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![Halnelægeret.](https://www.grind.no/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/bilder/sted/1/kvh_409-2.jpg?itok=hEx5mouW)
Halne
At Halnefjorden, a few hundred metres east of Halne mountain lodge, lie the remains of two stone sheds – Halnelægeret. Some generations ago the cattle drovers stopped here in the summer; they were the cowboys of their time. But Halnelægeret already had a long history before the cattle drovers came.
![Vøringsfossen waterfall and the Upper Måbødalen Valley, as seen from the viewpoint at Hotel Fossli.](https://www.grind.no/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/bilder/sted/232/eid_27.jpg?itok=N8nsqBs2)
Måbødalen- geology
The old pack road had 1500 steps, where cars today gas through the mountain. The time of this hard work is over, and of getting used to the steep terrain, as well; only the view from the top is much the same as before. Vøringsfossen in summer is one of Western Norway’s biggest natural wonders. It marks the transition between the older, open part of the Sysendalen valley and the younger, narrow and winding valley of Måbødalen.
![Skytjedalen in Eidfjord.](https://www.grind.no/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/bilder/sted/190/011.jpg?itok=YAgcsVmd)
![Sysendammen](https://www.grind.no/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/bilder/sted/232/eid_37.jpg?itok=ibwv5qBG)
![St. Ludvig.](https://www.grind.no/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/bilder/sted/232/kvh_274-4s.jpg?itok=gXvooPsW)
Tyssøy
B.E.Bendixen, who has written about “The Churches in Søndre Bergenhus Amt”, believed even around 1900 that there was evidence at Tyssøy of the church or the chapel of the Holy Ludvig (Louis). Two large stone blocks had lain in the western wall of the church’s nave, and this wall showed a length of 16 meters in the terrain.
![The power station at Herlandsfossen, Osterøy](https://www.grind.no/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/bilder/sted/232/kvh_327-4.jpg?itok=UYh1p6Mj)
![Brandvikneset](https://www.grind.no/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/bilder/sted/232/stord_18.jpg?itok=kdiECMrN)
![Spring in the black alder forest of Hystadsmarkjo.](https://www.grind.no/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/bilder/sted/232/stord_8.jpg?itok=uKjQ61DI)
Hystad- the black alder forest
One of the biggest black alder forests in the country is in Hystadmarkjo. Along the well prepared trail through the forest you can experience an exceptional nature with an unusual abundance of exuberant plant species. But what has laid the foundation for this richness?
![Stordøens Seminarium](https://www.grind.no/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/bilder/sted/232/kvh_211-2.jpg?itok=6JuhcIUf)
![The limestone quarry on the east side of Storsøya Island](https://www.grind.no/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/bilder/sted/232/stord_49.jpg?itok=X-nbnmTq)
Storsøya Island
On Storsøya Island, English ivy grows nearly everywhere. It creeps along the ground and climbs all the way to the top of the tree trunks. Together with holly, the trees of juniper, yew and an unusual pine forest keep the island green the whole year 'round.