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Hellisøy lighthouse, Fedje

Hellisøy

16.06.2018 - 18:43

Hellisøy lighthouse was lit for the first time in 1855. The characteristic red cast-iron tower with two white belts is 33m high and a light height of 46m above high tide.

Grindheim church

Grindheim church

18.06.2018 - 20:24

The first church at Grindheim was a stave church with a free-standing steeple. The church was first mentioned in 1326, but was probably built long before this time.

Ryvarden lighthouse (Svein Nord)

Ryvarden

19.06.2018 - 17:14

In the Islandic Landnåmabok there is a story that the explorer Floke Vilgjerdsson built a cairn “where meetest Hordaland and Rogaland” and the cairn was named Flokavarði. Tormod Torfæus wrote in Historia Norvegica (1711) that this name was still in use, but that the farmers used “Ryvarden” for the same place.

Olavskrossen

Olavskrossen

19.06.2018 - 17:51

Slåtterøy lighthouse, Bømlo

Slåtterøy

19.05.2018 - 20:30