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Espevik

Espevik

03.01.2019 - 15:26

220 million years ago, glowing hot molten rock masses intruded into fractures in the earth's crust in the outer parts of Hordaland. Some of these are believed to have reached the surface and formed lava flows, which since have been eroded away by wind and weather. But, most of these flows solidified into diabase sills before they got to the surface.

The trading post Godøysund at the end of the 1880s.

Godøysund

19.06.2018 - 17:23

The old hostelry centres were strategically placed with good harbours and anchoring conditions where people travelled. GODØYSUND, or Gøysundet, as it was called, was in the middle of Tysnes Parish, with easy access from the sea, also for the local population. Gøysundet is amongst the oldest hostelries in Sunnhordland.

The walls in the boathouse in Hopssundet are built of red granite from Reksteren.

Hopssundet

01.05.2018 - 16:39

«Tysnes Fjord from Tysnes Oen»

Lokksundet

19.06.2018 - 17:43

If you should happen to be in a small boat in Lokksundet sound when the ocean currents from the fjord meet the counter currents in the sound, you will almost certainly wish you were on dry land! Under such conditions, the waves can become so high and so steep that they break.