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![Barn with stone end wall](https://www.grind.no/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/bilder/sted/232/kvh_321-5.jpg?itok=3i5jhWB2)
![Digernes](https://www.grind.no/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/bilder/sted/232/stord_14.jpg?itok=nl6xR62C)
Digernes
Despite the fact that the animal life on Stord is better investigated and studied than most other places in Hordaland, we were not clear about the diversity in Digernes forest until the triple junction was almost finished being planned.
![Fishing in the lower part of Etneelva](https://www.grind.no/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/bilder/sted/190/etne_44.jpg?itok=udp0lwMs)
Etne river
There is still life to be found that is just “hanging on a string”. The Etne river has been the most important river for sports- fisherman in Hordaland after salmon fishing in Vosso was temporarily forbidden. As late as 2000, 4 tonnes of salmon and sea trout were taken out of the Etne river, the best fishing for 10 years. In the whole of the county there are only 15-20 rivers that can compete with this haul.
![The captain's farm at Fet in Uskedalen](https://www.grind.no/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/bilder/sted/232/kvh_195-1.jpg?itok=7AcmSR3a)
![The longhouse at Førland](https://www.grind.no/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/bilder/sted/232/kvh_304-2.jpg?itok=ZjuFC_Ry)
![Stained glass painting in “Målabuo”.](https://www.grind.no/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/bilder/sted/232/kvh_199.2x.jpg?itok=QjuFUhzb)
![Grunnosen](https://www.grind.no/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/bilder/sted/232/austr_17.jpg?itok=YXEI98_B)
![Hellandsfossen](https://www.grind.no/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/bilder/sted/232/modal_28.jpg?itok=CXBrp1mg)
![Maters Fjord with Holmedalsberget in the background.](https://www.grind.no/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/bilder/sted/232/kvi_37.jpg?itok=mDDqfdul)
Holmedalsberget
If you want to be on your own for a long day in a magnificent deciduous forest in demanding terrain, then HOLMESDALSBERGET is the right place. This is a big forested area by Matres Fjord in the southwestly part of Kinnherad. Here, we find one of the largest deciduous forests in Hordaland. The forest stretches over several kilometres.
![The extended farm dwelling at Hopland](https://www.grind.no/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/bilder/sted/1/kvh_304-1.jpg?itok=ird44EKf)
Hopland
The farmhouses at holding No. 15 at Hopland are built together to form a long, continuous building, with dwelling house, hayshed and cowshed built in one row. There have been many such joined structures in the coastal communities, but today there are few remaining. If we travel to the other side of the North Sea, to the Faeroes, Shetland and the Orkney Islands, we find corresponding features in the older building traditions. We find ourselves in a large North Atlantic cultural area.