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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...

Lussand-roadwork

Communications
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke
The road along the north side of the Hardanger fjord - between Øystese and Eide in Granvin – was literally built “by hand”. The construction work sta...

Hausberget

Landscape
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Inge Aarseth

The small town of Undredal

Bygd / Village
Published: 25.09.2007
Author: Trude Knutzen Knagenhjelm
Undredal is a very special small town, located about half-way into the Aurlandsfjord. Until the late 1980s, the town could only be reached by boat. To...

Styvi

Grend / Hamlet
Published: 26.09.2007
Author: Trude Knutzen Knagenhjelm
Styvi is one of the four hamlets or main farms along the Nærøyfjord. It consists of two farms and the "spring farm" of Hølmo. In addition, the farm ha...

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...

The waterfalls in the valley of Nærøydalen

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Foss / Waterfall
Published: 15.11.2007
Author: Trude Knutzen Knagenhjelm
The impressive waterfalls in the innermost part of Nærøydalen - Sivlefossen and Stalheimsfossen are famous tourist attractions. They are both examples...

The waterfalls in Flåm and along the Aurlandsfjord

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Foss / Waterfall
Published: 15.11.2007
Author: Trude Knutzen Knagenhjelm
In the valley of Flåmsdalen and along the Aurlandsfjord the landscape is dominated by a number of waterfalls. Some of them are among the most famous t...

Beitelen

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Fjell / Mountain
Published: 15.11.2007
Author: Trude Knutzen Knagenhjelm
Beitelen is one of the most famous landmarks in the Nærøyfjorden World Heritage area. The characteristic mountain top offers an excellent view of the ...

Bolstad

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke Johannes Gjerdåker
The village at Bolstadøyri acquired its structure around the middle of the 1800s, but from the old days there has been a meeting place here; court loc...

Evanger

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke
Evanger (from Old Norse ålvangr, “vang”, “voll” (field) where the horses may graze) is the place where the river from Vangsvatnet, the Voss watercours...

Vangen church

Churches, Cloisters, Christianity
Kyrkje / Church
Published: 07.07.1999
Author: Torkjell Djupedal Sigurd Vengen Anders Gjerde
Vangen church is a longchurch built of stone at Aurlandsvangen. The church, in an early Gothic style, is probably built in two turns in the 13th centu...

Flåm church

Churches, Cloisters, Christianity
Kyrkje / Church
Published: 07.07.1999
Author: Torkjell Djupedal Sigurd Vengen Anders Gjerde
Flåm church is a wooden longchurch from 1670. The church has a seating capacity of 160 and was built by the master builder Magne Essen. This church...

Undredal church

Churches, Cloisters, Christianity
Kyrkje / Church
Published: 07.07.1999
Author: Torkjell Djupedal Sigurd Vengen Anders Gjerde
Undredal church is a stave church from the mid-12th century. The church, with a seating capacity of only 40, has since the early 18th century been cla...

Bakka church

Churches, Cloisters, Christianity
Kyrkje / Church
Published: 07.07.1999
Author: Torkjell Djupedal Sigurd Vengen Anders Gjerde
Bakka church is a so-called longchurch made of wood, located in the hamlet of Bakka in the Nærøyfjord. The church, with a seating capacity of 200, was...

Kvilekvål

People and Society
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke Johannes Gjerdåker Aslak L.Hellev
The story of Knute Nelson is like the story of Jack the Dullard. From narrow and poor conditions in his home country he worked his way up to become go...

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...

The graveyard in the valley of Aurdalen

Churches, Cloisters, Christianity
Gravplass / Cementery
Published: 07.07.1999
Author: Ingvar Vikesland
The high farm of Østerbø in the valley of Aurdalen got its own graveyard in 1858. It was used until 1911, when the last person was buried there. Peopl...

Rekvemylna

Industry, Energy and Natural Resources
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke
If you enter the farmyard at Rekve, some kilometres from Bulken, where the road departs to Giljarhus, you no longer meet “the miller”, Knut Hernes, in...

Finne

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke
Peter Bonde, who owned Finne towards the end of the 1200s, had a jumping stag in his family emblem. This stag is the origin for the heraldic blazon of...

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). ...

Vangskyrkja

Churches, Cloisters, Christianity
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke Hans Emil Lidé
Vangskyrkja (Vangen church) is the largest of the medieval churches in Hordaland; one of the four “fjordung” churches in the county. A royal letter fr...

Mølster

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke Aslak T. Helleve
“Above the old Vossevangen lies the old Mølster family farm. It is situated on a hill, as family farms will do. It is as if chance has wanted to make ...

