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![Burial mounds from the Bronze Age at Skarvaberget, Sydnes](https://www.grind.no/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/bilder/sted/190/kvh_193_sydnes_gravhaug_150.jpg?itok=Fyg1S_87)
![Årstad in the 1890s](https://www.grind.no/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/bilder/sted/232/kvh_253-2.jpg?itok=5wIhsIRt)
Årstad
Alrekstad (later Årstad) is the birthplace of Bergen. The estate was an estate for Harald Hårfagre and several of his descendants: Eirik Blodøks, Håkon den gode og Olav Tryggvason. These first kings moved with their courts and guardsmen from estate to estate. From these estates the king ruled the country.
![Blanks for bowls and ladles](https://www.grind.no/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/bilder/sted/232/kvh_231-4.jpg?itok=EnFHKTo-)
Eidsbøen
Where the school and the sports facility lie at Eidsbøen there was previously a bog surrounded by small hillocks. More than 1000 years ago this was a holy place, where the dead were buried.
![Burial mounds at Hæreid](https://www.grind.no/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/bilder/sted/1/haegreid.jpg?itok=LEb0sJkP)
Hæreid- archaeology
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, the mounds and stone piles, on their own or in clusters, large and small, round and elongated – at least 350 in all.
![Varberg](https://www.grind.no/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/bilder/sted/190/kvh_406_varberg_grav_2_150.jpg?itok=4F7mQcqG)
![The royal mound at Hop, Askøy](https://www.grind.no/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/bilder/sted/232/kvh_270-2.jpg?itok=09oK1K5S)
![Gullbotnen](https://www.grind.no/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/bilder/sted/232/sam_18.jpg?itok=dlJQCo79)
Gullbotnen
A barren belt where almost nothing grows, runs through the forest on the east slope of Gullbotnen. But, along the west side of the main road there is a fertile zone that flourishes with several finicky plant types. The contrasts arise from the extreme variations in the nutrient content of the bedrock.
![Burning heath](https://www.grind.no/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/bilder/sted/1/kvh-315-1.jpg?itok=ppNzj4Tv)
Lygra
The heath landscape on outer Lygra, Utluro and Lurekalven will in future become part of a landscape protection area, to be maintained through traditional activities with year-round outdoor sheep, grazing and burning. The West Norwegian heath country belongs to a large North Atlantic coastal landscape stretching from the Bay of Biscay to the Lofoten islands.
![](https://www.grind.no/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/bilder/sted/1/kvh_313-2.jpg?itok=u4W0JQKb)
Seim
Sæheim (Seim) at Lygrefjord is mentioned as one of the royal farms of Harald Hårfagre. Several of the first Norwegian national kings had their seat here, and the farm became Crown Property up to the 1400s. According to the sagas, Håkon den gode is buried on the farm.
![The potato cellar at Verastunet is still in good condition.](https://www.grind.no/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/bilder/sted/190/kvh_316_veras_potetkjeller_150.jpg?itok=BG46uTxF)