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Lykling - soapstone

Bedrock

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Øystein Jansen

SOAPSTONE FOR BERGEN'S CHURCHES ...

Støle

People and Society

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Nils Georg Brekke

High above the sea and the beach flats, on one of the wide terraces shaped by the sea and the ice, lies the farm Støle (Stødle). The Old Norse name of...

Slåtterøy

Settlements, Villages, Towns

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Nils Georg Brekke

Bømlahamn

Plant life

Published: 06.02.2024

Støle church

Churches, Cloisters, Christianity

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Nils Georg Brekke Hans Emil Lidén

The stone church at Støle may have been built around 1160 probably as a private chapel for the mighty Stødle clan. It is likely that it was Erling Ska...

Grindheim church

Churches, Cloisters, Christianity

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Nils Georg Brekke Hans Emil Lidén

The first church at Grindheim was a stave church with a free-standing steeple. The church was first mentioned in 1326, but was probably built long bef...

Skånevik - the trading post

Settlements, Villages, Towns

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Nils Georg Brekke Kjell Andresen

There are only two buildings left of the old trading and guesthouse settlement in Skånevik. They are in the centre, close to the main road passing thr...

Kyrping

Settlements, Villages, Towns

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Nils Georg Brekke Kjell Andresen

The trading post down by the fjord at Kyrping does not belong to the oldest group of trading posts from the 1600s and 1700s. It was only after the lib...

Halsnøy Monastery

Churches, Cloisters, Christianity

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Nils Georg Brekke Hans Emil Lidén

Halsnøy Monastery is situated in the midst of the lush fjord country in Sunnhordland, on one of the old spits, or “necks”, that has given name to the ...

Fjelberg

Churches, Cloisters, Christianity

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Nils Georg Brekke

The beautiful vicarage on the Fjelberg Island lies a few minutes walk up from the fjord, in a compact enclosure with the church south of the main buil...

Sunde

Industry, Energy and Natural Resources

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Nils Georg Brekke Geir Røssland

In 1852 Haktor Thorsen erected two large warehouses on one of his farms in Sunde and started trading and salting herring. This was the start of an ind...

Rød

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Nils Georg Brekke

In 1969 Sigurd and Margreta Dønhaug donated a collection of around 170 historical cultural objects to Kvinnherad municipality. They wanted their gift ...

Rosendal Barony

Settlements, Villages, Towns

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Nils Georg Brekke Per Jahn Lavik Anne Grete Honerød

The Barony of Rosendal lies in the grounds of the old noble estate of Hatteberg, on the north side of the Hatteberg river, around one kilometre up fro...

Kvinnherad Church

Churches, Cloisters, Christianity

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Nils Georg Brekke Hans Emil Liden

The stately Kvinnherad Church with its characteristic profile set out against the mighty Malmangernuten in the background, gives you a rare feeling of...

Ænes

Churches, Cloisters, Christianity

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Nils Georg Brekke Hans Emil Lidén

Ænes has been one of the prosperous farms at the Mauranger Fjord in medieval times. At the time of Harald Gilles, around 1130, we hear of GAUT at Ænes...

Årsand

Archaeology

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Svein Indrelid

Below a south facing, steep rock at Årsand, there is one of the strangest ancient relics in the whole of Hordaland. The jutting rock wall forms a shal...

Espevær - the Trading Post

Settlements, Villages, Towns

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Nils Georg Brekke Kari Shetelig Hovland

In the sea west of Bømlo lies Espevær, half an hour’s rowing trip across the sound from Vespestadvågen. This is a well-run and well-maintained local c...

Rubbestadneset

Industry, Energy and Natural Resources

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Nils Georg Brekke

THE ENGINE FACTORY AT RUBBESTADNESET...

Moster - The old church

Churches, Cloisters, Christianity

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Nils Georg Brekke Hans Emil Liden

Moster is mentioned as a church site already in the time of Olav Tryggvason. According to the sagas the king is supposed to have laid the foundations ...

Mosterhamn

Settlements, Villages, Towns

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Nils Georg Brekke

Mosterhamn is one of the old privileged trading posts situated centrally in the shipping lane, whether the ships sailed on Langenuten, Nyeleia through...

Ryvarden

Settlements, Villages, Towns

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Nils Georg Brekke

In the Islandic Landnåmabok there is a story that the explorer Floke Vilgjerdsson built a cairn “where meetest Hordaland and Rogaland” and the cairn w...

Årskog

Settlements, Villages, Towns

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Nils Georg Brekke Arne Tislavoll

Årskog farm is situated in a typical coastal landscape in a gentle terrain that slopes down from the outlying heaths down towards the fjord. The farm ...

Engesund

Settlements, Villages, Towns

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Nils Georg Brekke Stein Erik Gilj

For more than 350 years Engesund has been a place for hostelries and trading in the Fitjar islands. The place is centrally placed in the shipping lane...

