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Farmers and Settlements

Themes
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Svein Indrelid
From 4,500 to 5,000 years ago most of Hordaland was a landscape of forest, right out to the coast and the islands. With our inner eye we can see old o...

Finsefetene

Wildlife
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Stein Byrkjeland

Cultural Heritage and Cultural Landscapes

Themes
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke Svein Indrelid
The development which culminated in the great west Norwegian clustered communities in the 18th and 19th centuries, such as we see at Havrå on Osterøy...

Hardangervidda – Crossing the Uplands

Themes
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Per M. Bremnes
Slepa, the ancient “drove roads” across the plateau, date back to prehistoric times. Through the centuries cattle have been driven to the markets in t...

Hordaland – a historic region

Themes
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Geir Atle Ersland
“It was on such a chilly, silver-grey morning that the Hørde folk, the Harudes of Caesar and Tacitus, must have come running in from the sea on the wi...

Demographic Growth – A Drive to Development

Themes
Utvandring / Emigration
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Ståle Dyrvik
The cultural landscape or that part of it which is still green and inviting to the eye has been shaped by the farmers’ toil down through the generatio...

From Dense Forest to Open Heathlands

Themes
Plante / Plant
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Mons Kvamme
The outer frame - the coast, the fjord and the mountains - are an inheritance from the country's geological history. But what, more than anything else...

The Great Landowners, Gentry and Monasteries

Themes
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Ernst Berge Drange
REGIONS, ESTATES AND A GOOD MARRIAGE “The aristocracy is a gang of rough, impudent blokes. They came here to the country and make a lot of themselves...

The Landscape

Themes
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Johan Naterstad
If you have passed Fossli on your way eastwards, where the Vøringsfossen waterfall plummets down the ravine carved by the Ice Age, a little further ah...

Names in the Landscape

Themes
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Botolv Helleland
A tale of man and the environment...

Civil Servants in Small Societies 1650 – 1850

Themes
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Anne-Hilde Nagel
The white painted Rococo building on Hesthamar, the magistrate’s estate just north of Utne in Hardanger, with its steep, pointed gable roof stands out...

The Church and the Monastery

Themes
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Hans Emil Lidén
THE MOVING FORCE IN LOCAL SOCIETY “I recall the church’s exterior, the black tar-clad timber walls with the black pan tiles; I remember it made a glo...

Church Art – a Message in Pictures

Themes
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Henrik von Achen
In the still and dim church interiors of the Middle Ages the performances of belief came to life in the gleam from the wax candles. Here the essential...

Husebø

Wildlife
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Inge Aarseth Stein Byrkjeland
When the Corncrake returned to Nordhordland, it came as no surprise that Husebø was the place it chose. Here, remnants of the old cultural landscape a...

Rylandvassdraget

Wildlife
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Stein Byrkjeland
There is a lot of trout and a large char population in Lake Rylandsvatnet. The lake was stocked with char, probably in 1907. The promoters of the proj...

Salhusfjorden

Wildlife
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Stein Byrkjeland Herman G.Gade
When the debate about building a pontoon bridge over Salhus Fjord was raging, some were afraid that the bridge would disrupt the ecology of the fjord ...

Purkebolsvatnet

Wildlife
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Stein Byrkjeland
Lake Purkebolsvatnet is perhaps western Norway's largest sleeping city - for birds. They come in the thousands, usually in later summer and autumn. Th...

Leirvågen

Wildlife
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Bjørn Moe Inge Aarseth Stein Byrkjeland
A marsh is a grassy meadow that is strongly influenced by salt from the sea. This type of nature is abundant in Denmark, among other places. The flatl...

Grunnosen

Wildlife
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Stein Byrkjeland
A PROTECTED NERITIC ...

Innarsøyene

Wildlife
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Stein Byrkjeland
SEA BIRDS ON INNARSØYANE ...

Fossevatna

Wildlife
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Stein Byrkjeland
Fossevatna, some few kilometres north of Alversund, is one of the finest wetland areas in Lindås. Especially the birdlife has made this place well kno...

Lure Fjord

Wildlife
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Stein Byrkjeland
Both Lure Fjord and Lindåsosane to the inside give good living conditions for rare marine organisms: jellyfish, shellfish and fish. These include anim...

Eikangervågen

Wildlife
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Stein Byrkjeland
TUFTED DUCKS IN EIKANGERVÅGEN BAY ...

Litlesotra

Wildlife
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Stein Byrkjeland
CORAL REEFS ...

