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Elias Fiigenschoug’s painting of Halsnøy monastery , 1656

Halsnøy Monastery

19.06.2018 - 16:12

Halsnøy Monastery is situated in the midst of the lush fjord country in Sunnhordland, on one of the old spits, or “necks”, that has given name to the island. Gently sloping fields lead down to the sea on both sides, in the south towards the Kloster Fjord, to the north towards the sheltered Klostervågen.

Møkjedalen (Bjørn Moe)

Møkjedalen

21.12.2018 - 20:46

Tveita

Tveitabotn

31.03.2018 - 19:25

Blood-red geranium

Ølveshovda

31.03.2018 - 19:30

Klosteret

12.06.2018 - 19:10

Old pine forest (Bjørn Moe)

Munkebotsdalen

31.03.2018 - 19:31

Fra Blåmanen mot Vardegga og Ulriken.

Vidden

07.12.2018 - 14:19

Norwegian Sagebrush

Jonstein

26.05.2018 - 16:26

When high school student Arne Handegard collected plants for a herbarium in 1962, he didn’t know what kind of rarity he had pressed into his notebook. 30 years later he attended a botanical lecture, where a picture was shown of a plant he recognized: “Norwegian Sagebrush, which in Norway is only found in a large area of Dovre and in Trollheimen, and in a little area in Ry county”. Arne Handegard raised his hand: “That plant grows on Mt. Jonstein in Jondal”.

Vinnesholmen, Fusa

Vinnesholmen

21.11.2018 - 19:25

Part of the Yddal nature preserve seen from the air.

Yddal

16.06.2018 - 14:08

Yddal is one of the biggest and finest pine forest areas in the county. The rich forest resources provided an important foundation for the settlement of Yddal. Up until about the 1950s, there were three farms here. Where the lumberjacks couldn't get to, the trees grew very big and can be over 300 years old.

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