Fall Break – Dalsdalen

Last autumn, we stayed for a week along the Lusterfjorden in Vestland, Norway.

On our GPS map, we noted a river valley heading up into the mountains from the fjord town of Luster. We decided to explore the valley so we drove up Dalsdalen (the road), along the Dalsdalselvi (the river), to explore Dalsdalen (which actually translates to “the valley-valley”) itself.

We eventually stopped to take the dog for a walkabout and check out a bit of the valley on foot. What we found on our excursion were a number of tumbledown structures in a quiet, steep-sided valley with a few mountain farms.

Here are some images taken of some of the sights seen in the Norwegian valley of Dalsdalen last fall.

Looking down into Dalsdalen from a dirt road leading up to a mountain farm we took on our walkabout The valley was quite steep and there were little rivulets of water making their way down into the valley Looking through some trees towards a larger farm building Had to love the moss growing on the slate roof of this structure This structure has seen better days… …note the neighbouring structures as well Another little storage “shack” that is bald and leaning This structure has a corrugated metal roof and a bit more integrity Whoops, this slate roof has caved in Looks like a part of this structure has been completely torn down Lots of moss On our drive back down towards the fjord, we drove by a farm with a fjord view More “waterfalls” heading down the steep walls of the valley and some of the trees at the higher elevations were starting to turn A look from up over the valley from another of the farms towards the fjord where we came from #Architecture #Dalsdalen #Fall #Luster #Norway #OldBuildings #Photoblog #Photography #Travel #Valley

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A zoomed in view of some Ancestral Puebloan cliff dwelling ruins in the bold orange rock cliff at Canyon de Chelly National Monument in Arizona
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Buildings in the old part of the city of #Kavala in North #greece
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Fall Break – Harastølen

We stayed for a week last autumn along Lustrafjorden in Norway. While there we thought we would attempt to drive up an unpaved, very steep road up to an old, defunct building complex originally known as Lyster Sanatorium and now known as Harastølen.

Established in 1902 to treat patients with tuberculosis, it was later used as a psychiatric hospital from 1959 to 1991. Some years later it fell out of use and is now a derelict site that investors are supposedly interested in turning into a resort. While the views down to the fjord were grand, there was no sign of any renovation. Indeed there was some strange detritus about and was an interesting site to wander about before our decent back down the mountain.

Here are some images of the ruins of the Harastølen sanatorium in Luster, taken last fall.

As we drove up the many switchbacks (good thing we had an EV with 4-wheel drive), we ended up with a beautiful view now and again Part of the main building, which was fenced off Colorful boards over some of the windows Exposed brickwork and damaged window panes Fencing Sanatorium and single chair The chair Hmmm, another chair The skeleton of a chair View of the entire main building beyond a large pile of … junk A side view and a mossy rock Someone might be thinking about doing some work but no sign of it while we were there One of the chairs facing the fjord view A view from up by the sanatorium #Architecture #Harastølen #Norway #OldBuildings #Photoblog #Photography #Ruins #sanatorium #Travel

An old livery stable shows its layers of history.
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This zoomed-in photograph focuses on the main architectural building at Mummy Cave, revealing the remarkable craftsmanship of the Ancestral Puebloan builders. This is located in Canyon de Chelly National Monument near Chinle, Arizona
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Something I discovered while driving. It might not be much, but it touched me. #oldbuildings #fallingapart #naturereclaims

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