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Potholes

Hausberget

31.03.2018 - 21:20

Dale power station

Dale power station

18.03.2018 - 08:16

In 1923 Bergenshalvøens Kommunale Kraftselskap (BKK) expropriated large areas for power plants and development of hydropower started soon afterwards. Dale power station with the two first aggregates, each of 14 MW was put into operation on 17 November 1927. In the supply reservoir in Storefossen 5152 cubic metres of concrete were cast, and a modern and well-equipped power station was built.

The wheelhouse at Hovdanes, Tysnes

Hovdanes

30.03.2018 - 20:24

The cross church from 1710

Ulvik church

27.05.2018 - 15:54

The power station at Herlandsfossen, Osterøy

Herlandsfossen

18.03.2018 - 08:14

Sysendammen

Sysendammen

18.03.2018 - 07:59

Sculptures in the bedrock

Herand- geologi

11.12.2018 - 14:12

The soil tongues below Jomfrunuten.

Jomfrunuten

03.12.2018 - 14:13

Freezing and thawing are processes that influence plant cover, move enormous blocks, stretche long mounds of earth, break open bedrock and create patterns in stone and earth.

On the trail toward Kyrkjedøri, a half hour walk from Finse station, we find these small ridges

Trail toward Kyrkjedøri

04.12.2018 - 15:04

Roughly 550 million years ago, what is now Finse lay at the bottom of the sea - the remains of mud and clay that were deposited in this sea have ended up on the roofs of Norway. Also the thrust sheet from the continental collision has found its way to Finse, after a several hundred kilometre-long, trek through the mountains, that took several tens of millions of years to complete.

Fossil scree

Buadalsbrotet

12.03.2019 - 15:21

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