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Berge

Livelihood and Craftsmanship
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke Olav Tveiten
Down by the fjord on the farm Berge in Tørvikbygd, is Stekkavika – a sheltered eastward facing harbour, protected against the fjord by headlands and r...

Bru

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke
Bruosen is one of the few river harbours in the county. As landing place for the churchgoers, this place and the boatshed environment follow a traditi...

Tangarås

Dialects and arts
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke
From his loft window on the doctor’s farm at Tangarås the young Hans Ernst Kinck had a view of the fjord and the Mauranger mountains. The fjord settle...

Nes

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke
The farm Nes lies directly inside Mundheim on a forested headland in the fjord between Mundheimsvika and Bondesundet, a farm with an attractive and we...

Fluøyane

Wildlife
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Stein Byrkjeland
The richest seabird localities in Bjørna Fjord are FLUØYANE, a group of small and medium-sized islets just east of the entrance to Våge. Here, we see ...

Botnen

Landscape
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke
Fyksesundet and Botnagrenda present a fine experience of the landscape and cultural history; a geographically isolated local settlement with extensive...

Øystese - Kvam rural museum

Museums, nature conservation, cultural heritage
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke
KVAM RURAL MUSEUM ...

Norheim

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke
Norheim, “the farm by the narrow sound” is mentioned in a diploma from the Middle Ages and in an inheritance document. This is one of the large farms ...

Vikøy

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke Hans Emil Lidén
Through Adolph Tidemand’s detailed close-ups of smokehouses in Kvam, the vicarage in Vikøy, where he lived during his painting trips through Hardanger...

Vangdal

Archaeology
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Svein Indrelid Nils Georg Brekke
At Salthamaren in Vangdalsberget it is thought that salt was burned some time in history, and deep layers of coal in the ground show that fire has bee...

Tokagjelet

Landscape
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Inge Aarseth Nils Georg Brekke
There is a sharp transition between the wide valley at Kvamskogen and the narrow Tokagjelet. The transition is no less dramatic when we come out of th...

Steinsdalsfossen

Landscape
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: William Helland-Hansen Inge Aarseth
Øvsthusfossen, or Steinsdalsfossen waterfall, as it is called today, attracts tourists by the thousands, and always has done as long as there have bee...

Skårsvatnet

Wildlife
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Stein Byrkjeland
In September, 1901, a load of golden orfe fish was transported from Preussen to Bergen for stocking of Nygårdspark. One of the originators of the proj...

Fyksesundet

Landscape
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Inge Aarseth
"GIANT FEMALE TROLL" ...

Fykse

Landscape
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Inge Aarseth
LANDSLIDE AT FYKSE ...

Mundheim

Landscape
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Inge Aarseth Bjørn Moe
At Mundheim there is a dangerous stretch of the highway. The mountainside has given way several times in this area. Typically, it happens in the sprin...

Froastad

Bedrock
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Haakon Fossen Villand Reutz
RAW MATERIALS FOR MUSIC - AND FOR MOSQUITOS ...

Vesoldo

Landscape
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Haakon Fossen Bjørn Moe
Folds are to be found everywhere in the remains of the Caledonian mountain chain. Some were formed during the collision with Greenland, others stem fr...

Aksnesholmane

Wildlife
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Stein Byrkjeland
There are especially many seabirds inwards along the fjords of western Norway. There are not many islets, either, so if the birds want to nest, it is ...

Kvamskogen

Bedrock
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Haakon Fossen
The different bedrock types that got shoved in over Hordaland in Cambro-Silurian times still remain, layer by layer, almost like a cake. But at Kvamsk...

Rindarne moraine

Landscape
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Inge Aarseth
MORAINE RIDGES The Rindarne moraine is visible from the right stretch of road in Eikedalen, toward Kvamskogen. Northeast of Lake Eikedalstvatnet it s...

Hårbrekke

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

Skogasel

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke
A RENAISSANCE LODGING HOUSE ...

Haugatun

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Torgeir Alvsaker
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke Kjell Andresen
Close to the main road at Bru lies a large well-proportioned building with classical features; of size most like a church, with church vestibule and a...

