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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...

Landro

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke Ågot Gammersvik
Landro has been the largest estate on Sotra, including 15 farms with reasonable conditions for agriculture. Their boathouses have had an excellent har...

Høybøen

Archaeology
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Svein Indrelid Kjersti Randers Sigrid H.H. Kaland
In connection with the planned developments in the oil sector at Vindenes around 1980, excavations were carried out under the auspices of Bergen Histo...

Brattholmen

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke
The old guesthouse location in Brattholmen on the east side of Litlesotra, was probably established in the first half of the 1700s. A list from 1748 m...

Langøy

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke
Up to 1842 it was necessary to have a royal letter of privilege in order to carry out trade. According to the law only city dwellers were allowed to o...

Vatlestraumen

Bedrock
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Haakon Fossen
There are coal bits hidden in the sand under Vatlestraumen. These remains from a geological layer from the Jurassic Period were discovered when the un...

Litlesotra

Wildlife
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Stein Byrkjeland
CORAL REEFS ...

Fjell river network

Landscape
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Geir H.Johnsen
There are many river networks out by the coast and they tend to be small and unassuming. The farmer has relied upon the watercourses to run his mill a...

Løno

Wildlife
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Bjørn Moe William Helland-Hansen Stein Byrkjeland
Small boat folk in Hordaland know where Løno is. As do many seabirds. With the big ocean at its back and a wide, weather beaten strait ahead of it, Lø...

Haganes

Landscape
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Haakon Fossen Inge Aarseth
The gneiss landscape west and north of Bergen viewed in profile can remind us of a saw blade of the kind that has long, slanted sides that get broken ...