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![Osa and the Osa fjord](https://www.grind.no/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/bilder/sted/1/kvh_360xxx.jpg?itok=YQCQAW0y)
Osa
At the bottom of the Osa fjord there is a cultural landscape marked by great contrasts; the wide terraces and the river delta at the fjord contrast with the steep hillsides in the background, where Norddalen leads up to the mountain. There are two farms here. Osa and Sævartveit – the farm at the river mouth and the hollow by the sea.
![Hallstatt sword](https://www.grind.no/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/bilder/sted/232/kvh_360-2x.jpg?itok=4HquQz9B)
![Nils Hertzberg watercolour of “Spånheimsklosteret”](https://www.grind.no/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/bilder/sted/232/kvh_362-2.jpg?itok=tMjpbmV9)
![Gneiss.](https://www.grind.no/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/bilder/sted/232/sam_25.jpg?itok=1PhE0wUc)
![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.
![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.
![From Hamlagrøhornet one sees a division between the fertile phyllite and the naked Precambrian basement rock types in the landscape](https://www.grind.no/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/bilder/sted/232/voss_55.jpg?itok=WKuDCDHt)
Hamlagrø
The type of underlying rock can be decisive for how many different types of plants are found in an area. In the area around Hamlagrø-lake the diversity is especially obvious. The geological conditions change much here within a short distance.
![Slopes above the Kårdal boarding house](https://www.grind.no/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/bilder/sted/232/voss_22.jpg?itok=Fvt_DoMF)