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Geithidleren, Årsand, Kvinnherad

Årsand

19.06.2018 - 16:10

Below a south facing, steep rock at Årsand, there is one of the strangest ancient relics in the whole of Hordaland. The jutting rock wall forms a shallow flagstone – Geithilderen. Parts of the rock wall are covered by a light lime crust and on the crust figures have been painted in golden and rusty red colours.

The rock carvings at Bakko.

Bakko

26.05.2018 - 11:18

Everyone knows the famous painting by Tidemand & Gude “Brudeferden i Hardanger” (The Wedding Party in Hardanger) one of the great icons in the National Gallery. Some have, in a humorous lack of respect for this masterpiece linked the concept of “bride’s passage” to another pictorial presentation in Hardanger. This is found on the farm Bakko in Herand, carved in the rock by an unknown artist around 3,000 years ago.

The trading store at Holsund is now in the Horda Museum.

Holsund

16.06.2018 - 14:05

The rock carving ship on Samnøya, Fusa

Samnøya

13.03.2018 - 21:00

Vinnesholmen, Fusa

Vinnesholmen

21.11.2018 - 19:25

Sysendammen

Sysendammen

18.03.2018 - 07:59

Scythes used to be made in the brick house just across the motorway through Folkedal

Nedre Folkedal

26.05.2018 - 11:44

For many years the Folkedal scythe had a good reputation. Immediately above the highway through Folkedal there is a long brick building, on the inner side of the river. Here production of scythes went on to the beginning of the 1950s.

The smallholding Træet, Askøy

Træet

30.03.2018 - 08:56

Frøland power station and lake Frøland.

Frøland

18.03.2018 - 08:03

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.

Section of the lid of the chest painted around 1830, by Nils Johannesson Tveiterås

Tveit

16.06.2018 - 17:28

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