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![Gamalt postopneri, Øpstad i Fusa](https://www.grind.no/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/bilder/sted/1/kvh_245-x.jpg?itok=p6Gt3T-l)
Øpstad
The post house at Øpstad stands out in the landscape. An ochre yellow house with a loft and a white-painted house in Swiss style with ochre edgings, bears witness to a well preserved house from the 1800s, nearest neighbour to the beautiful old vicarage. In the Øpstad hamlet there was a post office for more than a hundred years, until the 1970s. Today it is possible to walk the old post road across the mountain to Strandvik, as part of “Den Stavangerske Postvei” (The post road to Stavanger).
![Agastølen](https://www.grind.no/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/bilder/sted/1/kvh_408-1.jpg?itok=A8Uylnnb)
Agastølen
Whoever wanders the mountain plateau will form time to time hit upon old mountain summer farms, with solid old stone sheds, half sunk into the ground; a building tradition that has roots into prehistoric times. When we have been satiated with untouched Nature, it is somewhat comforting to come upon the old mountain chalets - they represent a type of human encroachment that we not only accept, but appreciate. They arouse a feeling of recognition and are a distinct witness to how people in the rural communities have made use of even the most remote resources.
![The state residence at Holmen painted by Catharine Kølle, undated.](https://www.grind.no/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/bilder/sted/1/kvh_359-2.jpg?itok=akYYierY)
Holmen
HOLMEN AND THE KØLLE FAMILY Holmen lies by the fjord, innermost in Ulvikpollen. Originally this was a small smallholding or coast dweller’s place belonging to the farm Håheim. Major Johan Henrik Palludan obtained leasehold for a part of Holmen in 1773, and erected a grand house, as he was the head of Nordre Hardangerske kompani. In 1806 Mrs Palludin sold Holmen to the somewhat eccentric theologian Kristian Kølle, and thus the Kølle family came to Ulvik. Today the Kølle house in Holmen is gone, today it is the residence of the principal of the State horticultural school that occupies the ground – a villa in the dragon style from the turn of the previous century.
![Strusshamn at the beginning of the 1800s.](https://www.grind.no/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/bilder/sted/1/kvh_269-2-3.jpg?itok=GGmjJiOc)
Strusshamn
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.
![Hjelmevågen, Øygarden](https://www.grind.no/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/bilder/sted/1/kvh_289-1.jpg?itok=XBi64SD6)
Hjelmo
On the farm Hjelmo, furthest north in Øygarden, in the innermost part of a long bay, there is a fine boatshed collection with a church beside it. From times immemorial this has probably been the fish-shed location for these farm units and this was also the landing place for the churchgoers.
![The schoolhouse at Vassel dating from 1886.](https://www.grind.no/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/bilder/sted/1/kvh_317-3_0.jpg?itok=JZfIAFt9)
Vassel
The small, white-painted schoolhouse at Vassel is a modest, but worthy representative for the school in the rural community – an institution for knowledge and a considerable educator of the people. Many of the small rural schools have been rationalised away, but Vassel has been taken good care of, and on 7 December 1976, Lindås School Museum was opened.
![Hummelfossen power station., Masfjorden](https://www.grind.no/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/bilder/sted/1/kvh_320_z.jpg?itok=8fLzrW-Q)
Hummelfossen
As early as 1906 the Matre and Haugsdal waterway was bought up by the businessman Blauuw from Bergen; the first “waterfall speculator” in the Matre area. He immediately resold it to Fr. Hiorth, who transferred all the rights to the company Matrefaldene in 1908. Behind A/S Matrefaldene were German interests, Badische Anilin und Sodafabrik, which wanted to start production of saltpetre fertilizer with nitrogen and electricity.
![The power station at Herlandsfossen, Osterøy](https://www.grind.no/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/bilder/sted/232/kvh_327-4.jpg?itok=UYh1p6Mj)
![The cowshed at Kolåseidet, Radøy](https://www.grind.no/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/bilder/sted/1/kvh_299-1-1.jpg?itok=Oj5N5nT0)
Kolåseidet
The little cowshed which lies on the fence at Kolåseidet, constructed in connection with the stone fence, has put its mark on the cultural landscape. On the border between the home fields and the forest, the cowshed is the very symbol of a simple resource management - the division between the cropland and the grazing grounds. And the way it was built has its roots far back in time.
![Dale power station](https://www.grind.no/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/bilder/sted/232/kvh_333-4xx.jpg?itok=Y26ZxQM5)
Dale power station
In 1923 Bergenshalvøens Kommunale Kraftselskap (BKK) expropriated large areas for power plants and development of hydropower started soon afterwards. Dale power station with the two first aggregates, each of 14 MW was put into operation on 17 November 1927. In the supply reservoir in Storefossen 5152 cubic metres of concrete were cast, and a modern and well-equipped power station was built.