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Holmen

Dialects and arts
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke
HOLMEN AND THE KØLLE FAMILY Holmen lies by the fjord, innermost in Ulvikpollen. Originally this was a small smallholding or coast dweller’s place b...

Osa

Landscape
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke Espen Eide
At the bottom of the Osa fjord there is a cultural landscape marked by great contrasts; the wide terraces and the river delta at the fjord contrast wi...

Bergensbanen

Communications
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke Aslak T.Helleve Atle Ove Martinussen
Already at the beginning of the 1870s demands were made that there had to be a railway connection between Bergen and East Norway. The first section be...

Frøystein

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke
The farm Frøystein by the Ulvik fjord is commonly called Fryste. In 1614 the name was written Frøstemb – an obvious Danish influence – and the form Fr...

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...

Ulvikapollen

Wildlife
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Anders Lundberg Stein Byrkjeland Bjørn Moe
When the lush beach area innermost in Ulvikapollen was protected, the bird life was instrumental to the decision. The plant diversity is just as impre...

Ulvik-village

Landscape
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Inge Aarseth
The ice cap that covered the land during each of the 40 past ice ages over the past 2 million years of Earth's history pressed down the crust of the e...

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 ...

Tveit

Dialects and arts
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke
TWO NEIGHBOURS – THE DECORATIVE PAINTER AND THE FIDDLE MAKER ...

Tysse

Industry, Energy and Natural Resources
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke Ivar Bård Aadland
As early as 1862 Svein L.Røsseland started a country store and lodging house at Ytre Tysse, and later on he became steamship agent and the first post ...

Mørkhølen

Communications
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Statens vegvesen Nils Georg Brekke Ivar Bård Aadland