Tjernagel

Archaeology

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Svein Indrelid

For almost three thousand years Tjernagelshaugen (the Tjernagel cairn) has lain as a landmark at the Bømlo fjord. The poet Torarin mentions the cairn ...

In Memory of Fartein Valen

Dialects and arts

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Ronny B. Skaar Bjarne Kortsen

“Fartein Valen is the key figure within newer Norwegian music. Not by way of being more popular than other younger composers, but because he aims at t...

Einstapevoll - the farm

Settlements, Villages, Towns

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Nils Georg Brekke

Einstapevoll (from einstape: “bregne” (fern)) lies on the west side of the Tittelsnes peninsula. Up to 1831 the farm was a vicarage belonging to Stord...

Haugsbø

Settlements, Villages, Towns

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Nils Georg Brekke

The single unit farm without a road to it, Haugsbø, is situated on the east side of the Tittelsnes peninsula facing Ålfjorden. As far back as the Mid...

Borgåsen

Archaeology

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Svein Indrelid Bjørn Myhre

In Etne there are no less than four defensive refuges. They are all situated in strategic positions, so that they have served as places of refuge and ...

Helgaberget

Archaeology

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Svein Indrelid

Helgaberget – the holy hill – is a little rocky crag which thrusts itself a few metres above the terraced surface of Støle. The surface of the rock is...

Sæbøtunet

Settlements, Villages, Towns

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Nils Georg Brekke Tore Lande Mo

When you come into the well-tended farm steading at Sæbø just above Etne centre, you get the impression of a Sunnhordland farm from well before the ti...

Fitjar - the King's farm

Archaeology

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Svein Indrelid

In front of Fitjar Church there is a memorial stone, sculpted by Anne Grimdalen and erected in 1961, for the thousand-year memorial of one of the most...

Rimsvarden

Archaeology

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Svein Indrelid

Rimsvarden lies high and unencumbered, an enormous stone mound on the highest top with a wide view of the Fitjar rural community. With its 30 meters a...

Brandasund

Settlements, Villages, Towns

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Nils Georg Brekke

On Gisøya Island, on the west side of Brandasund Sound, there is a very privileged trading post and traveller's Inn from the 1600s, with the North Sea...

Leirvik - The prison

Settlements, Villages, Towns

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Nils Georg Brekke Tore Lande Moe

The district prison in Leirvik officially started operations in 1863. Together with the corresponding institutions in Voss and Bergen, this was Søndre...

Sagvåg

Settlements, Villages, Towns

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Nils Georg Brekke Egil Nysæter

The pit saw on the property of the farm Valvatna, is the origin of the name Sagvåg. The sawmill is mentioned as early as 1564. The name of the place a...

Litlabø

Industry, Energy and Natural Resources

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Nils Georg Brekke Tore Lande Moe

The first finds of pyrite at Litlabø in Stord came to light in 1864. Forty years later sulphuric ore was mined from an open mine. From 1874 to 1880 it...

Hystad - burial mounds

Archaeology

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Svein Indrelid

The biggest collection of prehistoric burial relics in Stord is to be found in Hystadmarka. There are still 16 burial mounds and two stone rings visib...

Sørhuglo

Settlements, Villages, Towns

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Nils Georg Brekke Tore Lande Moe

The tax collector’s farm at Sørhuglo is one of the many farms for state employees in Hordaland. According to history, “Futastovo” was built by the tax...

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 ...

Leirvik - The trading post

Settlements, Villages, Towns

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Nils Georg Brekke Tore Lande Moe

Already in the Middle Ages the good harbour at Leirvik provided a connecting point. Here was a court of law, and a guesthouse was established here in ...

Orninggård

People and Society

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Nils Georg Brekke

Ådlandsstova

Settlements, Villages, Towns

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Nils Georg Brekke

The Ådland house is one of the biggest medieval houses still existing in West Norway. It is constructed from unusually large, hard fir wood, beautiful...

Kåravika

Settlements, Villages, Towns

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Nils Georg Brekke

Stord Teacher Training College

People and Society

Skule

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Nils Georg Brekke

In 1838 Stordøens Seminarium was established by the parish priest Claus H. Daae as head. This was the first seminary in West Norway and likewise one o...

Nordhuglo

Archaeology

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Svein Indrelid

Liarbø

Livelihood and Craftsmanship

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Nils Georg Brekke Arne Tislavoll Ivar Skre

Færøysund

Settlements, Villages, Towns

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Nils Georg Brekke Harald Johan Sandvik

The old trading post lies at the sound between Stord and Færøy in Langenuen. There was a country store and steamship forwarding agent up to 1964. The ...

Smedholmen

Settlements, Villages, Towns

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Nils Georg Brekke Arne Tislavoll

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...

