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Water level marks in Solund

Settlements, Villages, Towns

Plakett / Plaque

Published: 19.12.2001

Author: Hans H. Steinsund

Along the entire Norwegian coast, so-called water level marks were chopped into the rock in the 19th century. 123 such marks are known today, and two ...

Clip fish-drying in Solund

Settlements, Villages, Towns

Fiske / Fishing

Published: 19.12.2001

Author: Hans H. Steinsund

Ådland

Churches, Cloisters, Christianity

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Nils Georg Brekke

Ådland, innermost in the Samnanger Fjord is an old church centre and transport centre; a nodal point in the transport from sea to land. The white pain...

Langebudalen

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

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

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Svein Indrelid Arne Emil Christensen

Skorven

Dialects and arts

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Nils Georg Brekke

Sydnes

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 ...

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

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

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Stein Erik Lauritzen

Møkjedalen

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Bjørn Moe

NORWAY'S BIGGEST YEW TREE ...

Ølve - Mining

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

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Bjørn Moe

Ølve

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

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

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

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

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

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Inge Aarseth

THE MORAINE RIDGES AT LANGHAUGANE ...

Ingahogg

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...

The West Country

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Knut Fægri

Hordaland er en scene for naturens mange vekslinger – i topografi, berggrunn, vegetasjon og dyreliv, gjennom klimaperioder og årstider. ...

Åsane

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Inge Aarseth

Most associate Åsane with ridges, naturally enough (the Norwegian word for "ridge" is "Ås"). A lesser noticed trait in the landscape are the unusual f...

Gaupås

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Haakon Fossen

Reppadalen

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Bjørn Moe

The unusual bog landscape, with enormous peat deposits surrounded by steep mountainsides, makes Reppadalen in Arna an exciting, but little visited tou...

Kråmyrane

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Bjørn Moe

Skuggestranda

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Bjørn Moe

PARADISE FOR MOSSES ...

Sandviksfjellet

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Haakon Fossen

On Sandviksfjellet there are old boulders that have been made into mountains. The stones have been stretched out or squeezed together between huge sla...

Byfjorden

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Herman G.Gade

Swimming and fishing is fully possible in Byfjorden (By Fjord). The water is of good quality most places, after considerable resources have been used ...

The pioneers who discovered the natural history of Hordaland

People and Society

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Knut Fægri Hilde Sandvik William Helland-Hansen Bjarne Meidell Dagfinn Moe

When Professor Emeritus Knut Fægri (1909-2001) was asked to write the book's chapter about the natural science pioneers of Hordaland, he answered uneq...

The bedrock of western Norway

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Haakon Fossen

Much is hidden from us, but we know some of the main features in the history behind the different rock types and minerals that surround us. The Hordal...

The Precambrian Era and Precambrian basement rocks

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Haakon Fossen

Almost nothing is as solid, unchangeable and stable as the Norwegian Precambrian basement rocks. Here, there are no volcanic eruptions or violent eart...

The Måløy Bridge - Norway's longest bridge in 1974

Published: 02.09.2005

Author: Kristin Ese

The Måløy Bridge was officially opened for traffic in the summer of 1974. The bridge project was realized by means of a strong local involvement and i...

Hordaland as high as the Himalayas - the Caledonian mountain chain

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Haakon Fossen

The Himalaya Mountain Chain is being formed by the Indian continental plate colliding w the Asian continent. This happens because the earth’s continen...

The mountain chain disappears – and the dinosaurs arrive!

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Haakon Fossen

The Caledonian mountain chain is an example of how plate movements and continental drift can cause collisions and the upheaval of huge mountain chains...

Stone quarry in Hordaland

Industry, Energy and Natural Resources

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Øystein J. Jansen

Hordaland has been through several "Stone Ages". The first was in the real Stone Age, with Bømlo as its centre. Hard stone as tools and weapons was th...

Mining in Hordaland

Industry, Energy and Natural Resources

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Øystein J. Jansen

Ølve has the oldest known mines in Hordaland. In 1642, privilege was granted by the king to build an iron works in Jernsmuget on the property of Lille...

Petroleum riches off the coast of Hordaland

Industry, Energy and Natural Resources

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: William Helland-Hansen

Already in the 1750s, Erik Pontioppidan fantasized about the possibility of petroleum in the North Sea, in "Forsøg til Norges naturlige Historie" (= S...

Store Lungegårdsvannet

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Herman G.Gade

LUNG IN DANGER OF DISAPPEARING...

Bergen - Rain City

Weather and climate

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Endre Skaar Karsten Eitrheim

"With its strange situation (surrounded by high mountains), this city has the advantage of a beautiful port and considerable shipping, but also the di...

