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The royal mound at Hop, Askøy

Hop- The royal mounds

13.03.2018 - 21:07

Strusshamn at the beginning of the 1800s.

Strusshamn

12.06.2018 - 17:04

On the south side of Askøy, just west of Bergen, lies Strusshamn. The sheltered bay is one of the best harbours in Byfjorden, on the route south. At the time of the sailing ships the harbour could be full of vessels from Bergen and abroad, lying in wait for favourable wind. Old anchoring rings from 1687 bear witness to this. Strusshamn was a quarantine harbour for ships that came sailing in with the yellow pest flag flying.

Drawing of runic letters engraved in a carving knife from Fløksand.

Fløksand

19.05.2018 - 20:02

Bronze keys and remains of a wooden stick from Døso.

Døso

16.06.2018 - 14:11

The rock paintings in Grødalshaug, Os

Grødalshaug

16.06.2018 - 15:52

At the bottom of Vargavågen on Halhjem lies Grødalshaug, a 30 metres high rocky outcrop between the bay and a moist valley cleft. On the south side of the rock is a steep rock cliff facing the valley, the bog and the stream. On this rock face we find rock carvings from the Bronze Age.

The trading post Kvalesund in Os, around 1900

Kvalesund

16.06.2018 - 15:53

Varghola

Vargavågen

13.03.2018 - 21:35

Lysøen, Os

Lysøen

27.03.2019 - 12:54

Lysøen, this fairytale castle with its Russian-inspired onion dome on the corner turret, stands as a reminder of the diversity of the period called Historicism and a monument to a versatile artist; a key figure in the Norwegian National Romanticism.