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![Herandsholmen](https://www.grind.no/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/bilder/sted/232/kvh_383-2.jpg?itok=1_UHuD_P)
![In the middle of the flat pastures at Torsnes was the farmyard of the estate, undivided until the middle of the 1700s](https://www.grind.no/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/bilder/sted/1/kvh_381-2_fonna_112.jpg?itok=3bxpYqSH)
Torsnes
When bishop J.Neumann was on a visitation in Hardanger in 1825 he also visited Torsnes, the seat of the Galtung family. They were then in the process of pulling down the old dwelling house on the farm. As the committed observer of ancient monuments and antiquarian buildings that he was, bishop Neumann has provided us with interesting details:
![Heggjagarden](https://www.grind.no/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/bilder/sted/232/kvh_403-1.jpg?itok=Z2pkEkIF)
Heggjagarden
The transport exchange on the farm Vik in Eidfjord was an important part of the communication network in older times. This is where people secured transport by boat out in the fjord, those travelling across the mountain from east and down into Måbødalen. The transport exchange was situated at “Wiige grund”. Today the highway cuts through the farmyard; the main farmhouse from the 1800s lies on the upper side of the road, the large sea-house, with a bakery in former times, lies close to the fjord.
![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)
![Kjelstraumen today](https://www.grind.no/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/bilder/sted/190/kvh_305_kjelstraumen_150.jpg?itok=5jwimkOE)
Kjelstraumen
If you take the sea route north you have several options. The various routes have been dealt with in history, and through the Middle Ages the traffic increased as well as the trading with Nordland in fish and herring, feather and down. One of the central routes passes through Kjelstraumen, in the sound between Ulvøy and Bakkøy. This has been a place for a guesthouse since 1610, with Royal Letter of Privilege, part of the large network of trading post and guesthouse locations along the coast.
![The mill that belonged to Johan Steinegger in Kvalvågen in Lindås, an attempt to exploit the difference in tides](https://www.grind.no/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/bilder/sted/190/austr_5.jpg?itok=-8B2oviO)
![Bruosen](https://www.grind.no/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/bilder/sted/1/kvh_376-1_z.jpg?itok=OZpy9qgo)
Bru
Bruosen is one of the few river harbours in the county. As landing place for the churchgoers, this place and the boatshed environment follow a tradition that goes back to the Middle Ages, but the country store of today is much younger.
![Håbrekke farm](https://www.grind.no/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/bilder/sted/232/bru.jpg?itok=oPLcku2-)
![Sandven hotel](https://www.grind.no/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/bilder/sted/232/kvh_371-1.jpg?itok=3gVdslLW)