The town of Haugesund, where I come from, is in the centre of the region of Haugalandet. These are photos from around Haugalandet. Beside each �Foto:� is the name of the photographer responsible for that photo.
Yrkjefjorden mot Vindafjord
Foto: Ole Jakob Vorraa
Vindafjord is the big, lovely fjord between us and the rest of the nation. This is Imslandsj�en, on Vindafjord, and isn't it a gorgeous little place?
Vikedalsdalen - Vindafjord
Etne is the nice place north of Vindafjord which we pass through whenever we're going someplace outside Haugalandet.
Korndyrking, S�rheimsmoen - Etne
Foto: Fotog�n Haugalandr�det
Langfossdalen, Etne
Foto: Ole Jakob Vorraa
Folgefonna - Etne
Foto: Erik Kvalheim
Langfoss - Etne
Foto: Fotog�n Haugalandr�det
S�b�tunet - Etne
Foto: Etne Reiselivslag, Haraldsen
Sk�nevik - Etne
Foto: Fotog�n Haugalandr�det
Love those tunnels!
�krafjorden, E-134 - Etne
Foto: Fotog�n Haugalandr�det
�len is on this side of Etne, closer to the coast.
Foto: Einar Tollaksvik
Romsa, �len
Foto: Jan Rabben
Kyrkjegard, Oa - Sveio
Foto: Tove V. Br�then
Fjonelva - Sveio
Foto: Tove V. Br�then
Sveio is the area of Haugalandet which is north of Haugesund.
Foto: Jan Rabben
Haugesund's R�dhuset, the Town Hall, was built in 1931 after the generous local shipowner Knut Knutsen gave the townspeople of Haugesund one million Norwegian kroner for the building a new town hall. I'm not sure who decided it would be a great big pink building, but there it is.
Foto: Fotog�n Haugalandr�det
Haugesund
Foto: Tor Andr� Johannessen
This is V�r Frelsers kirke and what a sight it is inside! Could almost make me believe in God if not for being turned off by Moses and all that "killing in the name of blah blah" and "we're the chosen ones!" crap.
Foto: Fotog�n Haugalandr�det
Smedasundet - Haugesund
Foto: Fotog�n Haugalandr�det
Dokken Museum - Haugesund
Foto: Fotog�n Haugalandr�det
This is Haraldshaugen, the burial site of Harald H�rfagre, who was the first Norwegian king. His name means Harald the Fairhaired. It's too bad we never had a Harald the Bald, Harald the Mohawked, or Harald the Pigtailed.
Foto: Fotog�n Haugalandr�det
Festiviteten (www.festiviteten.no) has rather nice things now and then. We're not a large town, but we still have some great things going for us.
Haugesund
Foto: Espen B�rseth
This is Haugesund Sykehus, or hospital, where people like me are squeezed from their mum's bodies like a pit from an olive. Isn't it the least attractive building ever built?
Haugesund Billedgalleri
This is the town's art gallery which has some very nice things from time to time. See that piano over there? The keepers get a bit upset when people decide to give impromptu concerts on it. Oops.
Haugesund
Foto: Kjetil Helland
This is the island Utsira off Haugalandet's coast, and it's the most western point in the nation. The colours come off well there.
Indre Havn, Norev�gen - Utsira
Foto: Fotog�n Haugalandr�det
The wind is rather active in Karm�y, a nice place south of Haugesund.
Foto: �rjan B. Iversen
Fishermans Memorial, Ferkingstad - Karm�y
Foto: Kjell Birger Gilje
Visnes Gruveomr�de - Karm�y
Foto: �rjan B. Iversen
Karm�y
Avaldsnes kirke ved natt - Karm�y
Foto: �rjan B. Iversen
F�resvik Turveg - Bokn
Foto: Jardar Havikbotn
The brilliant area of Tysv�r is just between Haugesund and Vindafjord, and that brings us full circle around Haugalandet. Not such a bad place, eh? I rather like our nice wee plot on this big earth. Now I'd better be off to do some recycling so it still looks this nice in fifty years!
