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![The oldest farmyard at Fryste or Frøystein.](https://www.grind.no/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/bilder/sted/1/kvh_362-1x.jpg?itok=eOmGpFJ-)
Frøystein
The farm Frøystein by the Ulvik fjord is commonly called Fryste. In 1614 the name was written Frøstemb – an obvious Danish influence – and the form Frøsten was used up until the land register in 1886 and 1907. It is probable that the name of the farm originally was Frystvin; a vin-name. Thus it has no connection with neither Frøy (Norse fertility god) nor stein (stone).
![Hallingskeid](https://www.grind.no/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/bilder/sted/232/kvh_360-4_0.jpg?itok=jjyCUd7C)
![The soil tongues below Jomfrunuten.](https://www.grind.no/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/bilder/sted/232/ulvik_36.jpg?itok=aOfkkEth)
Jomfrunuten
Freezing and thawing are processes that influence plant cover, move enormous blocks, stretche long mounds of earth, break open bedrock and create patterns in stone and earth.
![Hallstatt sword](https://www.grind.no/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/bilder/sted/232/kvh_360-2x.jpg?itok=4HquQz9B)
![Nils Hertzberg watercolour of “Spånheimsklosteret”](https://www.grind.no/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/bilder/sted/232/kvh_362-2.jpg?itok=tMjpbmV9)
![Ulvikapollen](https://www.grind.no/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/bilder/sted/232/ulvik_13.jpg?itok=ufHTN52m)
Ulvikapollen
When the lush beach area innermost in Ulvikapollen was protected, the bird life was instrumental to the decision. The plant diversity is just as impressive. In Hordaland sea meadows such as this are rare small in size - they are more common in coastal environments.
![Fossen cliff](https://www.grind.no/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/bilder/sted/232/sam_11.jpg?itok=VQQxhF23)
Fossen Bratte
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?
![Gneiss.](https://www.grind.no/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/bilder/sted/232/sam_25.jpg?itok=1PhE0wUc)
![Soft shapes in the hard mountain.](https://www.grind.no/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/bilder/sted/232/samnanger.jpg?itok=TBH6DVLU)
![The combination building at Nordvik.](https://www.grind.no/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/bilder/sted/232/kvh_250-2.jpg?itok=CxcVlWaV)