Fjose

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke Aslak T. Helleve
The farm Fjose lies uppermost in Tjukkebygdi, one of the good grain farms on the sunny side here. The woodcarver Styrk Fjose (1873-1937) came from thi...

Ringheim

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke Johannes Gjerdåker
The farm Ringheim by Lundarvatnet is amongst the largest in Voss. It is divided into eight units and four cadastral numbers: Store Ringheim, Indre Rin...

The village of Vassbygdi

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Grend / Hamlet
Published: 12.11.2007
Author: Trude Knutzen Knagenhjelm
"The people who live above this lake are called 'Vassbygder' and the parish stretches eastwards up to the road leading to the valley of Hallingdal in ...

The village of Flåm

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Bygd / Village
Published: 12.11.2007
Author: Trude Knutzen Knagenhjelm

Aurlandsvangen

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Bygd / Village
Published: 12.11.2007
Author: Trude Knutzen Knagenhjelm
The place name of Aurlandsvangen comprises a large area, corresponding to the Vangen "sokn" (sub-parish). This includes the farms along the fjord from...

The hamlet of Stalheim

Archaeology
Grend / Hamlet
Published: 12.11.2007
Author: Trude Knutzen Knagenhjelm
The hamlet of Stalheim consists of the farms Stalheim, Brekke, Sivle and Sivlesøy in the municipality of Voss. The hamlet can be looked upon as a gate...

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...

Storegraven

Churches, Cloisters, Christianity
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke Hans Emil Lidén
The first mention of Granvin church in written sources is in 1306, but the church location must be far older than this. The farm Storegraven is centra...

Kongstun

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke
In the Middle Ages the farmers were under obligation to transport state officials. The bishops were entitled to 18 horses when they travelled about on...

Øvre Folkedal

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke
Folkedal, which today is like a small “detour” from the main highway, was in the Middle Ages centrally situated in one of the most important roads bet...

Opposition to the Flåm Railway

Communications
Strid / Strife
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...

The Flåm Railway - built 1923-1940

Communications
Jarnbane / Railway
Published: 07.07.1999
Author: Kristin Ese
On 10 July 1908, the Norwegian Parliament - Stortinget - decided to build a railway line between Myrdal and Flåm. The work was not begun until 1923, a...

Local-historical centre at Aurland

Museum / Museum
Published: 07.07.1999
Author: Ingvar Vikesland
The local-historical centre is located in the old municipal building at Aurlandsvangen. The centre offers a series of exhibits and services for the ge...

The high farm of Sinjarheim in the valley of Aurlandsdalen

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Gardsbruk / Farm
Published: 07.07.1999
Author: Anders Gjerde
In the valley of Aurlandsdalen there are many deserted farms, and Sinjarhiem is one of these. The farm has a high location on a hill with gorges, ca...

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...

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...

Staup

Livelihood and Craftsmanship
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke Aslak T. Helleve
The farm STAUP lies on a shelf in the terrain above Løno. From the highway E16 it is possible to glimpse the houses through the trees. The farm is wit...

Tvinne

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke Johannes Gjerdåker
Following the introduction of fixed postal deliveries in Norway from 1647, post farms were appointed where the farmer was under obligation to bring th...

Oppheim

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke Ole Didrik Lærum
In the slope above Oppheim church lies the old vicarage at OPPHEIM. If you stroll up the road from the church you will arrive in a farmyard marked by ...

Stalheim

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke Johannes Gjerdåker Kaare Tønneberg
Stalheim is situated between Stalheimsfossen and Sivlefossen, in a community with the farms Sivle and Brekke. The most likely explanation of the name ...

Stalheimskleiva

Communications
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke Johannes Gjerdåker
From the oldest times on record in Norway one of the most important traffic arteries between west and east Norway has passed across Bolstad – Voss – S...

Skjervet - river theft

Landscape
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Inge Aarseth
At the end of the last ice age the ice flowed out of Hardanger fjord in such a fury that it forced the meltwater from Voss to run back uphill toward G...

Seglberget

Wildlife
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Stein Byrkjeland
HOUSE MARTINS IN STONE WALLS...

Granvinsvassdraget

Wildlife
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Stein Byrkjeland Randolf Knotten
After the ice age, Granvin Fjord reached all the way up under Skjervsfjossen waterfall. Just a thousand years later, as a result of the rising of the ...

Joberget

Plant life
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Bjørn Moe
Flowering lime is one of nature's blessings: The nectar gives clear honey. The flower is used as folk medicine. From the inner bark of the lime tree o...

