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The pale linden tree in the Nærøyfjord - a botanical curiosity

Plante / Plant
Published: 02.02.2002
Author: Hermund Kleppa
Close to the head of the Nærøyfjord, a short distance up from the sea straight across the fjord from Bakka, we find the pale linden tree (lime tree). ...

The Sivle memorial at Flåm

Monument / Monument
Published: 25.04.2002
Author: Hermund Kleppa
A number of memorial stones for the author Per Sivle have been erected, - on his grave in Drammen, at Stalheim, at Voss and at Elverum. In Aurland t...

The Royal Postal Road Bleiklindi - Styvi in the Nærøyfjord

Communications
Veg / Road
Published: 07.07.1999
Author: Kristin Ese
The present main road between Oslo and Bergen follows more or less the same route as the old postal roads did. However, from Lærdal it no longer follo...

The road through the Flåmsdalen valley - construction road and tourist road

Communications
Veg / Road
Published: 07.07.1999
Author: Kristin Ese
In 1893, the Norwegian Parliament - Stortinget - decided that the Oslo-Bergen railway line would go by way of Voss and Myrdal. The construction of the...

The farm Stigen

Gardsbruk / Farm
Published: 07.07.1999
Author: Åsmund Ohnstad
Stigen is located on the western side of the Aurlandsfjord, about 200 metres southeast of Beitelen and the entrance to the Nærøyfjord. The farm is loc...

The farm Nedbergo

Gardsbruk / Farm
Published: 07.07.1999
Author: Åsmund Ohnstad
Nedbergo is located on the eastern side of the Aurlandsfjord, 300-400 metres northeast of Undredal. It is a steep climb up from the fjord, about 540...

The farm Horten

Gardsbruk / Farm
Published: 07.07.1999
Author: Åsmund Ohnstad
Horten is located on the eastern side of the Aurlandsfjord, about 560 metres above sea level, and about one kilometre north of Nedbergo. It is possibl...

Fretheim hotel in Flåm

Losji / Accommodation
Published: 07.07.1999
Author: Anders Gjerde
Flåm is one of the most popular tourist destinations in the county of Sogn og Fjordane. The main reason is the Flåm Railway which winds its way up t...

The Nærøyfjord

Fjord / Fjord
Published: 07.07.1999
Author: Anders Gjerde
At Beitelen the Aurlandsfjord separates into two fjord branches. The eastern fjord branch is the wider and is considered a continuation of the Aurla...

Vikingvang Hotel at Gudvangen

Losji / Accommodation
Published: 07.07.1999
Author: Åsmund Ohnstad
The history of the village of Gudvangen starts about 1800. In that year the innkeeper of Arnehus at Dyrdal, Jens Knutsen Kappadal, moved to Gudvange...

The farm Dyrdal

Gardsbruk / Farm
Published: 03.05.2007
Author: Åsmund Ohnstad
The Dyrdal farm is located down by the fjord on the northwest side of the Nærøyfjord and west of the river Dyrdalselva. The old farmyard lies on a ter...

The Viking Farm at Ytre Moa

Historisk plass / Historical site
Published: 07.07.1999
Author: Oddvar Natvik
The Viking farm at Ytre Moa is the most comprehensive farm complex we know in Norway from the Viking Age (800 – 1050 AD). The farm dates from the 9th ...

Women's graves at Skaim- settlement for 15 centuries

Historisk plass / Historical site
Published: 08.12.2005
Author: Svein Indrelid
In the spring of 1964 there was some cultivation work going on at the farm of Skaim. This work included removing some rock heaps left from clearing th...

The track up to the mountain farm of Rimstigen

Communications
Veg / Road
Published: 23.02.2006
Author: Åsmund Ohnstad
The farms of Bakka and Tufto are located on the western side of the Nærøyfjord about six kilometres north of the village of Gudvangen. In the mountain...

The mountain farm Langhuso in the valley of Undredalsdalen

Støl / Mountain farm
Published: 13.03.2006
Author: Åsmund Ohnstad
The farms of Undredal and Hjøllo are located close together on the western side of the Aurlandsfjord, about five kilometres south of the entrance to...

The big "river theft" in the valley of Nærøydalen

Naturformasjon / Natural structure
Published: 19.05.2005
Author: Inge Aarseth
The river of Nærøydalselvi has not always been as big as it is today. Throughout the last few ice ages it has stolen many tributary rivers which previ...

Sculpture of Pål Bårdsson - vicar at Undredal and archbishop

Monument / Monument
Published: 06.10.2005
Author: Hermund Kleppa
Many churches have portraits of their own previous vicars going back many centuries. However, no church can match the Undredal church in this respect....

The church at Rygg

Kyrkje / Church
Published: 07.07.1999
Author: Ingvar Vikesland
Rygg is located just above Aurlandsvangen. This is the site of a stave church that was probably erected about 1130. The area adjacent to the church si...

Memorial stone for Andrias Bryn at Gudvangen

People and Society
Monument / Monument
Published: 11.10.2000
Author: Hermund Kleppa
Close to the main road at Gudvangen there is a memorial stone commemorating the seaman Andrias Bryn, born 1918. He went to sea before the Second World...

Memorial stone commemorating women's graves at Skaim

People and Society
Monument / Monument
Published: 08.12.2005
Author: Hermund Kleppa Svein Indrelid
On the northern side of the church at Aurlandsvangen there is a stone linked to a prehistoric find of a grave at the farm Skaim. The stone has been er...