wit...

Tvinne

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke Johannes Gjerdåker
Following the introduction of fixed postal deliveries in Norway from 1647, post farms were appointed where the farmer was under obligation to bring th...

Oppheim

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke Ole Didrik Lærum
In the slope above Oppheim church lies the old vicarage at OPPHEIM. If you stroll up the road from the church you will arrive in a farmyard marked by ...

Stalheim

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke Johannes Gjerdåker Kaare Tønneberg
Stalheim is situated between Stalheimsfossen and Sivlefossen, in a community with the farms Sivle and Brekke. The most likely explanation of the name ...

Stalheimskleiva

Communications
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke Johannes Gjerdåker
From the oldest times on record in Norway one of the most important traffic arteries between west and east Norway has passed across Bolstad – Voss – S...

Matre - Salmon spot

Wildlife
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Stein Byrkjeland
BEST SALMON SPOT IN THE COUNTY...

Haugsdalen

Landscape
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Inge Aarseth Stein Byrkjeland
Early in the 1900s there were much larger salt water deltas in Hordaland. But, essentially all of the larger river deltas got filled in and regulated ...

Litlematre

Industry, Energy and Natural Resources
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Inge Aarseth
THE TERRACE THAT LEFT FOR THE CITY ...

Frøyset river network

Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Stein Byrkjeland
Frøyset river network is protected from power station-building - not because of its pristine nature - but because it is a typical river network for th...

Dyrdal

Landscape
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Inge Aarseth
If you journey along Austfjorden, you at the same time turn the pages of time back through Ice Age history. The landforms show how the landscape has d...

Raunøya

Wildlife
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Stein Byrkjeland
The sea birds discovered it long ago. Raunøya and the surrounding islands are the most beautiful places in Masfjorden....

Andvikedalen

Plant life
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Bjørn Moe
ELM- AND LIME TREE...

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 ...

Hellandsfossen

Wildlife
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Stein Byrkjeland
SALMON LADDER IN HELLANDSFOSSEN WATERFALL ...

Mostraumen

Landscape
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Inge Aarseth
Until 1743 the people from Modal had to wait for a flood in MOSTRAUMEN before they could draw their boats up the river current, and then row back acro...

Otterstadstølen

Plant life
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Bjørn Moe Stein Byrkjeland
Otterstadstølen lies in an idyllic grassy plain surrounded by rich forest, but also with high mountains close by. The mountainsides are steep and typi...

Nedre Helland - Sand Quarries

Industry, Energy and Natural Resources
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Inge Aarseth Nils Georg Brekke
The three spades in the municipal coat of arms for Modalen are sand spades. Sand quarrying has brought income and employment. As much as 70,000-80,000...

Nedre Helland - skred

Landscape
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Inge Aarseth
Many still remember when the avalanche struck Nedre Helland, on the 14th of August, 1953 14:30 o'clock. All of the buildings at one of the farms and t...

Steinslandsvatnet

Landscape
Published: 06.02.2024
SNOW AVALANCHE FANS AND DEPRESSIONS ...

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 ...

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 ...

Fedje bog

Wildlife
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Stein Byrkjeland
The wild rabbit is really native to Northwest Africa, but the Ancient Romans introduced them to large parts of Europe. Not to Norway, rightly enough: ...

Stormark

Industry, Energy and Natural Resources
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Peter Emil Kaland
Both the climate and people have been decisive in shaping the bog landscape on Fedje - a landscape that has been evolving over several thousands of ye...

Innarsøyene

Wildlife
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Stein Byrkjeland
SEA BIRDS ON INNARSØYANE ...

Holmengrå

Bedrock
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Haakon Fossen Helge Sunde
Holmengrå is the only place in Hordaland where we find traces of the abrasion that is supposed to have transformed Western Norway from a Himalaya-like...

Vardetangen

Landscape
Published: 06.02.2024
WESTERN CAPE ...

Lyngoksen

Plant life
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Peter Emil Kaland
The swamp layer at Lyngoksen is unusually thick, and the island therefore stands out from the rest of the islands along the coast. Even up on the ridg...

