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Wartime Shetland traffic - fishing boats go west

Transport / Transport
Published: 07.07.1999
Author: Hans H. Steinsund
A short distance to Shetland and a rugged coastline with good harbours and excellent hiding places for people and vessels were the reasons why Solun...

Matrehola

Archaeology
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Knut Andreas Bergsvik
On a large gravel terrace in Matredalen (the Matre valley), a couple of kilometres from the coastal settlement Matre, lies Storseterhilleren, at the e...

Mollandseid

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke Aud Karin Skagen
In Mollandsvågen, close by the river that runs from Mollandsvatnet (lake) into the fjord, are two water-powered circular saws and a mill. This small i...

Matre - Salmon spot

Wildlife
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Stein Byrkjeland
BEST SALMON SPOT IN THE COUNTY...

Haugsdalen

Landscape
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Inge Aarseth Stein Byrkjeland
Early in the 1900s there were much larger salt water deltas in Hordaland. But, essentially all of the larger river deltas got filled in and regulated ...

Litlematre

Industry, Energy and Natural Resources
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Inge Aarseth
THE TERRACE THAT LEFT FOR THE CITY ...

Frøyset river network

Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Stein Byrkjeland
Frøyset river network is protected from power station-building - not because of its pristine nature - but because it is a typical river network for th...

Dyrdal

Landscape
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Inge Aarseth
If you journey along Austfjorden, you at the same time turn the pages of time back through Ice Age history. The landforms show how the landscape has d...

Raunøya

Wildlife
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Stein Byrkjeland
The sea birds discovered it long ago. Raunøya and the surrounding islands are the most beautiful places in Masfjorden....

Andvikedalen

Plant life
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Bjørn Moe
ELM- AND LIME TREE...

Trodalen

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

Kjetland

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke
On the farm Kjetland there is an old house with a loft – probably from the 1600s or early 1700s. The exterior is not radically different from other ho...

Rambjørg

Archaeology
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Svein Indrelid
IRON BARS AT RAMBJØRG ...

Matre - Bjørn West museum

Museums, nature conservation, cultural heritage
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke Jonas Risnes Erling Virkesdal
THE BJØRN WEST MUSEUM...

Kringlebotnen

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke Jonas Risnes
Close to Hummelfossen (waterfall) there is a narrow path leading up the steep mountainside. The path leads to the farm Kringlebotnen, which lies in th...

Andviki

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

Utvær "skipreide" - area of defence with "leidang" ships and beacons

Øy / Island
Published: 07.07.1999
Author: Hans H. Steinsund
The Solund islands are on the doorstep of communication across the North Sea, centrally and strategically, with good harbours and plenty of hiding p...

Begla - weapons depot with sinister shadows

Krigsplass / War site
Published: 07.07.1999
Author: Hans H. Steinsund
The bay of Beglevågen in westernmost Solund must be the smallest in the country. Here the resistance movement had a weapons depot during the Second ...

The pirate case at Utvær 1667

Historisk hending / Historical event
Published: 07.07.1999
Author: Alf Strand
In the summer of 1666, an English privateer forced some fishermen to pilot them to Utvær, where the chapel was looted. The fishermen were tried in c...

The salteries - sea houses moved from the trading posts

Sjøbu / Sea house
Published: 07.07.1999
Author: Hans H. Steinsund
A large number of houses from the westernmost parts of Solund have been on the move. Still, none have been more exposed and have tasted more of the ...