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Otterstad

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke
Tthe Otterstad farms lie in the innermost part of Mofjorden, on the northwest side of the river. The row of stave-built boatsheds that belong to the f...

Nottveit

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke
In one of the frame-built haysheds at Nottveit, at holding No. 3, we discover that several of the staves have a medieval look, with large dimensions a...

Stølsheimen

Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Dagfinn Moe Aud Karin Skagen Nils Georg Brekke
The large mountain area between Modalen, the Voss communities and Sogn is one of the finest mountain pasture areas in West Norway. In older times this...

Notaholmen

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke
The fishnet shed at Notaholmen stands as a reminder of the days when people used to row out on the fjord to set their nets. On Notaholmen the nets wer...

Hellandsfossen

Wildlife
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Stein Byrkjeland
SALMON LADDER IN HELLANDSFOSSEN WATERFALL ...

Mostraumen

Landscape
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Inge Aarseth
Until 1743 the people from Modal had to wait for a flood in MOSTRAUMEN before they could draw their boats up the river current, and then row back acro...

Otterstadstølen

Plant life
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Bjørn Moe Stein Byrkjeland
Otterstadstølen lies in an idyllic grassy plain surrounded by rich forest, but also with high mountains close by. The mountainsides are steep and typi...

Nedre Helland - Sand Quarries

Industry, Energy and Natural Resources
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Inge Aarseth Nils Georg Brekke
The three spades in the municipal coat of arms for Modalen are sand spades. Sand quarrying has brought income and employment. As much as 70,000-80,000...

Nedre Helland - skred

Landscape
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Inge Aarseth
Many still remember when the avalanche struck Nedre Helland, on the 14th of August, 1953 14:30 o'clock. All of the buildings at one of the farms and t...

Steinslandsvatnet

Landscape
Published: 06.02.2024
SNOW AVALANCHE FANS AND DEPRESSIONS ...

Gullbotnen

Bedrock
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Haakon Fossen Bjørn Moe
A barren belt where almost nothing grows, runs through the forest on the east slope of Gullbotnen. But, along the west side of the main road there is ...

Grasdalen

Bedrock
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Inge Aarseth
MARBLE AND KARST ...

Kvernes

Bedrock
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Haakon Fossen Bjørn Moe Idar Restad
Håkons Hall, Domkirken Church, Bergen Børs Stock Exchange, Permanenten and other well known buildings in Bergen are decorated with soapstone from Øvre...

Slåttene

Plant life
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Bjørn Moe Idar Restad

Frøland

Industry, Energy and Natural Resources
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Arve Tvede Stein Byrkjeland
Much rain, a steep drop and nearness to Bergen meant that the power-making potential of the Samnanger water system was exploited early. Samnanger was ...

Frølandsvatnet

Wildlife
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Stein Byrkjeland
SONG SWANS IN LAKE FRØLAND ...

Kvitingen

Weather and climate
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Endre Skaar
Few other places in Hordaland, or even the whole country, get as much rain as in the Samnanger mountains. The mountains here simply attract wetness. T...

Lona

Landscape
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Inge Aarseth
One does not need much imaginationto see that where the river bends down in Røssebotnen, there has once been a lake. The landscape tells this - more c...

Frøland - Liarostunnel

Bedrock
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Haakon Fossen

Fossen Bratte

Landscape
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Inge Aarseth
The steep drop by Fossen cliff has been the biggest challenge for those who wished to make a road over Kvamskogen through the years. Leave the car by ...