Lussand - geology

Bedrock
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Haakon Fossen
Hardangerfjorden kløyver Hordaland i to. Den etter måten rettlinja fjorden skjer seg liksom på skeive inn i landet. Ikkje som Sognefjorden og Nordfjor...

Uranes

Plant life
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Bjørn Moe
One of the most magnificent deciduous forests in Hordaland grows along the border with Kvam. The rich growth comes from the phyllite and mica schist b...

Havås

Plant life
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Bjørn Moe
WORLD FAMOUS BOTANIST Johan Havaas (1864–1956) lived at the little farm, Havås, far up on the slope on the southwest side of Lake Granvinsvatnet. He ...

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...

Raundalen

Wildlife
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Stein Byrkjeland
Thousands of years ago - when the climate was warmer than today - there was probably a lot of moose in Hordaland. We know this from finds of bone from...

Mjølfjell

Bedrock
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Inge Aarseth Haakon Fossen
KETTLE HOLE LANDSCAPE AND TOXIC SOIL BY MJØLFJELL...

Jordalen

Landscape
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Inge Aarseth
During the last ice ages, parts of the Voss river system were stolen and sent down Nærøydalen valley to Nærøy Fjord (Nærøyfjorden). Before this big ri...

Holo

Plant life
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Mary Losvik
I Kvassdalen var det aktiv stølsdrift med mjølking av kyr og geitehald nokre år inn i vårt tusenår, og slik hadde det vore i meir enn to hundre år. Så...

Vikafjellet

Wildlife
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Stein Byrkjeland
The largest reindeer herd in Hordaland - outside of Hardangervidda - lives in the mountainous area between Voss/Vaksdal and Sognefjorden....

Myrkdalsdeltaet

Wildlife
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Stein Byrkjeland
Mykdal delta had an unusually diverse bird life, right up until 1987. The Myrkdal delta should have been protected, and the plans were prepared. Despi...

Ulvund

Plant life
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Mary Losvik
One of the oldest farms in Myrkdalen, Ulvund, is recognized as one of 14 areas in Hordaland having an especially valuable cultural landscape. The dirt...

Nordheim

Bedrock
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Haakon Fossen
"And here these endless kingdoms and these toils for a rich working life far and wide have lain and slept for a hundred thousand years! Right up until...

Lønaøyane

Wildlife
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Stein Byrkjeland
The Strandaelvi river is forever protected from the development of hydropower. The Lønaøyane islands – which comprise the delta furthest north in Lake...

Vossagran

Plant life
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Bjørn Moe Knut Nedkvitne Stein Byrkjeland
How did the spruce tree get to Voss? Did the seed or small spruce plants get help from people, for example, to make it here unscathed? Nobody knows....

Vossavangen

Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Arve Tvede
WATER FROM THE GROUNDEssentially all of the inhabitants at Vossavangen receive their tap water from the large sand- and gravel deposits at Prestegards...

Bømoen

Landscape
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Inge Aarseth

Bordalsgjelet

Landscape
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Inge Aarseth
Deep down between the stone polished phyllite bedrock in Bordalsgjelet canyon, there is a cascading river. In close cooperation with hard polishing st...

Rekvesøyane

Landscape
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Bjørn Moe Stein Byrkjeland
The sediment that was deposited from the river Dyrvo has created the fan-shaped delta Rekvesøyane. The bit of land farthest out toward the water gets ...

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....

Vosso

Wildlife
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Stein Byrkjeland Geir H. Johnsen
There is probably no bigger salmon to be found in the whole wide world than in Vosso. The average size varies from season to season of course, but for...

The Vosso river network

Landscape
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Arve Tvede
The Vosso is Hordaland's main artery, she has never run more richly than in our times, and no other river in western Norway carries so much water. The...

Vangsvatnet

Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Arve Tvede
150 YEAR BATTLE AGAINST FLOOD It is figured that if nature had her way, a so-called hundred-year flood would increase the water level in Lake Vangsva...

Hamlagrø

Bedrock
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Haakon Fossen Bjørn Moe
The type of underlying rock can be decisive for how many different types of plants are found in an area. In the area around Hamlagrø-lake the diversit...

Teigdalen

Landscape
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Inge Aarseth Nils Georg Brekke
It is not surprising that there are several folk tales connected to the large and unusual scree deposit that is found at Langeland, uppermost in Teigd...

Fadnesskaret

Plant life
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Bjørn Moe
DECIDUOUS FOREST IN FADNESSKARET ...

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...

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...

Brekkhus

Livelihood and Craftsmanship
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke Johannes Gjerdåker
BREKKHUS IN TEIGDALEN – A CRAFT CENTRE...

