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Section of the lid of the chest painted around 1830, by Nils Johannesson Tveiterås

Tveit

16.06.2018 - 17:28

Gneiss.

Frøland- Liarostunnel

16.06.2018 - 17:24

Øvre Kvernes

Kvernes

01.09.2020 - 15:45

Håkons Hall, Domkirken Church, Bergen Børs Stock Exchange, Permanenten and other well known buildings in Bergen are decorated with soapstone from Øvre Kvernes. The quarry is a big hole in the mountainside by the cliff just east of the farm buildings.

Gullbotnen

Gullbotnen

07.12.2018 - 10:32

A barren belt where almost nothing grows, runs through the forest on the east slope of Gullbotnen. But, along the west side of the main road there is a fertile zone that flourishes with several finicky plant types. The contrasts arise from the extreme variations in the nutrient content of the bedrock.

Bronze keys and remains of a wooden stick from Døso.

Døso

16.06.2018 - 14:11

Lysøen, Os

Lysøen

27.03.2019 - 12:54

Lysøen, this fairytale castle with its Russian-inspired onion dome on the corner turret, stands as a reminder of the diversity of the period called Historicism and a monument to a versatile artist; a key figure in the Norwegian National Romanticism.