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![Gjuvsland (Svein Nord)](https://www.grind.no/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/bilder/sted/232/navn.jpg?itok=npdQFont)
![The Ancient Ash Tree](https://www.grind.no/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/bilder/sted/232/kvi_36.jpg?itok=o_7Mt5TO)
![Elias Fiigenschoug’s painting of Halsnøy monastery , 1656](https://www.grind.no/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/bilder/sted/232/kvh_192-1.jpg?itok=9VO9I-NR)
Halsnøy Monastery
Halsnøy Monastery is situated in the midst of the lush fjord country in Sunnhordland, on one of the old spits, or “necks”, that has given name to the island. Gently sloping fields lead down to the sea on both sides, in the south towards the Kloster Fjord, to the north towards the sheltered Klostervågen.
![Maters Fjord with Holmedalsberget in the background.](https://www.grind.no/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/bilder/sted/232/kvi_37.jpg?itok=mDDqfdul)
Holmedalsberget
If you want to be on your own for a long day in a magnificent deciduous forest in demanding terrain, then HOLMESDALSBERGET is the right place. This is a big forested area by Matres Fjord in the southwestly part of Kinnherad. Here, we find one of the largest deciduous forests in Hordaland. The forest stretches over several kilometres.
![Møkjedalen (Bjørn Moe)](https://www.grind.no/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/bilder/sted/232/kvi_22.jpg?itok=iPMTpA3a)
![Sunde, Kvinnherad](https://www.grind.no/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/bilder/sted/232/kvh_194_xxx.jpg?itok=7zdyKxkc)
Sunde
In 1852 Haktor Thorsen erected two large warehouses on one of his farms in Sunde and started trading and salting herring. This was the start of an industrial adventure that made Sunde into one of the first industrial communities in Kvinnherad.
![Tveita](https://www.grind.no/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/bilder/sted/190/nvh_260_tveitabotn_2_150.jpg?itok=qnyU8yR3)
![Blood-red geranium](https://www.grind.no/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/bilder/sted/232/kvi_24.jpg?itok=b63Z_duB)
![Prospect of Alvøen, Bergen](https://www.grind.no/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/bilder/sted/232/kvh_262-x.jpg?itok=LxWnEEWq)
Alvøen
Alvøen is one of the oldest industrial places in Norway. As early as the 1620s a gunpowder mill was built here. The place itself was well situated for industrial activity, lying only 100 m from the waterfall, which provided power for the mill, and a good harbour wherefrom the products were shipped. The success of the gun-powder mill varied in the 1600s and 1700s, but what made Alvøen best known was its paper production.