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Aksnesholmane

Aksnesholmane

26.05.2018 - 16:30

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 not always easy to find good sites. At Aksnesholmane there is an impressive colony of gulls, and the locality has been protected since 1923.

Nestunet by Nesvatnet.

Nes

13.12.2018 - 08:30

The farm Nes lies directly inside Mundheim on a forested headland in the fjord between Mundheimsvika and Bondesundet, a farm with an attractive and well-kept cultural landscape.

Norheimsund seen from Tolo around the turn of the former century.

Norheim

26.05.2018 - 16:38

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 in Hardanger, of those that belonged to the powerful families; Sandven in Kvam, Torsnes in Jondal, Aga in Ullensvang and Spånheim in Ulvik.

The décor from the Skogasel house

Skogasel

26.05.2018 - 23:35

The smokehouse at Vika

Vika

24.06.2018 - 15:28

Smokehouse in Vikøy

Vikøy

27.05.2018 - 15:04

Through Adolph Tidemand’s detailed close-ups of smokehouses in Kvam, the vicarage in Vikøy, where he lived during his painting trips through Hardanger, has obtained a central position in the Norwegian national romanticism.

Dwelling house and store from the Øystese hamlet.

Øystese- Kvam rural museum

07.12.2018 - 14:52