Strandebarm

Livelihood and Craftsmanship
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke Atle Ove Martinussen
BOAT-BUILDING IN STRANDEBARM Doing work in addition to farming has long traditions in Strandebarm, and work connected to various craft activities has...

Vikingnes

Archaeology
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Svein Indrelid
STONE MOUNDS ALONG THE FJORD ...

Øystese - Ingebrigt Vik museum

Dialects and arts
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke Reidar Storaas
INGEBRIGT VIK – A CLASSICIST WITHIN NORWEGIAN SCULPTURE ...

Ålvik

Archaeology
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Svein Indrelid
BRONZE FIND FROM ÅLVIK...

Rosseland

Archaeology
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Svein Indrelid
Around 50 years ago a runic stone came to light in a barn wall at Rosseland. On one of the flat sides 25 runic signs had been carved. The letters are ...

Sandven

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke
THE COASTAL COMMUNITY AND SANDVEN HOTEL ...

Hardanger Maritime Museum

Museums, nature conservation, cultural heritage
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Geir Madsen

Tveit

Dialects and arts
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke Reidar Storaas

Neshamn

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke
Neshamn must be an ancient place for meeting and spending the night for travellers. The place blossomed in connection with the times of economic expan...

Ånuglo

Plant life
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Per Harald Salvesen Stein Byrkjeland
Take a tour to Ånuglo on a warm summer's day. You can anchor up in Skipavågen and go exploring along the beach. Or, you can find giant holly trees and...

Klinkholmen

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke Ernst Berge Drange
Kubbervik, or Vikjo as it was known colloquially, must have been established as a trading post under the farm of Håland some time around 1600. The rea...

Espevik

Bedrock
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Haakon Fossen
220 million years ago, glowing hot molten rock masses intruded into fractures in the earth's crust in the outer parts of Hordaland. Some of these are ...

Årbakka - The prehistoric site

Archaeology
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Svein Indrelid
The prehistoric site at Årbakkasanden with menhirs and burial mounds has been visited, described and illustrated by many learned researchers through t...

Dalland

Archaeology
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Svein Indrelid Harald Dalland Arne Emil Christensen

Årbakka - The trading center

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke
THE TRADING CENTRE...

Solstråleøya

Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke

Hopssundet

Published: 03.06.2025

Godøysund

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke Ernst Berge Drange
The old hostelry centres were strategically placed with good harbours and anchoring conditions where people travelled. GODØYSUND, or Gøysundet, as it ...

Lokksundet

Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Herman G.Gade
If you should happen to be in a small boat in Lokksundet sound when the ocean currents from the fjord meet the counter currents in the sound, you will...

Færavåg

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke Ernst Berge Drange
The main house at Færavåg was built in 1599. History tells us that a German came to Færavåg and built the house. He divided the land between his two s...

Nedrevåge

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke
Vågsbygdo was severely hit by landslides and rock falls in the decades around 1700, in addition, the rivers transported masses of loose sediment, both...

Espevikpollen

Wildlife
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Endre Skaar
OYSTER DAMS ...

Flakkavågen

Wildlife
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Stein Byrkjeland
BLOOD SUCKERS...

Flakka

Industry, Energy and Natural Resources
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke Harald Dalland

Midt-Våge

Published: 06.02.2024
Author: William Helland-Hansen
VISIT FROM THE UNIVERSE ABOVE ...

Hovdanes

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke
THE WHEELHOUSE AT HOVDANES ...

Vika

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke
The old smokehouse still left in the farmyard at Vikjo a little south of Omastrand, was protected in 1924. The smokehouse is from the 1500's. ...

Hamn

Archaeology
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Svein Indrelid
THE BOATSHED AT HAMN ...

Geitaknottane

Wildlife
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Morten Hage Bjørn Moe
Many travellers between Mundheim and Gjermundshamn are captivated by the expansive view toward Øynefjord, Varaldsøy and Folgefonna. The barren pine fo...

Vernøya

Plant life
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Anders Lundberg
If you smell a foul smell out in nature, you mustn't immediately think that the reason is cloaca from houses or cabins. The reason can be an entirely ...

Onarheim

People and Society
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke Ernst Berge Drange

Vevatnet

Wildlife
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Stein Byrkjeland