Utsikt fr� Holekleiv, Nedstrand - Tysv�r
Foto: Elise Lea, Tysv�r Kommune
Naustmilj�, S�vik - Tysv�r
Foto: Nils J. Tollefsen, Tysv�r Kommune
Yrkjefjorden mot Vindafjord
Foto: Ole Jakob Vorraa
Vindafjord is the big, lovely fjord between us and the rest of the nation. This is Imslandsj�en, on Vindafjord, and isn't it a gorgeous little place?
Vikedalsdalen - Vindafjord
Etne is the nice place north of Vindafjord which we pass through whenever we're going someplace outside Haugalandet.
Korndyrking, S�rheimsmoen - Etne
Foto: Fotog�n Haugalandr�det
Langfossdalen, Etne
Foto: Ole Jakob Vorraa
Folgefonna - Etne
Foto: Erik Kvalheim
Langfoss - Etne
Foto: Fotog�n Haugalandr�det
S�b�tunet - Etne
Foto: Etne Reiselivslag, Haraldsen
Sk�nevik - Etne
Foto: Fotog�n Haugalandr�det
Love those tunnels!
�krafjorden, E-134 - Etne
Foto: Fotog�n Haugalandr�det
�len is on this side of Etne, closer to the coast.
Foto: Einar Tollaksvik
Romsa, �len
Foto: Jan Rabben
Kyrkjegard, Oa - Sveio
Foto: Tove V. Br�then
Fjonelva - Sveio
Foto: Tove V. Br�then
Sveio is the area of Haugalandet which is north of Haugesund.
Foto: Jan Rabben
Haugesund's R�dhuset, the Town Hall, was built in 1931 after the generous local shipowner Knut Knutsen gave the townspeople of Haugesund one million Norwegian kroner for the building a new town hall. I'm not sure who decided it would be a great big pink building, but there it is.
Foto: Fotog�n Haugalandr�det
Haugesund
Foto: Tor Andr� Johannessen
This is V�r Frelsers kirke and what a sight it is inside! Could almost make me believe in God if not for being turned off by Moses and all that "killing in the name of blah blah" and "we're the chosen ones!" crap.
Foto: Fotog�n Haugalandr�det
Smedasundet - Haugesund
Foto: Fotog�n Haugalandr�det
Dokken Museum - Haugesund
Foto: Fotog�n Haugalandr�det
This is Haraldshaugen, the burial site of Harald H�rfagre, who was the first Norwegian king. His name means Harald the Fairhaired. It's too bad we never had a Harald the Bald, Harald the Mohawked, or Harald the Pigtailed.
Foto: Fotog�n Haugalandr�det
Festiviteten (www.festiviteten.no) has rather nice things now and then. We're not a large town, but we still have some great things going for us.
Haugesund
Foto: Espen B�rseth
This is Haugesund Sykehus, or hospital, where people like me are squeezed from their mum's bodies like a pit from an olive. Isn't it the least attractive building ever built?
Haugesund Billedgalleri
This is the town's art gallery which has some very nice things from time to time. See that piano over there? The keepers get a bit upset when people decide to give impromptu concerts on it. Oops.
Haugesund
Foto: Kjetil Helland
This is the island Utsira off Haugalandet's coast, and it's the most western point in the nation. The colours come off well there.
Indre Havn, Norev�gen - Utsira
Foto: Fotog�n Haugalandr�det
The wind is rather active in Karm�y, a nice place south of Haugesund.
Foto: �rjan B. Iversen
Fishermans Memorial, Ferkingstad - Karm�y
Foto: Kjell Birger Gilje
Visnes Gruveomr�de - Karm�y
Foto: �rjan B. Iversen
Karm�y
Avaldsnes kirke ved natt - Karm�y
Foto: �rjan B. Iversen
F�resvik Turveg - Bokn
Foto: Jardar Havikbotn
The brilliant area of Tysv�r is just between Haugesund and Vindafjord, and that brings us full circle around Haugalandet. Not such a bad place, eh? I rather like our nice wee plot on this big earth. Now I'd better be off to do some recycling so it still looks this nice in fifty years!
Utsikt fr� Holekleiv, Nedstrand - Tysv�r
Foto: Elise Lea, Tysv�r Kommune
Naustmilj�, S�vik - Tysv�r
Foto: Nils J. Tollefsen, Tysv�r Kommune