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![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.
![Cross-leaved heath (Akvarell: Miranda Bødtker)](https://www.grind.no/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/bilder/sted/232/auste_3.jpg?itok=LlH8ouMq)
![Frøland power station and lake Frøland.](https://www.grind.no/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/bilder/sted/232/sam_4.jpg?itok=7O9c4Igu)
Frøland
Much rain, a steep drop and nearness to Bergen meant that the power-making potential of the Samnanger water system was exploited early. Samnanger was thus one of the first power-producing municipalities in western Norway. With its subsequent expansion and new power stations, about 400 gigawatts of electricity per hour were produced on average each year. This is enough to meet the energy needs of 25,000 households.
![The combination building at Nordvik.](https://www.grind.no/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/bilder/sted/232/kvh_250-2.jpg?itok=CxcVlWaV)
![The Sivle farm, Voss](https://www.grind.no/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/bilder/sted/232/kvh_355-3.jpg?itok=4Dt5dDfO)
![Byrkjehaugen, Voss](https://www.grind.no/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/bilder/sted/232/kvh_344-2.jpg?itok=aHQ6m2N7)
Byrkjehaugen
On the farm Bø, close to the highway between Bulken and Voss lies Byrkjehaugen, one of the largest burial mounds in West Norway. Originally it was around 50m across and 5m high, but following the excavation in 1908 and chipping off by both railway and road construction, the cross-section has shrunk to 37m and the height to 4m. All the same, it is an impressive burial monument for the passing traveller to see.
![The home of Sjur Bygd](https://www.grind.no/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/bilder/sted/190/kvh_352_bygd_150.jpg?itok=DhtZ1mRe)
![Working with roof slates in the slate quarry at Nordheim around the year 1900](https://www.grind.no/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/bilder/sted/232/voss_29.jpg?itok=AFazwPkE)
Nordheim
"And here these endless kingdoms and these toils for a rich working life far and wide have lain and slept for a hundred thousand years! Right up until the Voss Railway came in 1883 and woke them, like the prince in the fairytale who awakened the Sleeping Beauty."
![The mighty scree by Langeland Farm](https://www.grind.no/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/bilder/sted/232/voss_53.jpg?itok=_aFa06qZ)
Teigdalen
It is not surprising that there are several folk tales connected to the large and unusual scree deposit that is found at Langeland, uppermost in Teigdalen. It is said that folk have been taken into the mountains by these stone blocks and have come back and told about how the wood nymphs live. It is also said that packs of thieves hid here in the old days, both themselves and the treasures they had stolen.