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![The steep sloping landscape on Håvra](https://www.grind.no/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/bilder/artikkel/williamh/kvh_5-1_opt.jpeg?itok=qsofNpnD)
Cultural Heritage and Cultural Landscapes
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 Island, actually first came into being in Viking times, with an incipient division of the farms into smaller units.
![Hårteigen](https://www.grind.no/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/bilder/artikkel/williamh/kvh-landskapet_11_0.jpeg?itok=p4zKUx6A)
![Kiste måla i 1834 av Bjørn Bjaalid](https://www.grind.no/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/bilder/artikkel/williamh/kvh_129-5x.jpg?itok=FW3pOgtC)
![A Hardanger sloop in full sail on the Trøndelag coast.](https://www.grind.no/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/bilder/artikkel/admin/kvh_89-1_jakt.jpg?itok=hObw1EnU)
Sailing Sloops and Boat Building
Marine activities expanded greatly throughout the 19th century, and provided a livelihood for many people. Fishing and shipping were probably the subsidiary activities which had greatest economic significance throughout the century. Marine activities brought, literally speaking, wind into the sails of many rural districts in Hordaland during that period.
![Alfred Søvik from Lysefjorden](https://www.grind.no/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/bilder/artikkel/williamh/kvh_92-1_bu.jpg?itok=TMo1d2WC)
The Wooden Boat
Craftsmanship through two thousand years