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![Herdla, Askøy](https://www.grind.no/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/bilder/sted/1/kvh_272-1.jpg?itok=a3mGo7KI)
Herdla farm
Numerous finds show that the settlement at Herdla goes back to prehistoric times, and the large estate at Herdla has enjoyed a central place in the nation’s history since High Middle Ages. As Ask, Herdla was part of the country estate Harald Hårfagre took over as he took command of the west of Norway.
![The Ostra chests are easily recognisable with their characteristic style.](https://www.grind.no/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/bilder/sted/232/kvh_327-1.jpg?itok=x-fr2TBj)
Mjøsvågen
Around Mjøsvågen here is still a compact marine use area. Some of the buildings are common boathouses, but most of them also house small enterprises and workshops. This is where the farmers from Øvsthus, Mjøs, Hole and other farms have supplemented their meagre incomes as smiths, brass moulders, clog makers, chest builders and decorative painters.
![Silver dinar](https://www.grind.no/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/bilder/sted/232/kvh_325-3.jpg?itok=9lwSwy0C)
![Støle church](https://www.grind.no/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/bilder/sted/190/kvh_187_stole_kyrkje_150.jpg?itok=QkdeOeRd)
Støle church
The stone church at Støle may have been built around 1160 probably as a private chapel for the mighty Stødle clan. It is likely that it was Erling Skakke, the king’s representative and father of king Magnus Erlingsson, who built the church.
![Boat bow of oak shaped like an animal head.](https://www.grind.no/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/bilder/sted/232/kvh_223-4.jpg?itok=6Y1lzt5t)
![The stave church in Røldal](https://www.grind.no/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/bilder/sted/190/kvh_55-1.jpg?itok=s4rVLQ2e)
Røldal
The stave church in Røldal was one of the key pilgrimage churches in West Norway. The church was probably built between 1250 and 1350, and in the high Middle Ages Røldal was the most important destination for pilgrims in the country beside the Nidaros cathedral. It was the crucifix that attracted people to midnight mass on midsummer night. That was when it excreted its miraculous sweat.
![Foglefonna and Sandvikedalen with Hardangerjøkulen in the distance.](https://www.grind.no/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/bilder/sted/232/etne_40.jpg?itok=QkNKWy9j)
Mosnes
The permanently-protected Mosneselva River, with its meltwater from Folgefonna, runs out into Åkra Fjord by the roadless and uninhabited Mosnes. Those who once lived here were forced to surrender to the ravages of Nature. In the autumn of 1962 there was a flood so great that the people were driven from their farms.