Purkebolsvatnet

Wildlife
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Stein Byrkjeland
Lake Purkebolsvatnet is perhaps western Norway's largest sleeping city - for birds. They come in the thousands, usually in later summer and autumn. Th...

Leirvågen

Wildlife
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Bjørn Moe Inge Aarseth Stein Byrkjeland
A marsh is a grassy meadow that is strongly influenced by salt from the sea. This type of nature is abundant in Denmark, among other places. The flatl...

Grunnosen

Wildlife
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Stein Byrkjeland
A PROTECTED NERITIC ...

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...

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 ...

Førland

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

Sætre

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke
THE LONGHOUSE AT SÆTRE ...

Kvalvågen

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke
TOFTEGÅRD AT KVALVÅGEN...

Kvalvågstraumen

Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke
WHALE HUNTING ...

Fedje traffic office

Communications
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke Frank Johnsen

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 ...

Trodalen

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

Kjetland

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke
On the farm Kjetland there is an old house with a loft – probably from the 1600s or early 1700s. The exterior is not radically different from other ho...

Rambjørg

Archaeology
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Svein Indrelid
IRON BARS AT RAMBJØRG ...

Matre - Bjørn West museum

Museums, nature conservation, cultural heritage
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke Jonas Risnes Erling Virkesdal
THE BJØRN WEST MUSEUM...

Kringlebotnen

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke Jonas Risnes
Close to Hummelfossen (waterfall) there is a narrow path leading up the steep mountainside. The path leads to the farm Kringlebotnen, which lies in th...

Andviki

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

Mjelddalen

Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke

Valestrand

Dialects and arts
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke Jostein Mæland
OLE BULL AND THE FOLK MUSIC ...

Valestrandsfossen - Youth centre

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke Kjell Andresen
VALESTRAND – A CLASSICAL YOUTH CENTRE ...

Raknes

Archaeology
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Svein Indrelid
THE EMPEROR’S COIN AT RAKNES...

Gjerstad

Museums, nature conservation, cultural heritage
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke Randi Andersen

Kossdalen

Communications
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke Nils Nonås
KOSSDALSVEGEN (The Kossdal road) ...

Mjøsvågen

Livelihood and Craftsmanship
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke Randi Andersen
Around Mjøsvågen here is still a compact marine use area. Some of the buildings are common boathouses, but most of them also house small enterprises ...

Herlandsfossen

Industry, Energy and Natural Resources
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke
THE POWER STATION AT HERLANDSFOSSEN...

Mo

Churches, Cloisters, Christianity
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke
The farms in Modalen are situated on old, fertile sediment beds from the river or the sea – between Mofjorden and Steinslandvatnet. As far back as the...

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 ...

Brekkhus

Livelihood and Craftsmanship
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke Johannes Gjerdåker
BREKKHUS IN TEIGDALEN – A CRAFT CENTRE...

Byrkjehaugen

Archaeology
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Svein Indrelid
On the farm Bø, close to the highway between Bulken and Voss lies Byrkjehaugen, one of the largest burial mounds in West Norway. Originally it was aro...

Lydvo

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

Olavskrossen

Archaeology
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Svein Indrelid Johannes Gjerdåker

Fleischers Hotel

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke Aslak T. Helleve

Ole Bull-akademiet

Dialects and arts
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke Jostein Mæland
Sigbjørn Berhoft Osa and Ole Bull - Akademiet...

Sverrestigen

Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke Johannes Gjerdåker
In the year 1177 king Sverre was travelling from East Norway towards Bergen, but at Voss he was met by an army of farmers who forced him to turn round...

Sledasteinen

Archaeology
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Svein Indrelid
“THE DANCERS” ON THE SLEDA STONE...

Rekve

Dialects and arts
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke Jostein Mæland
FIDDLERS FROM REKVE...

Gjernes

Livelihood and Craftsmanship
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke Ole Didrik Lærum
MAGNUS DAGESTAD ...

Mula

Archaeology
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Svein Indrelid Johannes Gjerdåker
MULA – A DESERTED FARM FROM THE MIDDLE AGES...

Nesheim

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke Aslak T. Helleve
NESHEIMSTUNET ...