Byparken

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Stein Byrkjeland

It isn't true that hungry students have hunted down basking ducks in the city park Byparken in their spring fervour, as rumours may have it. But, it i...

Nygårdsparken

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Stein Byrkjeland

Fjellsiden

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Stein Byrkjeland

Møllendal graveyard is the winter home of the urban crows in Bergen. Those that do not want to stay overnight in the graveyard, perch in the lush deci...

Fløyfjellet

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Bjørn Moe

Munkebotsdalen

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Bjørn Moe

Isdalen

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Inge Aarseth

The valley on the inside of the Svartediks dam, a five minutes' bus ride from Bergen centre, is often referred to by Bergen folk as Isdalen ("Ice Vall...

Vidden

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Inge Aarseth Bjørn Moe

Rambjøra

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Bjørn Moe Stein Byrkjeland

In Sanddalen and Helldalsåsen the building of houses has increased dramatically. Where there eariery was grazing land, hundreds of families now live. ...

Fjøsanger

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Jan Mangerud

Fjøsanger is known among ice age researchers from around the world. Under an excavation in 1975-77, geologists from the University of Bergen found lay...

Nordåsvatnet

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Herman G.Gade

The Post-war Era came to Fana with its population growth and modern sanitary equipment. This had nearly catastrophic consequences for Nordåsvatnet as ...

Marmorøyen

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Haakon Fossen

Rådalen

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Bernt-Håvard Øyen

"...it would not be of any particular economical interest to support the planting of forest as the forest that can be cultivated will leave much to be...

Leirvåg

Dialects and arts

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Ronny B. Skaar Bjarne Kortsen

Gramshaug

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Svein Indrelid

Lyngholmen

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Svein Indrelid

Opposition to the Flåm Railway

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...

Vikse

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Svein Indrelid

Etnedeltaet

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

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...

Totland - Måløy - "a highly suitable road"

Published: 07.07.1999

Author: Kristin Ese

Totland-Deknepollen was the last remaining distance before there was a continuous road between Måløy and Oppland across the mountain pass of Strynefje...

The village of Etne

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

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

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

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Bjørn Moe

Skånevik - moraine

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

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Bjørn Moe

Mosnes

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

Published: 06.02.2024

Skorpo

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Inge Aarseth

Skorpo - Polished by glaciers and meltwater ...

Halsnøy

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

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Bjørn Moe

Holmedalsberget

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

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Bjørn Moe

VIRGIN FOREST IN THE BOTTOM OF TVEITA ...

The Valen Fault

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Haakon Fossen

Sørøyane

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Stein Byrkjeland Knut Fægri

SØRØYANE - THE MOST IMPORTANT SEABIRD LOCALITY IN HORDALAND ...

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

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...

Bergesfjellet

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. ...

Lykling - gold

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...

Finnås

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...

Kalandsvika

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Stein Byrkjeland Bjørn Moe

There is little to say about the opportunity for surveying from the bird observation tower in Kalandsvika: 155 different bird species have been sighte...

Bergenhus

Settlements, Villages, Towns

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Per Jahn Lavik

FROM CASTLE TO FORTIFICATION ...

Korskirken

Churches, Cloisters, Christianity

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Per Jahn Lavik

Domkirken

Churches, Cloisters, Christianity

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Per Jahn Lavik

Klosteret

Churches, Cloisters, Christianity

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Per Jahn Lavik

Stadsporten

Settlements, Villages, Towns

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Per Jahn Lavik

Fjøsanger road

Livelihood and Craftsmanship

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Per Jahn Lavik

Siggjo

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

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Bjørn Moe

Erslandsvatnet

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Stein Byrkjeland

CANADA GEESE - AN IMPORT WITH AN AFTER TASTE ...

Urangsvågen-Rubbestadneset

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...

Hisøya

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...

Hallaråker

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: John-Inge Svendsen

RAISED BEACHES BY HALLARÅKER-SØNSTABØ ...

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

Troldhaugen

Dialects and arts

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Per Jahn Lavik

The Loftesnes bridge in Sogndal

Published: 07.07.1999

Author: Kristin Ese

The Loftesnes bridge was the first bridge and road project in the county to be financed by toll money. The bridge was completed in 1958. In a 20-year ...

Store Milde

Settlements, Villages, Towns

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Per Jahn Lavik

When the merchant Henrich Henrichsen Weinwich bought the property at Store Milde in 1723, he probably rebuilt the entire, or parts of the main house s...

