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Geithidleren, Årsand, Kvinnherad

Årsand

19.06.2018 - 16:10

Below a south facing, steep rock at Årsand, there is one of the strangest ancient relics in the whole of Hordaland. The jutting rock wall forms a shallow flagstone – Geithilderen. Parts of the rock wall are covered by a light lime crust and on the crust figures have been painted in golden and rusty red colours.

Halnelægeret.

Halne

26.05.2018 - 11:25

At Halnefjorden, a few hundred metres east of Halne mountain lodge, lie the remains of two stone sheds – Halnelægeret. Some generations ago the cattle drovers stopped here in the summer; they were the cowboys of their time. But Halnelægeret already had a long history before the cattle drovers came.

Glacier fall at Bondhusbreen.

Bondhusdalen

19.12.2018 - 19:25

The Bondhus area in Maruanger has been a magnet for tourists ever since the stream of tourists to Norway's west coast began in the middle of the 1800s. The magnificent landscape with the "ice trail" up to Bondhusvatnet Lake, the ice falls from Bondhusbreen glacier and Keisarstigen trail up to Folgefonna are still popular tourist attractions.

Stained glass painting in “Målabuo”.

Gjerde

19.06.2018 - 16:19

Halsnøy

Halsnøy

19.12.2018 - 21:15

Hadde ikkje Hardangerfjordbreen mot slutten av istida rykt fram over fjordbotnen, ville Halsnøy ikkje eksistert som éi øy, men som mange småøyar. Breen skuva framfor seg så mykje leire frå havbotnen at Brattåsen, Toftåsen, Landåsen og Svartaberg vart samla i eitt landområde.

The Halsnøy Boat

19.06.2018 - 16:25

Langhaugane, Ulvanosa in the background.

Langhaugane

03.01.2019 - 16:52

Skorpo (Svein Nord)

Skorpo

29.03.2018 - 11:25

Skorpo - Polished by glaciers and meltwater

Chest from Huglo, painted in 1820 by Gunder Gundersen Handeland

Skorven

19.06.2018 - 16:17

Hauga House at Tveito, Kvinnherad

Tveito

19.06.2018 - 16:17

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