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The Sivle farm, Voss

Brekke

19.06.2018 - 17:55

The home of Sjur Bygd

Myrkdalen

19.06.2018 - 17:55

SJUR BYGD

The Ostra chests are easily recognisable with their characteristic style.

Mjøsvågen

18.06.2018 - 20:03

Around Mjøsvågen here is still a compact marine use area. Some of the buildings are common boathouses, but most of them also house small enterprises and workshops. This is where the farmers from Øvsthus, Mjøs, Hole and other farms have supplemented their meagre incomes as smiths, brass moulders, clog makers, chest builders and decorative painters.

Os station

Os station

16.06.2018 - 16:01

Ygre Station around 1920.

Ygre

06.06.2020 - 13:13

Ygre Station lies hidden away for highway travellers, just below the road Vossevangen-Mjølfjell. The station building at Ygre was constructed at Nesttun station in 1879-80. Almost all the stations at the Voss railway were identical. The architect was Balthazar Lange, and the type was called subsidiary station No.4. It is built in the Swiss style, as fashion of the times demanded.

Notaholmen, Samnanger

Notaholmen

16.06.2018 - 17:28

The fishnet shed at Notaholmen stands as a reminder of the days when people used to row out on the fjord to set their nets. On Notaholmen the nets were dried, repaired and tanned. And it was a great advantage to store them in a place inaccessible for rats and mice.

Lyse Monastery, reconstruction

Lyse Monastery

16.06.2018 - 15:56