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Eidfjord church.

Eidfjord church

28.08.2019 - 09:26

The old stone church at Eidfjord has an open position on the terrace at Lægreid. In a diploma from 1310 it transpires that Torgeir on Sponheim donated a gift for the erection of the church in Eidfjord. Thus we can assume that the church was under construction at the time. The elements in the style confirm such a dating.

Eio

Eio

18.03.2019 - 09:21

The lobster park in Espevær

Espevær- lobster park

19.06.2018 - 18:42

Moraine ridges, Fruo.

Fruo

26.05.2018 - 11:21

At Fruo, nature has built its own little "Chinese wall ". Some kilometers south of the Vøringsfossen waterfall, there are a number of moraine ridges, the longest and most notable of their kind in Hordaland.

Portion of the Frøysetelva River, by Sleire.

Frøyset river network

13.08.2020 - 19:10

Frøyset river network is protected from power station-building - not because of its pristine nature - but because it is a typical river network for this part of western Norway.

Strandvollen ved Hallaråker. Siggjo in the background

Hallaråker

19.05.2018 - 20:27

Halnelægeret.

Halne

26.05.2018 - 11:25

At Halnefjorden, a few hundred metres east of Halne mountain lodge, lie the remains of two stone sheds – Halnelægeret. Some generations ago the cattle drovers stopped here in the summer; they were the cowboys of their time. But Halnelægeret already had a long history before the cattle drovers came.

Sculptures in the bedrock

Herand- geologi

11.12.2018 - 14:12

The Eidfjord terrace as seen from Lægreid, presumably in the early 1900s.

Hæreid- geology

28.11.2018 - 20:13

The Eidfjord terrace is a gigantic ridge that reaches up more than one hundred metres from the city centre in Eidfjord. It serves as a powerful natural monument left behind by the ice when it retreated.

Indre Vikane

Indre Vikane

26.05.2018 - 16:24

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