Munkebotn

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Per Jahn Lavik

Garnes

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Per Jahn Lavik

Fantoft Stave Church

Churches, Cloisters, Christianity

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Per Jahn Lavik

When a new church was to be built at Fortun in Sogn in 1883, the old stave church was in danger of being demolished. During the years after J.C.Dahl t...

Kyrkjebyrkjeland

Churches, Cloisters, Christianity

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Per Jahn Lavik

Bjellandsvatnet

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

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

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

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Svein Indrelid

Tjernagelsholmen

Settlements, Villages, Towns

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Nils Georg Brekke

Landa

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Inge Aarseth

STRANDFLAT AND SCREE BY LAND...

Grønafjellet

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

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Haakon Fossen

BOTNAVATNET - A RESULTOF EFFECTIVE GLACIER WORK ...

Espevik

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 ...

Midt-Våge

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: William Helland-Hansen

VISIT FROM THE UNIVERSE ABOVE ...

Flakkavågen

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Stein Byrkjeland

BLOOD SUCKERS...

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...

Espevikpollen

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Endre Skaar

OYSTER DAMS ...

Ånuglo

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...

Fluøyane

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 ...

Vevatnet

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Stein Byrkjeland

Vernøya

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 ...

Memorial stone for Anna Myklebust at Bryggja

People and Society

Gravstein / Gravestone Person / Person

Published: 18.07.2002

Author: Hermund Kleppa

Anna Myklebust (1868-1942) from Bryggja put down an unusually high number of hours for the temperance movement. She established a children's lodge at ...

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

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

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Svein Indrelid

Liarbø

Livelihood and Craftsmanship

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Nils Georg Brekke Arne Tislavoll Ivar Skre

Selsøya

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Svein Indrelid, Arne Tislavoll

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

Tveitavatnet

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

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Stein Byrkjeland

Digernes

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

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

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Bjørn Moe Per Harald Salvesen

ENGLISH YEW TREE FOREST AT BRANDVIKNESET ...

Huglo

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

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Øystein Jansen

Fitjarøyane

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

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 ...

Rimbareid - Vestbøstad

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...

Møkster - botany

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Bjørn Moe Anders Lundberg Knut Krzywinski

Korsfjorden

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Stein Byrkjeland Nils Georg Brekke

IN DEEP WATER...

Møkstrafjordøyane

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

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

Road building in Solund - scramble for state road

Published: 07.07.1999

Author: Kristin Ese

Funds for new public roads were in the 1930s mainly allocated to interior regions and to linking roads. The need for roads in the county of Sogn og Fj...

Eidsbøen

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Svein Indrelid

Where the school and the sports facility lie at Eidsbøen there was previously a bog surrounded by small hillocks. More than 1000 years ago this was a ...

The main road at Bremangerlandet

Published: 07.07.1999

Author: Kristin Ese

A continuous road connection along the Bremangerlandet with ferry across to Måløy came in 1949. In 1977, the island of Frøya was connected to the high...

Lysekloster - Mushroom flora

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Olav Aas

The area around Lysekloster is one of the most popular places in Hordaland for picking mushrooms. The large variety of mushrooms probably stems from t...

Memorial stone at Leikanger church in Selje

People and Society

Monument / Monument

Published: 09.08.2002

Author: Hermund Kleppa

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Sjøbøelva river

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Stein Byrkjeland

Pøyla

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Anders Lundberg

Lysekloster - The monks and nature

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Bjørn Moe

Lysekloster was the largest agricultural property in the country when it was phased out during the Reformation in 1537. In its prime this cloister enc...

"Folkelånsvegen" (the people's loan road) - in the connection Askvoll-Førde

Published: 07.07.1999

Author: Kristin Ese

State road 609 connects the Askvoll peninsula with Førde through Stongfjorden without ferry. The 16-kilometre-long section from Øygard in Førde to Sel...

Ulven

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Haakon Fossen

In the region of Ulven phyllite occurs with Hordaland's youngest fossils, and a beautiful quartz conglomerate. The phyllite and conglomerate got squee...

Ulvensletta

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Stein Bondevik

Ulvenvatnet

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Stein Byrkjeland

Lake Ulvenvatnet is thought to be the most species rich wetlands in the municipality. Despite this, the area is not protected, nor is it likely ever t...

Villelia

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Bjørn Moe

Oselva

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Stein Byrkjeland Arve Tved

Oselvo is the biggest waterway on the Bergen peninsula, with sources in Gullfjellet and Sveningen. There is a fall of only 60 metres along the entire ...

Søfteland

Weather and climate

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Kåre Utaaker

If you drive between Søfteland and Ulven on a clear spring morning, or an evening in late autumn, you are advised to be careful on the turns. The temp...

