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From Kvitingen nature preserve.

Kvitingen

16.06.2018 - 17:26

Few other places in Hordaland, or even the whole country, get as much rain as in the Samnanger mountains. The mountains here simply attract wetness. The weather station on Kvitingen has continuous measurements all the way back to 1900, and the measurements have documented several records for the county. The station is therefore much used as a reference for the rainfall in western Norway.

The combination building at Nordvik.

Nordvik

16.06.2018 - 17:27

The farms on Toska lie on moraine soils from the Herdla moraine.

Toska

18.06.2018 - 20:07

The peat bogs on Toska have been mined for peat since 1946, when the island got electricity. In this treeless coastal landscape, peat was the most important source of energy, and this took quite a toll on the bogs.