Løno

Wildlife
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Bjørn Moe William Helland-Hansen Stein Byrkjeland
Small boat folk in Hordaland know where Løno is. As do many seabirds. With the big ocean at its back and a wide, weather beaten strait ahead of it, Lø...

Ågotnes - Stonechat

Wildlife
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Stein Byrkjeland
STONECHAT ...

Tjeldstømarka

Wildlife
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Stein Byrkjeland Nils Georg Brekke
There is no place in Hordaland where there are so many over-wintering song swans as in Tjeldstømarka. And there are few places in the county that have...

Skogsøyna

Wildlife
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Stein Byrkjeland
There isn't much forest on Skogsøyna today, but that there is, has been planted. There is not much wildlife, either. But, quite a lot of birds pass by...

Matre - Salmon spot

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

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....

Storavatnet - Red-throated diver

Wildlife
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Stein Byrkjeland
The troll-like sounds from the Red-throated diver carry long distances between the mountains around Storavatnet. The high-pitched, haunting screeches ...

Lonelva

Wildlife
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Stein Byrkjeland
It is said that the salmon populations with the largest and the smallest salmon in the world both come from the waters that run out into the fjord sys...

Herdla - Migrating birds

Wildlife
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Stein Byrkjeland
Bergen folk landed on it, long and well. The Germans took it over, during the Second World War. The birds had been doing it for several thousands of y...

Herdleflaket

Wildlife
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Stein Byrkjeland
Spring, summer and autumn, there is bird life on Valen, and the tidal zone is especially attractive. Out on Herdlaflaket, you see ducks and other divi...

Frølandsvatnet

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

Hellandsfossen

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

Lake Nesheimvatnet

Wildlife
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Stein Byrkjeland

Glesvær

Wildlife
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Stein Byrkjeland
He wondered, surely, the fisherman who in 1769 found a 3.3 metre-long silvery shining sea creature at Glesvær. Perhaps he hadn't heard the legend abou...

Fedje bog

Wildlife
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Stein Byrkjeland
The wild rabbit is really native to Northwest Africa, but the Ancient Romans introduced them to large parts of Europe. Not to Norway, rightly enough: ...

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...

Stølsdalen

Wildlife
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Stein Byrkjeland
The grey alder forest down by the river in Stølsdalen is full of life. The many birds are very busy finding enough to eat from day to day – but the bi...

Djønno

Wildlife
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Stein Byrkjeland
LION ANT...

Kinso

Wildlife
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Stein Byrkjeland
SALMON OF KINSO RIVER...

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...

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 ...

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...

Nordrenut

Wildlife
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Stein Byrkjeland
It must have taken a long time for the snails of Finse to make it to the mountains; six species have been found as high as 1470 m a.s.l. For the snail...

The forgotten saga

Themes
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Svein Indrelid
The saga regarding the settlement of Hordaland started off about 10,000 years ago. Most of this saga has been recorded in writing, not on paper, but o...

Lønaøyane

Wildlife
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Stein Byrkjeland
The Strandaelvi river is forever protected from the development of hydropower. The Lønaøyane islands – which comprise the delta furthest north in Lake...

Vosso

Wildlife
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Stein Byrkjeland Geir H. Johnsen
There is probably no bigger salmon to be found in the whole wide world than in Vosso. The average size varies from season to season of course, but for...

Ekso

Wildlife
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Stein Byrkjeland
In the late 1800s, Ekso was known among the nobility in England as having among the best salmon rivers. In summer the Lords could haul in big fish of ...

Veafjorden

Wildlife
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Stein Byrkjeland
Some decades ago, Veafjord and the currents in toward the bigger rivers were the most likely places to see harbour seals in Hordaland. In the summer f...

Raundalen

Wildlife
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Stein Byrkjeland
Thousands of years ago - when the climate was warmer than today - there was probably a lot of moose in Hordaland. We know this from finds of bone from...

Vikafjellet

Wildlife
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Stein Byrkjeland
The largest reindeer herd in Hordaland - outside of Hardangervidda - lives in the mountainous area between Voss/Vaksdal and Sognefjorden....

Myrkdalsdeltaet

Wildlife
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Stein Byrkjeland
Mykdal delta had an unusually diverse bird life, right up until 1987. The Myrkdal delta should have been protected, and the plans were prepared. Despi...

Seglberget

Wildlife
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Stein Byrkjeland
HOUSE MARTINS IN STONE WALLS...

