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![Herdla, Askøy](https://www.grind.no/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/bilder/sted/1/kvh_272-1.jpg?itok=a3mGo7KI)
Herdla farm
Numerous finds show that the settlement at Herdla goes back to prehistoric times, and the large estate at Herdla has enjoyed a central place in the nation’s history since High Middle Ages. As Ask, Herdla was part of the country estate Harald Hårfagre took over as he took command of the west of Norway.
![The noble estate at Hop; Thomas Erichsens Minde.](https://www.grind.no/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/bilder/sted/1/kvh_270-xx.jpg?itok=mnSkZzO9)
Hop- Thomas Erichsens Minde
From the 1500s Hop was noble estate for the law speaker in Bergen and Gulen judicial districts. Several of the law speakers were of noble descent, such as Hans Hansen Lillienskiold and Niels Knagenhielm. The beautiful main building, still standing, was erected by the Bergen merchant Thomas Erichsen in 1793-95. He also established a magnificent garden with an 800 metres long linden avenue reaching down to the stone boathouse at Hop harbour.
![Ramsøy with the remains of the old artillery positions.](https://www.grind.no/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/bilder/sted/1/kvh_271-2_0.jpg?itok=k7MttMwI)
Ramsøy
“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.”
![The long house at Golta, Sund](https://www.grind.no/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/bilder/sted/1/kvh_276-1.jpg?itok=qlke6iyO)
Golta- Long house
In the years between the wars a major registration of houses and house costumes, house construction methods, fireplaces and forms of housing clusters was started in West Norway – an ambitious mapping of everything that came under the name “Registration of Culture and Geography in West Norway”. One of the places of which material was gathered in 1938 was an old multi-room house at Golta; new and interesting material for the researchers from the Historical Museum, but well known within the local building tradition through several generations.
![Deportations from Tælavåg 30 April 1942.](https://www.grind.no/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/bilder/sted/1/kvh_277-2x-1.jpg?itok=E8EZwkL_)
Tælavåg
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.
![Firing position at Hesthaugen.](https://www.grind.no/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/bilder/sted/1/kvh_308-1.jpg?itok=rPoWCltP)
Vinappen
Vinappen lies on a low hill to the very west on the island. Here you have an amazing panorama of the sea. Originally the area was grazing land for cattle, but this changed when the Germans occupied the island. Just before WWII there was a small bearing station, used by the Norwegian Coast Artillery in connection with exercises at sea.
![The commanding officer's home.](https://www.grind.no/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/bilder/sted/1/kvh_295_oe.jpg?itok=Z2h-WyAK)
Håøy
Håøy lies centrally in one of the main shipping lanes going into Bergen --- with Håyøsund on the south side facing Meland, and Hagelsundet facing Lindåslandet. Names like Nordfarskista and Nordfarsskorane explain things. The strategic position was important in Viking times and it has been important in our days too. The beacon on Håøy can have been built in the establishment of the coastal administration in Håkon the Good’s time, about 950 AD. The defence structure of which we say remains on Håøy Summit held a critical position during Norwegian neutrality during the First World War. The defence structure was taken down in 1957.
![The marine shed at Hollmeknappe, Meland](https://www.grind.no/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/bilder/sted/1/kvh_296-1_0.jpg?itok=bMReCI2n)
Holmeknappen
If you come by sea to Bergen and come up the Herdle Fjord, the yellow ochre marine shed at Holmeknappen is a well known landmark to starboard as you come close to the little shore settlement. In olden days Holmenknappen served important functions as a centre for a wide hinterland of the surrounding farms, warehouse, landing point, country store and later a steamer quay, a hotel (1896) and a dairy (1909). But today Holmeknappen is no longer a focal point. Transport and commercial routes have changed the old pattern
![Ferstad, Os](https://www.grind.no/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/bilder/sted/1/kvh_235-2-2.jpg?itok=C804au8t)
Ferstad
Ferstad is well worth a visit. The farm lies on a little hillock south of Lekven: a beautiful official residence from the 1700s.
![Up to the 1870s Osøyra was a military training area.](https://www.grind.no/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/bilder/sted/1/kvh_236-1.jpg?itok=dIxgmecK)
Osøyro
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.