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Up to the 1870s Osøyra was a military training area.

Osøyro

16.06.2018 - 16:00

The coastal settlement of Os begins to take form in the middle of the 1800s. This is when craftsmen and traders begin to settle at the river delta.

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.

Skogsvågen, Sund. Picture from ca. 1890.

Skogsvåg

19.05.2018 - 19:47

Kval i våg! Når det ropet gjekk, var det berre å få ut den kraftige kvalnota til å stengja vågen med, og så kunne veidinga ta til. I uminnelege tider har det vore drive kvalveiding i Skogsvågen.

Villelia

Villelia

15.05.2018 - 13:43

Raudlia

Raudlia

15.05.2018 - 13:39

Os rectory

Os rectory

29.05.2019 - 15:12

Ulevn Camp around 1915.

Ulven camp

16.06.2018 - 16:03

Soft shapes in the hard mountain.

Grasdalen

12.03.2018 - 13:08

Gneiss.

Frøland- Liarostunnel

16.06.2018 - 17:24

Fossen cliff

Fossen Bratte

07.12.2018 - 09:36

The steep drop by Fossen cliff has been the biggest challenge for those who wished to make a road over Kvamskogen through the years. Leave the car by the monument on the old road and take a walk down to the bend by the waterfall that Bergen-folk call "The bridal veil". Why is there a waterfall just here?

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