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From Osterøy museum

Gjerstad

18.06.2018 - 19:58

Kossdalsvegen

Kossdalen

18.06.2018 - 20:01

Litlandsvatnet

13.12.2018 - 13:54

Large quantities of nickel ore have been mined from Litlandsvatnet, between Lonevågen and Hosanger. The discovery was made in 1875. During the period of operation from 1882 to 1945, 4170 tonnes of pure nickel were extracted from 462 000 tonnes of ore, a large production by Norwegian standards.

Mining pit in the steep slope at Froastad.

Froastad

19.05.2018 - 12:50

Kvamskogen, toward the north.

Kvamskogen

02.12.2018 - 20:57

The different bedrock types that got shoved in over Hordaland in Cambro-Silurian times still remain, layer by layer, almost like a cake. But at Kvamskogen the cake has been turned upside down.

Dwelling house and store from the Øystese hamlet.

Øystese- Kvam rural museum

07.12.2018 - 14:52

Hardanger Folk Museum

Hardanger Folk Museum

27.05.2018 - 15:18

The quartz quarry in the mountainside above Kvalvikane

Kvalvikane

27.05.2018 - 15:24

In Ålvik quartz has long been used to produce ferro-silicon. The quartz was collected from the other side of the fjord, from the mountainside above Kvalvikane.

Reisete

Reisete

19.05.2018 - 13:27

From Espe, Sekse and Lofthus there were roads up to the main tracks across the Hardanger plateau.

Espe

27.03.2019 - 11:54

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