Byrkjehaugen

Archaeology
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Svein Indrelid
On the farm Bø, close to the highway between Bulken and Voss lies Byrkjehaugen, one of the largest burial mounds in West Norway. Originally it was aro...

Lydvo

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke
LYDVALOFTET ...

Olavskrossen

Archaeology
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Svein Indrelid Johannes Gjerdåker

Fleischers Hotel

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke Aslak T. Helleve

Ole Bull-akademiet

Dialects and arts
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke Jostein Mæland
Sigbjørn Berhoft Osa and Ole Bull - Akademiet...

Sverrestigen

Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke Johannes Gjerdåker
In the year 1177 king Sverre was travelling from East Norway towards Bergen, but at Voss he was met by an army of farmers who forced him to turn round...

Sledasteinen

Archaeology
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Svein Indrelid
“THE DANCERS” ON THE SLEDA STONE...

Rekve

Dialects and arts
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke Jostein Mæland
FIDDLERS FROM REKVE...

Gjernes

Livelihood and Craftsmanship
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke Ole Didrik Lærum
MAGNUS DAGESTAD ...

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...

Mula

Archaeology
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Svein Indrelid Johannes Gjerdåker
MULA – A DESERTED FARM FROM THE MIDDLE AGES...

Nesheim

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke Aslak T. Helleve
NESHEIMSTUNET ...

Myrkdalen

Dialects and arts
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke Johannes Gjerdåker
SJUR BYGD...

Gjøstein

Archaeology
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Svein Indrelid

Brekke

Dialects and arts
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke Johannes Gjerdåker
PER SIVLE ...

Trå

Archaeology
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Svein Indrelid Sigrid H.H. Kaland
A WOMAN’S GRAVE FROM VIKING TIMES In a woman’s grave on the farm Trå remains of a bronze ladle and runic inscriptions were found many years ago. Buri...

Kjerland

Dialects and arts
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke
On the farms Kjerland and Røynstrond, east of the river that flows into the fjord, we find many decorative painters who belong to the so-called sòleki...

Ystås

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke
THE JOINED HAMLET AT YSTÅS ...

Nedre Folkedal

Livelihood and Craftsmanship
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke
For many years the Folkedal scythe had a good reputation. Immediately above the highway through Folkedal there is a long brick building, on the inner ...

The hamlet of Bakka

Weather and climate
Grend / Hamlet
Published: 07.10.2007
Author: Trude Knutzen Knagenhjelm
The small hamlet of Bakka consists of the farms Bakka and Tufto. In the Nærøyfjord these two farms on the right-hand side are the last two farms that ...

The village of Gudvangen

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Grend / Hamlet
Published: 06.10.2007
Author: Trude Knutzen Knagenhjelm
Gudvangen is located at the very head of the Nærøyfjord, covering a distance from Stalheim in the western part of the valley of Nærøydalen to Dyrdal f...

The steep hairpin bends of "Stalheimskleiva"

Veg / Road
Published: 03.05.2007
Author: Åsmund Ohnstad
"Stalheimskleiva" is the name of the spectacular road in the steep mountainside in the innermost part of the valley of Nærøydalen leading up to the ...

The Stegastein Lookout Point

Utsiktspunkt / Viewpoint
Published: 18.09.2007
Author: Trude Knutzen Knagenhjelm
The lookout point and the adjacent car park of Stegastein are located on the old mountain road between Aurland and Lærdal - county road 243 - has been...

The waterfalls in the Nærøyfjord

Weather and climate
Foss / Waterfall
Published: 15.11.2007
Author: Trude Knutzen Knagenhjelm
There are as many as 25 waterfalls of various sizes along the Nærøyfjord. The waterfall called Kjelfossen is the most impressive of these, but there a...

Bygda Dyrdal

Landscape
Grend / Hamlet
Published: 01.10.2007
Author: Trude Knutzen Knagenhjelm
A small greenstone (greenschist) axe from the Stone Age may be an indication that there has been a settlement since prehistoric times in the village o...

Vikingvang Hotel at Gudvangen

Livelihood and Craftsmanship
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...

Fretheim hotel in Flåm

Livelihood and Craftsmanship
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 mountain farm Langhuso in the valley of Undredalsdalen

Settlements, Villages, Towns
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 road through the Flåmsdalen valley - construction road and tourist road

Livelihood and Craftsmanship
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...

School districts and school buildings in Aurland

Skule / School
Published: 07.07.1999
Author: Ingvar Vikesland
Aurland is a municipality with many fjords and mountains. The road to school was often long for the pupils, and during the winter months it could also...