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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.

King Sverre in the snowstorm in the Voss Mountains, 1870.

Sverrestigen

19.06.2018 - 17:48

Bordalsgjelet

Bordalsgjelet

13.01.2019 - 13:52

Deep down between the stone polished phyllite bedrock in Bordalsgjelet canyon, there is a cascading river. In close cooperation with hard polishing stones, the water has carved into the bedrock for thousands of years - and is still doing so today.

A silled lake at Ekse

Eksingedalen- hydropower development

13.12.2018 - 16:56

Water discharge at the outlet of the Ekso into Eidsfjord was halved after the big hydropower development in the mountainous area between Modalen and Eksingedalen and further southward toward Evanger in the 1960s, 70s and 80s. In an attempt to amend the changed environmental conditions in the waterway the developer built 35 small dams in the river.

«Parti af Stømsnæs ved Bergen».

Strømsnes

12.06.2018 - 17:03

Ask- The king's estate

12.06.2018 - 16:56

Os rectory

Os rectory

29.05.2019 - 15:12

Skrivargarden in “”Kåravikjo”.

Kåravika

19.06.2018 - 16:32

Coat of arms, Orning

Orninggård

19.06.2018 - 16:35

The old vicarage at Oppheim.

Oppheim

19.06.2018 - 18:00

In the slope above Oppheim church lies the old vicarage at OPPHEIM. If you stroll up the road from the church you will arrive in a farmyard marked by traces of building style and living traditions from the Middle Ages.

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