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Gildrehola

Gildrehola

12.03.2018 - 12:53

From Ingahogg.

Ingahogg

20.12.2018 - 12:19

At nearly 1000 metres over sea level, on the north side of INGAHOGG mountain, the remains of a soapstone quarry have been discovered. It is said, according to the Sagas, that Inga collected the big soapstone that lies in front of the Åkra Church from here.

Skorpo (Svein Nord)

Skorpo

29.03.2018 - 11:25

Skorpo - Polished by glaciers and meltwater

From Upper Musland toward Geitadalen.

Ulvanosa

04.01.2019 - 11:02

Some mountains have rounded shapes, while others have steep slopes and sharp edges. Ulvanosa (1246 mos.) has both. The forms reflect the type of bedrock below, and the forces that were in effect when they were formed.

The rectory at Finnes

Finnås rectory

31.03.2018 - 20:19

Coat of arms, Orning

Orninggård

19.06.2018 - 16:35

Onarheim

19.06.2018 - 17:45

Foglefonna and Sandvikedalen with Hardangerjøkulen in the distance.

Mosnes

12.03.2019 - 15:46

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.

Einstapevoll

Einstapevoll- slates

06.05.2019 - 09:53

“On the country of Wallestrand…the rock almost everywhere appears to be of a slate-like substance, be it at the seashore, on the farms or in their distant fields”.