Os valley

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Inge Aarseth

Raudlia

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Bjørn Moe

Kvalesund

Settlements, Villages, Towns

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Nils Georg Brekke

Døso

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Svein Indrelid Gerd Bolstad

On the farms Døso and Skeie there has been a burial site with at least 6 burial mounds – probably a burial site for the most powerful men and women of...

Vargavågen

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Svein Indrelid Gerd Bolstad Tor Lunde

Os rectory

Settlements, Villages, Towns

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Nils Georg Brekke

Like so many other communities, Os community has also derived its name from the farm where the parish church was situated. Thus it is that the farm Os...

Ulven camp

People and Society

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Nils Georg Brekke

Os station

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Nils Georg Brekke Ralph Wilson Anders Kåre Engevik

On Sunday July 1st 1894 the Nesttun-Os railway was opened. “On the platform Consul Gade wished the railway the best of luck, whereupon the first train...

Søvik

Settlements, Villages, Towns

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Nils Georg Brekke Jon Søvik

Eikelandsosen

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Inge Aarseth

"So many and such big potholes as are found at Eikelandsosen, we don't see other places in western Norway, and as beautifully polished as the mountain...

Hopslia

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Bjørn Moe

Some of the giant trees in Hopslia north of Holme Fjord are as much as thirty metres high. Elm and ash are the most common, basswood somewhat rarer. R...

Møshovd

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Inge Aarseth

Gjønavatnet and Kikedalen

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Haakon Fossen Inge Aarseth Peter Emil Kaland

Precipitous cliffs tower over a thousand metres straight up into the air in wild and narrow Kikedalen at the end of Lake Gjønavatnet. Even in mid-summ...

Skogseidvatnet

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Stein Byrkjeland

Lake Skogseidvatnet is the most famous fishing lake in Hordaland, with good stocks of both char and trout. There is fishing here throughout the year: ...

Skjelbreid

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Inge Aarseth

On the east side of Lake Skjelbreidvatnet, clearly visible along the road from Eikelandsosen, we notice a farm on a terrace above a grassy hill. The h...

Vinnesleira

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Inge Aarseth Anders Lundberg Stein Byrkjeland

Bays that are shallow far out into the sea, with fine sand and clay, are rare in Hordaland. Where they are found, the reason is usually that the edge ...

Yddal

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Bjørn Moe Stein Byrkjeland

Yddal is one of the biggest and finest pine forest areas in the county. The rich forest resources provided an important foundation for the settlement ...

Sundvorøya

Settlements, Villages, Towns

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Nils Georg Brekke Anders Kåre Engevik

Holmefjord

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Knut Andreas Bergsvik

Even though we know of several hundred burial places from the Stone Age in Hordaland, we do not often hit on the Stone Age Man himself. But there are ...

Samnøya

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Svein Indrelid

Førde Hotell

Livelihood and Craftsmanship

Losji / Accommodation

Published: 07.07.1999

Author: Torkjell Djupedal

Førde Hotell is today the smaller of the two hotels in Førde, but has a longer tradition. In older photos of Førde the hotel is always there, both b...

Gullbotnen

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Haakon Fossen Bjørn Moe

A barren belt where almost nothing grows, runs through the forest on the east slope of Gullbotnen. But, along the west side of the main road there is ...

The bailiff farm of Volden

Settlements, Villages, Towns

Gardsbruk / Farm

Published: 07.07.1999

Author: Torkjell Djupedal

The bailiff farm of Volden is the only residence for high-ranking public officials in Førde which is even today the residence of a public official. ...

Grasdalen

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Inge Aarseth

MARBLE AND KARST ...

Kvernes

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Haakon Fossen Bjørn Moe Idar Restad

Håkons Hall, Domkirken Church, Bergen Børs Stock Exchange, Permanenten and other well known buildings in Bergen are decorated with soapstone from Øvre...

Førde church

Churches, Cloisters, Christianity

Kyrkje / Church

Published: 07.07.1999

Author: Margrethe Henden Aaraas Sigurd Vengen Anders Gjerde

Førde church is a basilica church in wood located on the farm Skei in the centre of Førde. It has 600 seats and was consecrated on 1 October, 1885 b...

Slåttene

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Bjørn Moe Idar Restad

Frøland

Industry, Energy and Natural Resources

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Arve Tvede Stein Byrkjeland

Much rain, a steep drop and nearness to Bergen meant that the power-making potential of the Samnanger water system was exploited early. Samnanger was ...

Frølandsvatnet

Published: 06.02.2024

Author: Stein Byrkjeland

SONG SWANS IN LAKE FRØLAND ...