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This is what the northernmost part of the fishing village might have looked like in Viking times

Hjartøy

19.05.2018 - 19:53

This little mountain in the picture sticks up because the layers are tilted on their sides.

Toftøyna

27.03.2019 - 15:07

Blomvågen 1851.

Blomvågen

07.12.2018 - 11:48

"One of the big scientific sensations", was the title in the Bergens Times newspaper on the 22nd of November, 1941. It was the geologist Isal Undås who had been interviewed by the newspaper. He thought that he had discovered a 120 000 year old whale bone, remains of life from before the last Ice Age.

The saw tooth pattern is clearly visible from Skora Mountain southwards toward Tellnes and Skogsvågen.

Haganes

12.06.2018 - 19:59

The gneiss landscape west and north of Bergen viewed in profile can remind us of a saw blade of the kind that has long, slanted sides that get broken off shorter transverse sides. It has taken several hundred million years to file this saw blade, an enduring interplay between various geological processes.

Løno

Løno

31.03.2018 - 17:05

Small boat folk in Hordaland know where Løno is. As do many seabirds. With the big ocean at its back and a wide, weather beaten strait ahead of it, Løno is one of Hordaland’s most isolated and exposed recreational areas. The islands west of Sotra are some of the county’s most stable nesting localities for seabirds.

Bronze keys and remains of a wooden stick from Døso.

Døso

16.06.2018 - 14:11

Raudlia

Raudlia

15.05.2018 - 13:39

Hetlefloten i Os

Os valley

06.12.2018 - 12:38

Villelia

Villelia

15.05.2018 - 13:43

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Ulvensletta

07.12.2018 - 10:10

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