Granvinsvassdraget

Wildlife
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Stein Byrkjeland Randolf Knotten
After the ice age, Granvin Fjord reached all the way up under Skjervsfjossen waterfall. Just a thousand years later, as a result of the rising of the ...

Byparken

Wildlife
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Stein Byrkjeland
It isn't true that hungry students have hunted down basking ducks in the city park Byparken in their spring fervour, as rumours may have it. But, it i...

Nygårdsparken

Wildlife
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Stein Byrkjeland

Fjellsiden

Wildlife
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Stein Byrkjeland
Møllendal graveyard is the winter home of the urban crows in Bergen. Those that do not want to stay overnight in the graveyard, perch in the lush deci...

Bjellandsvatnet

Wildlife
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Stein Byrkjeland
Lake Bjellandsvatnet is one of the richest wetland areas in Sveio. But, everything has its limit, and the supply of nutrients can be too much. This is...

Etne river

Wildlife
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Stein Byrkjeland
There is still life to be found that is just “hanging on a string”. The Etne river has been the most important river for sports- fisherman in Hordalan...

Kalandsvika

Wildlife
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Stein Byrkjeland Bjørn Moe
There is little to say about the opportunity for surveying from the bird observation tower in Kalandsvika: 155 different bird species have been sighte...

Stordalen

Wildlife
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Stein Byrkjeland Mary Losvik
When the Etne water system was protected in 1994, preservation of the cultural landscape in Stordalen Valley was a a main objective. This is a valley ...

Flakkavågen

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

Espevikpollen

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

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 ...

Vevatnet

Wildlife
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Stein Byrkjeland

Korsfjorden

Wildlife
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Stein Byrkjeland Nils Georg Brekke
IN DEEP WATER...

Sjøbøelva river

Wildlife
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Stein Byrkjeland

Ulvenvatnet

Wildlife
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Stein Byrkjeland
Lake Ulvenvatnet is thought to be the most species rich wetlands in the municipality. Despite this, the area is not protected, nor is it likely ever t...

Oselva

Wildlife
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Stein Byrkjeland Arve Tved
Oselvo is the biggest waterway on the Bergen peninsula, with sources in Gullfjellet and Sveningen. There is a fall of only 60 metres along the entire ...

Sørøyane

Wildlife
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Stein Byrkjeland Knut Fægri
SØRØYANE - THE MOST IMPORTANT SEABIRD LOCALITY IN HORDALAND ...

Erslandsvatnet

Wildlife
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Stein Byrkjeland
CANADA GEESE - AN IMPORT WITH AN AFTER TASTE ...

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: ...

Sævarhagsvikjo

Wildlife
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Stein Byrkjeland
Most of the shoreline toward the sea in Sunnhordland is stony and steep. Therefore, flat tidal areas are scarce, yet these are especially important fo...

Digernes

Wildlife
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Stein Byrkjeland Bjørn Moe
Despite the fact that the animal life on Stord is better investigated and studied than most other places in Hordaland, we were not clear about the div...

Engesundsvatnet

Wildlife
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Stein Byrkjeland

Rimbareid - Vestbøstad

Wildlife
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Stein Byrkjeland
At nesting time you cannot avoid hearing the calls of the curlew or the snipe along the narrow road through the cultural landscape from Rimbareid to V...

Iglatjødno

Wildlife
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Stein Byrkjeland

Møkster - seabirds

Wildlife
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Stein Byrkjeland
Fish and guests smell after three days, it is said. The cormorants do not need this long. If you follow your nose, the cormorant is not difficult to f...

Krækkjavassdraget

Wildlife
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Stein Byrkjeland
Few other animal species on Hardangervidda have been as much the focus of scientific research as the spotted trout. The spotted trout is considered to...

Bjoreidalen

Wildlife
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Stein Byrkjeland
Bjoreidalen is one of the classic bird localities on Hardangervidda. It is especially known for its wading birds, with as many as 17 of the 19 wader s...

Langavassmyrane

Wildlife
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Stein Byrkjeland
The Ruff lek on Langvassmyrane is the only known phenomenon of its kind on Hardangervidda. Every year it attracts hens from the whole plateau. The mar...

Sandvin

Wildlife
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Stein Byrkjeland
It is not easy to know what the conditions are at the nesting grounds when one is far away in winter - perhaps in France or the Mediterranean. At Sand...

Eio

Wildlife
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Stein Byrkjeland

Kalandsvatnet and Klokkarvatnet

Wildlife
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Stein Byrkjeland