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A rainy day at the Fish market, in the 1930s. (Alf Adriansen)

Bergen- Rain City

05.12.2018 - 09:21

"With its strange situation (surrounded by high mountains), this city has the advantage of a beautiful port and considerable shipping, but also the disadvantage that once on land one cannot get to the city without great inconvenience. This is because the weather in the vicinity of these high mountains is extremely unpleasant and rainy. There has even evolved an expression that is always rains in Bergen, and we have not experienced anything to counteract this saying." (a quote by the Dutch professor Fabricius after a visit to Bergen in ca. 1780).

Tippetue in the 1950s.

Fløyfjellet

12.06.2018 - 19:17

Old pine forest (Bjørn Moe)

Munkebotsdalen

31.03.2018 - 19:31

Reppadalen (Svein Nord)

Reppadalen

31.03.2018 - 19:33

The unusual bog landscape, with enormous peat deposits surrounded by steep mountainsides, makes Reppadalen in Arna an exciting, but little visited tour destination for most of Bergen's inhabitants. Those who live in Arna, however, know to make the most of its beautiful natural splendour.

Stream at Holagjel bridge on road between Takkvam and Trengereid.

Skuggestranda

12.06.2018 - 19:55

Kråmyrane (Svein Nord)

Kråmyrane

06.03.2019 - 18:15

Rådalen

Rådalen

06.03.2019 - 18:19

"...it would not be of any particular economical interest to support the planting of forest as the forest that can be cultivated will leave much to be desired in the way of growth potential." These words stem from the economist that at the end of the 1800s was sent to Stend to inspect the planned reforestation in person. The pioneer G.A.Wilson put the economist's words to shame. The spruce that was planted in Rådalen in the period 1867–1869 became a landmark. No other stand of forest in Scandinavia can boast more trees per unit area.

Myravatnet, Eikelund skole oppe til høyre. (Svein Nord)

Rambjøra

06.03.2019 - 18:35

In Sanddalen and Helldalsåsen the building of houses has increased dramatically. Where there eariery was grazing land, hundreds of families now live. Not far away, lies Rambjøra as an oasis in the built up area.