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Kalandsvika

Wildlife
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...

Åsane

Landscape
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

Bedrock
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Haakon Fossen

Reppadalen

Plant life
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

Plant life
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Bjørn Moe

Sandviksfjellet

Bedrock
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 ...

Store Lungegårdsvannet

Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Herman G.Gade
LUNG IN DANGER OF DISAPPEARING...

Byparken

Wildlife
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

Wildlife
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Stein Byrkjeland

Fjellsiden

Wildlife
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

Plant life
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Bjørn Moe

Munkebotsdalen

Plant life
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Bjørn Moe

Vidden

Landscape
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Inge Aarseth Bjørn Moe

Rambjøra

Plant life
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

Bedrock
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

Bedrock
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Haakon Fossen

Rådalen

Plant life
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...

Kalandsvatnet and Klokkarvatnet

Wildlife
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Stein Byrkjeland

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...

Eikangervågen

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

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...

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...

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...

Leiro

Plant life
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Inge Aarseth

Lurøyane

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

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...

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...

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...

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 ...

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...

Isdalen

Landscape
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...

Skuggestranda

Plant life
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Bjørn Moe
PARADISE FOR MOSSES ...