Myrkdalen

Dialects and arts
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke Johannes Gjerdåker
SJUR BYGD...

Gjøstein

Archaeology
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Svein Indrelid

Brekke

Dialects and arts
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke Johannes Gjerdåker
PER SIVLE ...

Trå

Archaeology
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Svein Indrelid Sigrid H.H. Kaland
A WOMAN’S GRAVE FROM VIKING TIMES In a woman’s grave on the farm Trå remains of a bronze ladle and runic inscriptions were found many years ago. Buri...

Kjerland

Dialects and arts
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke
On the farms Kjerland and Røynstrond, east of the river that flows into the fjord, we find many decorative painters who belong to the so-called sòleki...

Ystås

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke
THE JOINED HAMLET AT YSTÅS ...

Nedre Folkedal

Livelihood and Craftsmanship
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke
For many years the Folkedal scythe had a good reputation. Immediately above the highway through Folkedal there is a long brick building, on the inner ...

The steep hairpin bends of "Stalheimskleiva"

Veg / Road
Published: 03.05.2007
Author: Åsmund Ohnstad
"Stalheimskleiva" is the name of the spectacular road in the steep mountainside in the innermost part of the valley of Nærøydalen leading up to the ...

Eldsfjellet

Bedrock
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Haakon Fossen Håkon Austrheim
The eclogites in western Norway were formed when Precambrian basement rocks were squeezed and pressed down under great pressure deep under the Caledon...

Boga

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke
In the lightly undulating landscape at Boga there lies an old house with several rooms on a small rise. In fact it looks like three houses built into ...

Alverstraumen

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke
The hostelry in Alverstraumen was in operation in 1660, but we do not know for certain how old the place really is. From the time of the sagas the inn...

Bjørsvik

Industry, Energy and Natural Resources
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke Stein Byrkjeland
The industrial settlement Bjørsvik...

Eikangervågen

Wildlife
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Stein Byrkjeland
TUFTED DUCKS IN EIKANGERVÅGEN BAY ...

Verås

Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke
VERÅS – A FARM IN THE HEATH...

Fosnstraumen

Archaeology
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Svein Indrelid Anne Karin Hufthammar Knut Andreas Bergsvik
At the southern end of the bridge between Radøy and Fosnøy archaeologists found an unusual Stone Age settlement. There was a thick “cultural layer” he...

Fossevatna

Wildlife
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Stein Byrkjeland
Fossevatna, some few kilometres north of Alversund, is one of the finest wetland areas in Lindås. Especially the birdlife has made this place well kno...

Isdal

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke
Isdal one of the few clustered settlements left in the Hordaland communities, after the extensive changes taking place around the turn of the former c...

Husebø

Wildlife
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Inge Aarseth Stein Byrkjeland
When the Corncrake returned to Nordhordland, it came as no surprise that Husebø was the place it chose. Here, remnants of the old cultural landscape a...

Håøy

Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke Birger Odland
Håøy lies centrally in one of the main shipping lanes going into Bergen --- with Håyøsund on the south side facing Meland, and Hagelsundet facing Lind...

Holmeknappen

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke Ture Andersen
If you come by sea to Bergen and come up the Herdle Fjord, the yellow ochre marine shed at Holmeknappen is a well known landmark to starboard as you c...

Fløksand

Archaeology
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Svein Indrelid
THE MEAT KNIFE FROM FLØKSAND...

Frekhaug

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke
Frekhaug has been a large farm with well-off owners through many generations. The main house, a two storey building with a hipped roof, must have been...

Iden

Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke
IDEN – A NOBLE ESTATE ...

Lure Fjord

Wildlife
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Stein Byrkjeland
Both Lure Fjord and Lindåsosane to the inside give good living conditions for rare marine organisms: jellyfish, shellfish and fish. These include anim...

Lurekalven

Archaeology
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Mons Kvamme
Lurekalven is an unpopulated island of heather moor which is a part of the wilderness belonging to the five farms on Ytre Lygra. Between the two islan...

Kolåseidet

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke Asbjørn Toft Gunnstein Kolstad
The little cowshed which lies on the fence at Kolåseidet, constructed in connection with the stone fence, has put its mark on the cultural landscape. ...

