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Deportations from Tælavåg 30 April 1942.

Tælavåg

16.06.2018 - 17:35

Tælavåg has a significant place in the history of the German occupation in WWII. The small community by the sea, where for centuries people had made a living from farming and fishing in harmony with the natural resources, in 1942 became the victim of German reprisals without their equal in Norwegian war history. The collection of war histories in Tælavåg provides us with a close-up of the dramatic events.

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.

English Yew tree i Langebudalen.

Langebudalen

31.03.2018 - 20:00

Boat engines, Norwegian Engine Museum in Skånevik

Skånevik- Norwegian engine museum

25.04.2018 - 21:25

Hardanger Folk Museum

Hardanger Folk Museum

27.05.2018 - 15:18

Old pine forest in Husedalen.

Husedalen

27.05.2018 - 15:23

Skredhaugen

Skredhaugen

27.05.2018 - 15:27

Hårteigen

Hårteigen

12.03.2019 - 15:33

Hårteigen, «the grey signpost», as the name suggests, is a landmark for mountain hikers on the western plateau. The piece of mountain is also a monument for the mighty rock layers that once covered the entire plateau.