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Ask mot Herdlefjorden og Holsnøy

Ask- jordbær

12.06.2018 - 16:55

Strawberry-growing on Askøy flourished in the beginning of the last century. When gardener Samson Eik took in the type "Seierherren" from Rosendal in 1909 for growing strawberries on Hop, it appeared that the soil and climate in this area was perfect for the mass production of strawberries.

Ask- The king's estate

12.06.2018 - 16:56

Bronze keys and remains of a wooden stick from Døso.

Døso

16.06.2018 - 14:11

Curvy scours in the bedrock (

Golta- Gneiss

16.06.2018 - 17:33

Over thousands of years, autumn storms and strong land-driving winds have cleaned the bare rocks of Golta. The waves can beat far in over land and make it dangerous to walk along the shoreline. When the storms have calmed, the results of their work comes into view.

Stone quarry in Kollevågen, 1922

Hanøy

12.06.2018 - 16:56

The royal mound at Hop, Askøy

Hop- The royal mounds

13.03.2018 - 21:07

Os rectory

Os rectory

29.05.2019 - 15:12

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.

Ramsøy with the remains of the old artillery positions.

Ramsøy

12.06.2018 - 17:02

“At thick of night a thundering knock on the door; the man in the house wakes up, jumps out and demands: Who cries? Yes, now you must out, the beacon shines on Høgenut. And in the same breath, every man knew that strife had hit the land.”

Archaeological fins from the sites at Risøya.

Risøya

13.03.2018 - 21:08

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