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Måbødalen - road construction

Communications
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Per M. Bremnes
THE ROADS THROUGH MÅBØDALEN...

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...

Skjervet - road construction

Communications
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke Knut Kjerland Johannes Gjerdåker
The road between Eide in Granvin and Voss is one of the oldest roads mentioned in the Middle Ages. In a diploma from 1343 from Voss regarding distribu...

Kongstun

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke
In the Middle Ages the farmers were under obligation to transport state officials. The bishops were entitled to 18 horses when they travelled about on...

Øvre Folkedal

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke
Folkedal, which today is like a small “detour” from the main highway, was in the Middle Ages centrally situated in one of the most important roads bet...

Botnen

Landscape
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke
Fyksesundet and Botnagrenda present a fine experience of the landscape and cultural history; a geographically isolated local settlement with extensive...

Hæreid - archaeology

Archaeology
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Svein Indrelid Sigrid H.H. Kaland
The biggest prehistoric burial site in Hordaland is situated at Hæreid. On top of the terrace expanse, inside the fine birch garden, is where they lie...

Kjeåsen

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke
High up above the fjord, at a height of 600m lie the two holdings at Kjeåsen. Today you can drive there by car, through a new tunnel that the power en...

Hjølmo

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke
In the steep hillside in Hjølmodalen, a small side valley from Øvre Eidfjord (Upper Eidfjord), which has been a key entrance to the Hardanger Plateau,...

Måbø

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke Kjell Andresen
Måbø is the uppermost farm in Måbødalen. This narrow and steep mountain valley has been one of the routes from the fjord communities up to the mountai...

Agastølen

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke
Whoever wanders the mountain plateau will form time to time hit upon old mountain summer farms, with solid old stone sheds, half sunk into the ground;...

Øystese - Kvam rural museum

Museums, nature conservation, cultural heritage
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke
KVAM RURAL MUSEUM ...

Norheim

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke
Norheim, “the farm by the narrow sound” is mentioned in a diploma from the Middle Ages and in an inheritance document. This is one of the large farms ...

Vikøy

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke Hans Emil Lidén
Through Adolph Tidemand’s detailed close-ups of smokehouses in Kvam, the vicarage in Vikøy, where he lived during his painting trips through Hardanger...

Vangdal

Archaeology
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Svein Indrelid Nils Georg Brekke
At Salthamaren in Vangdalsberget it is thought that salt was burned some time in history, and deep layers of coal in the ground show that fire has bee...

Berge

Livelihood and Craftsmanship
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke Olav Tveiten
Down by the fjord on the farm Berge in Tørvikbygd, is Stekkavika – a sheltered eastward facing harbour, protected against the fjord by headlands and r...

Bru

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke
Bruosen is one of the few river harbours in the county. As landing place for the churchgoers, this place and the boatshed environment follow a traditi...