Isdalstø

Communications
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke Johannes Gjerdåker
POST AND TRANSPORT STATION ...

Litleoksa

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke
THE LONGHOUSE AT LITLEOKSA...

Leiro

Plant life
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Inge Aarseth

Lurøyane

Bedrock
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Haakon Fossen
SOAPSTONE FROM LURØYANE ...

Landsvik

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke
THE CHIMNEY ROOM FROM LANDSVIK ...

Bruknappen

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke Aud Karin Skagen
The hostelry place in Bruknappen is situated north in Radsundet, just south of Festo, by a sheltered idyllic bay, close to the main lane. Sloops both ...

Rylandvassdraget

Wildlife
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Stein Byrkjeland
There is a lot of trout and a large char population in Lake Rylandsvatnet. The lake was stocked with char, probably in 1907. The promoters of the proj...

Myking

Plant life
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Anders Lundberg Stein Byrkjeland
Between Lake Kvalheimsvatnet and Lake Mykingsvatnet, north of Grindheim, we find one of the biggest continuous lowland bogs in Hordaland. It is 500-60...

Manger

Bedrock
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Haakon Fossen
Mangerite is a rock type that was first made famous in a treatise by the Bergen geologist Carl Fredrik Kolderup in 1903. The rock type got its name fr...

Odland

Livelihood and Craftsmanship
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke Edvin Odland Johs. Fosse Atle Ove Martinussen
The auger smithies in Odland and Fosse were amongst those which had the largest production of augers in the period between the Wars. Martinus Fosse bu...

Lygra

Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke Mons Kvamme
The heath landscape on outer Lygra, Utluro and Lurekalven will in future become part of a landscape protection area, to be maintained through traditio...

Mangersnes

Archaeology
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Svein Indrelid Bård Kolflåth
SMALL BOATS IN THE IRON AGE At Mangersnes, in a bog just by the sea, there is a layer about one metre thick with wood that has traces of cutting, sh...

Salhusfjorden

Wildlife
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Stein Byrkjeland Herman G.Gade
When the debate about building a pontoon bridge over Salhus Fjord was raging, some were afraid that the bridge would disrupt the ecology of the fjord ...

Stall

Bedrock
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Haakon Fossen
The Bergen Arcs have an unusually sharp boundary to the bedrock in the east. Geologists think that this was caused by movements in the earth's crust d...

Spjutøy

Communications
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke Gunn Nordal
At Spjutøy and Straumsosen there are three entrances from Lurefjorden to the fjord basin inside. Right up the end of the 1800s the ferry could not rea...

Øvre Tveiten

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke
On an east-facing slope above Halllandsvatnet lies the farm hamlet of Øvre Tveiten, two kilometres north of Manger. The stone hayshed lies with its ga...

Seim

Archaeology
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Svein Indrelid Sigrid H.H. Kaland
Sæheim (Seim) at Lygrefjord is mentioned as one of the royal farms of Harald Hårfagre. Several of the first Norwegian national kings had their seat he...

Skaråsmyri

Industry, Energy and Natural Resources
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke
PEAT EXTRACTION IN SKARÅSMYRI...

Sylta

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

Romarheimsdalen

Landscape
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Inge Aarseth

Toska

Landscape
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Anders Lundberg Stein Byrkjeland
The peat bogs on Toska have been mined for peat since 1946, when the island got electricity. In this treeless coastal landscape, peat was the most imp...

Vollom

Plant life
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Bjørn Moe Stein Byrkjeland
On Vollom, northwest of Seim, we find the only natural beech forest in Western Norway, which is also the most northerly of its type in the world. Beec...

Vassel

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Skule
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke Aud Karin Skagen
The small, white-painted schoolhouse at Vassel is a modest, but worthy representative for the school in the rural community – an institution for knowl...

Vågenes

Bedrock
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Haakon Fossen
On Vågenes, on one of the prominences out toward Eitrevågen, one finds garnets in anorthosite. The garnets are both older, and not least bigger, than ...

Ystebøtræet

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

Tofting

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