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

Fløksand

19.05.2018 - 20:02

There are many puffins in the sea around the bridge

Salhusfjorden

17.06.2018 - 16:41

When the debate about building a pontoon bridge over Salhus Fjord was raging, some were afraid that the bridge would disrupt the ecology of the fjord system inside. The worst predictions did not prove true, but it is easy to see that there was a change: the Puffins have gotten a new food platter after the Nordhordaland bridge was built. Its favourite meal, mussels, thrive on the pontoons that are the foundation for the bridge.

Rock inscriptions at Helgaberget.

Helgaberget

18.12.2018 - 21:26

Helgaberget – the holy hill – is a little rocky crag which thrusts itself a few metres above the terraced surface of Støle. The surface of the rock is strewn with figures inscribed in the rock and it was, as far as one can judge, a cult centre in the Bronze Ages. The name could indicate that the tradition of holiness can have lasted for almost 3,000 years.

From the old road along the Åkrafjord

Åkrafjorden

19.06.2018 - 18:46

The wheelhouse at Hovdanes, Tysnes

Hovdanes

30.03.2018 - 20:24