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The cross church from 1710

Ulvik church

27.05.2018 - 15:54

Boatshed

Straume- maritime environment

21.11.2018 - 19:35

The Ostra chests are easily recognisable with their characteristic style.

Mjøsvågen

18.06.2018 - 20:03

Around Mjøsvågen here is still a compact marine use area. Some of the buildings are common boathouses, but most of them also house small enterprises and workshops. This is where the farmers from Øvsthus, Mjøs, Hole and other farms have supplemented their meagre incomes as smiths, brass moulders, clog makers, chest builders and decorative painters.

Ystebøtræet, Radøy

Ystebøtræet

18.06.2018 - 20:08

Eitrheimsneset with

Odda- The industrial town

25.03.2019 - 14:47

In 1908 the new power station in Tyssedal was completed. A/S Tyssefaldene provided power for the carbide and cyanide factory that was built in Odda. This signalled a new era.

Avalanche - landslide accident at Kalvanes in Odda in January, 1993.

Kalvanes

19.05.2018 - 13:17

On the 17th of January, 1993, the area between the towns of Odda and Eitrheimsneset were struck by a giant avalanche. One person was killed, and there was a lot of material damage.

The fields have been affected by many landslides

Velure

19.05.2018 - 13:28

Fykse

Fykse

29.03.2018 - 11:55

Rockslide at Mundheim in the spring of 1997

Mundheim

26.05.2018 - 16:36

At Mundheim there is a dangerous stretch of the highway. The mountainside has given way several times in this area. Typically, it happens in the spring, when the frost has loosened its grip.

The mighty scree by Langeland Farm

Teigdalen

19.06.2018 - 17:53

It is not surprising that there are several folk tales connected to the large and unusual scree deposit that is found at Langeland, uppermost in Teigdalen. It is said that folk have been taken into the mountains by these stone blocks and have come back and told about how the wood nymphs live. It is also said that packs of thieves hid here in the old days, both themselves and the treasures they had stolen.

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