Finnås rectory

People and Society

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Nils Georg Brekke Tore Lande Moe

WOODEN CLOGS AND POTATOES ...

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...

Straumen

Archaeology

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Svein Indrelid

Skålafjøro

Livelihood and Craftsmanship

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Nils Georg Brekke

THE SHIPYARD AT SKÅLAFJØRO...

Gjerde

Settlements, Villages, Towns

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Nils Georg Brekke

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...

Tjernagelsholmen

Settlements, Villages, Towns

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Nils Georg Brekke

Leirvåg

Dialects and arts

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Ronny B. Skaar Bjarne Kortsen

Gramshaug

Archaeology

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Svein Indrelid

Lyngholmen

Archaeology

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Svein Indrelid

Vikse

Archaeology

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Svein Indrelid

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

Gjerde church

Churches, Cloisters, Christianity

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Nils Georg Brekke Hans Emil Lidén

Skånevik - Norwegian engine museum

Museums, nature conservation, cultural heritage

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Nils Georg Brekke

Åkrafjorden

Communications

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Nils Georg Brekke Magnus Saltnes Ingvald Skålnes

Frette

Dialects and arts

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Nils Georg Brekke

THE FRETTE PAINTERS...

The Halsnøy Boat

Archaeology

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Svein Indrelid Arne Emil Christensen

Skorven

Dialects and arts

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Nils Georg Brekke

Sydnes

Archaeology

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Svein Indrelid

COASTAL STONE CAIRNS AT HALSNØYA ...

Undarheim

Dialects and arts

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Nils Georg Brekke

Fet

Settlements, Villages, Towns

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Nils Georg Brekke Anne Hilde Nagel

Seim

People and Society

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Nils Georg Brekke

Tveito

Dialects and arts

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Nils Georg Brekke Tore Lande Moe

THE HAUGA HOUSE AND THE SKILBECK COLLECTION ...

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 ...

Selsøya

Archaeology

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Svein Indrelid, Arne Tislavoll

Hallaråker

Landscape

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: John-Inge Svendsen

RAISED BEACHES BY HALLARÅKER-SØNSTABØ ...

Neshamn

Settlements, Villages, Towns

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Nils Georg Brekke

Neshamn must be an ancient place for meeting and spending the night for travellers. The place blossomed in connection with the times of economic expan...

Moster amfi

Industry, Energy and Natural Resources

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Nils Georg Brekke

THE LIME INDUSTRY IN MOSTER...

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. ...

Hiskjo

Settlements, Villages, Towns

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Nils Georg Brekke Bjørn Moe

THE TRADING POST AT HISKHOLMEN...

Outer Håvika

Settlements, Villages, Towns

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Nils Georg Brekke Kjell Andresen

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...

Klinkholmen

Settlements, Villages, Towns

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Nils Georg Brekke Ernst Berge Drange

Kubbervik, or Vikjo as it was known colloquially, must have been established as a trading post under the farm of Håland some time around 1600. The rea...

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 ...

Årbakka - The prehistoric site

Archaeology

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Svein Indrelid

The prehistoric site at Årbakkasanden with menhirs and burial mounds has been visited, described and illustrated by many learned researchers through t...

Dalland

Archaeology

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Svein Indrelid Harald Dalland Arne Emil Christensen

Årbakka - The trading center

Settlements, Villages, Towns

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Nils Georg Brekke

THE TRADING CENTRE...

Solstråleøya

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Nils Georg Brekke

Hopssundet

Published: 03.06.2025

Godøysund

Settlements, Villages, Towns

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Nils Georg Brekke Ernst Berge Drange

The old hostelry centres were strategically placed with good harbours and anchoring conditions where people travelled. GODØYSUND, or Gøysundet, as it ...

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...

Færavåg

Settlements, Villages, Towns

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Nils Georg Brekke Ernst Berge Drange

The main house at Færavåg was built in 1599. History tells us that a German came to Færavåg and built the house. He divided the land between his two s...

Nedrevåge

Settlements, Villages, Towns

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Nils Georg Brekke

Vågsbygdo was severely hit by landslides and rock falls in the decades around 1700, in addition, the rivers transported masses of loose sediment, both...

Espevikpollen

Wildlife

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Endre Skaar

OYSTER DAMS ...

Flakkavågen

Wildlife

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Stein Byrkjeland

BLOOD SUCKERS...

Flakka

Industry, Energy and Natural Resources

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Nils Georg Brekke Harald Dalland

Midt-Våge

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: William Helland-Hansen

VISIT FROM THE UNIVERSE ABOVE ...

Hovdanes

Settlements, Villages, Towns

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Nils Georg Brekke

THE WHEELHOUSE AT HOVDANES ...

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 ...

Onarheim

People and Society

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Nils Georg Brekke Ernst Berge Drange

Vevatnet

Wildlife

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Stein Byrkjeland

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