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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...

Hesthamar

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke Bjarne Sørensen
Hesthamar, some kilometres north of Utne, is one of the oldest residences for a district recorder in the country. In 1637, barely 50 years after the o...

Utne

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke Ågot Gammersvik
When sergeant Peder Larsen Børsem from Strandebarm was “demobilised” in 1721, following the large Nordic War, he married the Bergen lady Elisabeth Sch...

Jåstad

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke
The farm Jåstad, situated a few kilometres north of Agatunet, must have been a grand farm in medieval times. Torolf on Jåstad is mentioned as arbitrat...

Aga

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke Ågot Gammersvik
The grand farm Aga on the west side of Sørfjorden, came under protection in 1937, when the agricultural reform threatened to disperse the old clustere...

Huse

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke
The farm Huse is situated on a broad terrace in the valley above the church and the commons ground in Kinsarvik. Huse is one of the largest farms in K...

Helleland

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke Ågot Gammersvik
The old “recorder residence” at Helleland has been both residence for the district recorder and officer’s residence. The main building, which came und...

Måge

Industry, Energy and Natural Resources
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke Sigrid H.H. Kaland
Steatite is a type of stone that is abundant in Hardanger. There are large steatite deposits in the mountain below Folgefonna. These deposits are visi...

Hardanger Folk Museum

Museums, nature conservation, cultural heritage
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke Ågot Gammersvik

Håhaugsteinen

Archaeology
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Svein Indrelid