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Engevik

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke Anders Kåre Engevik
Halfway into the Sævareidfjord lies the officer’s farm Engevik. In the beginning of the 1700s the farm was in part estate of the crown and owned by fa...

Engevikhavn

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke Anders Kåre Engevik
The guesthouse activity in Engevik in the 1700s could not have been very extensive. But a hundred years later a trading and guesthouse centre develope...

Øpstad

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke Samson L. Øpstad
The post house at Øpstad stands out in the landscape. An ochre yellow house with a loft and a white-painted house in Swiss style with ochre edgings, b...

Holsund

Livelihood and Craftsmanship
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke

Eikelandsosen

Landscape
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Inge Aarseth
"So many and such big potholes as are found at Eikelandsosen, we don't see other places in western Norway, and as beautifully polished as the mountain...

Hopslia

Plant life
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Bjørn Moe
Some of the giant trees in Hopslia north of Holme Fjord are as much as thirty metres high. Elm and ash are the most common, basswood somewhat rarer. R...

Møshovd

Landscape
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Inge Aarseth

Vik

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke
The farm Vik in Jondal has been one of the earliest settled farms in Jondal; a good and fertile farm east of the river. Legends hold that mighty men h...

Torsnes

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke Leif Galtung
When bishop J.Neumann was on a visitation in Hardanger in 1825 he also visited Torsnes, the seat of the Galtung family. They were then in the process ...

Svåsand

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke
Down by the fjord at Svåsand, close to the main highway, there is a long row of boathouses, one of the well-preserved, older boathouse locations along...

Herand - Tveiti sawmill

Livelihood and Craftsmanship
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke Sverre Haugen Amund Tveiten
Tveiti sawmill in Herand is probably the last water-powered sash-saw in the country that has been in regular operation up to our time. There has been ...

Gjønavatnet and Kikedalen

Landscape
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Haakon Fossen Inge Aarseth Peter Emil Kaland
Precipitous cliffs tower over a thousand metres straight up into the air in wild and narrow Kikedalen at the end of Lake Gjønavatnet. Even in mid-summ...

Skogseidvatnet

Wildlife
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Stein Byrkjeland
Lake Skogseidvatnet is the most famous fishing lake in Hordaland, with good stocks of both char and trout. There is fishing here throughout the year: ...

Skjelbreid

Landscape
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Inge Aarseth
On the east side of Lake Skjelbreidvatnet, clearly visible along the road from Eikelandsosen, we notice a farm on a terrace above a grassy hill. The h...

Vinnesleira

Landscape
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Inge Aarseth Anders Lundberg Stein Byrkjeland
Bays that are shallow far out into the sea, with fine sand and clay, are rare in Hordaland. Where they are found, the reason is usually that the edge ...

Yddal

Plant life
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Bjørn Moe Stein Byrkjeland
Yddal is one of the biggest and finest pine forest areas in the county. The rich forest resources provided an important foundation for the settlement ...

Sundvorøya

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke Anders Kåre Engevik

Mjånes

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke Magnus Mjånes

Sævareid

Industry, Energy and Natural Resources
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke Anders Kåre Engevik

Drageid canal

Communications
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke Kåre Dalland