From Dense Forest to Open Heathlands

Have you ever experienced a quiet Sunday morning in Ullensvang, with the fruit trees in blossom and the snow white mountains mirrored in the shining fjord, or a romantic summer night at ﾘster amongst the Michaelmas daisies, the harebells and the white campion - or a lazy August day on the naked rocks out on the sea, when all of the islands are clad in a lilac purple carpet of heather in bloom - you will never forget it. 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, gives the scene colour and excitement is the plant life.