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Johanne Karine
Hardangerjakten Johanne Karine har fast tilhold i Smedasundet, og brukes nå til utflukter og turisme, inkl som "ferje" til Vibrandsøy.
Built 1854 and fully restored, Johanne Karine has been a part of Haugesund for many years now. Summer time, you can experience it for shorter og longer trips, including harbor tours on Thursdays and as a "ferry" to Vibrandsøy, on Saturdays. Vinbrandsøy is the rural hike island just 5 min from the Inner quay, and the north western part of central Haugesund (just "a spit" west of Hasseløy).

Festivals / Tourist Info
The site guide has been updated with many of the local 2010 summer activities and festivals.

Flott 17. mai

Det store dagen har nærmet seg med kalde skritt. Noen mener at de ikke kan huske en så kald mai, men - plenene gror og bjørkene er grønne. Den 16. mai regnet det hele dagen, men den 17. ble en drømmedag, med flott vær og snev av sommer! Even if it has been a colder May so far than most people can remember before, the lawns grow and the leaves are green. But the celebration day, May 17, ended up as fine as it can be.

Mai igjen

Det er blitt mai igjen. Første mai ! I går var det tåke. I dag skinner solen, og "gammeldags" nordavind skaper skikkelig Haugesundstemning.
It is May again. The first of May! Yesterday we had fog. Today, a nasty and cold northern wind give us that typical Haugesund feeling. The flag is due to the first of May, an official flag day here in Norway.

April 2010

Mye jobbing, reise og generell travelhet har gjort at April fikk få, ferske glimt på dette nettstedet. Sorry. Busy days and a visit abroad are the reasons for few fresh glimpses from home in April 2010.

Snøen ble borte
Etter nesten 3 måneder sammenhengende vinter med snø i Haugesund, forsvant de siste rester på flatene 15-16 mars. Ny rekord? (19 des-16 mars). Snow is gone, after almost 3 months. The last remains melted app March 16.

Rutetidsiden ajourført 4. mars
Links on Time table page checked and updated

Snødag

Torsdag 25. februar snødde det hele dagen. Ca 30 cm på flatene i byen var vel snittet. Puddersnø. Helt sikkert flotte skiforhold i Byheiene til helgen. // Thursday Feb 25, we had snow all day. See pictures under Haugesund Today in right margin, check the actual date.

Februarbilder fra arkivet

1999	2000	2001	2002
2003	2004	2005	2006
2007	2008	2009	2010

Some random February issues and shots from all years of this site, most of them winter like.

Museumsbilder på nett
Haugalandmuseene er i ferd med å digitalisere sin store samling av gamle foto fra Haugesund og distriktene. De første 1000 er nå lagt på nett på www.digitalmuseum.no hvor og andre digitaliserte bilder og illustrasjoner blir presentert. (Klikk her) Søk f.eks. på Haugesund, Karmøy osv. // Our local museum has a large collection of old photos, and have started the job of digitalizing them. The first 1000 are now presented on the Internet. Click the link in the text above, and search for Haugesund, Karmøy or what you like in the SØK-field (Søk = norwegian for Search), or go directely via the two links below::

- Museum photos, search: Haugesund

- Museum photos, search: Karmøy

Ishall i Haugesund

Ishallen er endelig åpnet.
Ice skating hall opened February 2010

Vinter

2. Februar: Det har snødd mye mer. Se 6 bilder under Haugesund Today ( høyre marg). More snow has fallen. Check February 2 for 6 pictures.

Regionens nye TV-kanal

En entusiastisk gjeng med lokale mediafolk har startet en WebTV-kanal som fokuserer aktuelle tema og hendelser i byen og regionen vår. sebyen.no (means: see the town) is a new, modern web TV channel with a local focus on the Haugesund region.

Isen holder bedre enn på lenge

24 januar 2010: På vannene i distriktet vårt ligger isen tykkere og sikrere enn på mange tiår, etter ukesvis med kulde. Folk storkoser seg. Se glimt fra 23. og 24 januar i bildelinkene under Haugesund Today. For the first time in "decades", we have had freezing temperatures for more than a month. That means: safe ice on all local lakes - and lots of ice based activity. See pictures in right margin.

Vestlandsbussens historie

Haugesunds Avis omtalte for litt siden at Vestlandsbussens historie var lagt på nett, men de oppgav feil nettadresse. Klikk her for tilgang til en stor presentasjon med masser av bilder av Kristian Kjeldsen Saltvedts initativ I 1936, som på en måte brøytet vei for dagens Haukeliekspress. I tillegg inneholder nettsiden stor omtale og masse bilder av Saltvedts firma Vest-Transport, som drev trailertrafikk. Norw. text article about the Vestlandsbussen project from 1932 on, in many ways leading to the present Haukeli express bus service. Lots of old bus and truck pictures.

Winter since Dec 19, 2009

12 jan 2010: Bildet viser snømåking tidlig morgen på Vormedal søndag 20. des 2009. Siden har vi hatt snø og kulde.
Early morning on Vormedal (just south of the town), Sunday, December 20. Since then we have had winter.

Meget kald dag, og verre kan det komme til å bli! This site is a "one man show". When the actual man is busy in his office all day long, and days are short as well, he don't see light enough to shoot a daylight picture. Today, Monday January 6. is the coldest I can remember here in my beloved home town, Haugesund. It may very well be even worse. (a couple of early morning street sceneries in right margin)

First picture of 2010

Tatt kl 00.01 på Salhus, Karmøy

HAPPY NEW YEAR: Same place as last years New year firework picture. This year, restrictions make only low height firework legal, and the new lighted bridge give us a different view:

Prosjektartikkel om Urter

Besøk på Urter den 18 oktober 2009

Masser av bilder. Notatene / Artikkelen er oppdatert flere ganger, senest 21. februar 2010. // Norw egian article with short english summary about the uninhabitet island group Urter, west of Haugesund, incl lots of pictures, mainly from my visit there Oct 18, 2009.

Haugesund 150 år i 2004

Link to the index page with all issues from the year of the Haugesund 150 year jubilee, 2004.

Alle tidligere utgaver
All former issues

Haugesund i fortid og nåtid

Haugesund - now and then:

Haugesund article and information service .

Fornminner
Arkeologisk Museum i Stavanger / Rogaland har laget en flott nettpresentasjon over skiltede fornminner i hele fylket. Klikk på ønsket kommune i kartet, eller i listen i venstre marg.

Gamle Haugesundsbilder

Hundrevis av bilder tatt av
Anders B. Wilse fra 1902 til 1939.
Hundreds of pictures shot
between 1902 and 1939 in,
close to or connected to Haugesund.

Haugesund blir ladested

- mot alle odds

Les artikkelen om hvordan Haugesund "ble til". I 2004 feiret vi at det er 150 år siden!

Det var slett ingen selvfølge at det skulle bli områdene rundt Haugesundet som ble byen ved Karmsundet. Kopervik lå lenge an til å vinne konkurransen om å bli ladested eller kjøpstad!

Ryanair med London direkte

Ryanair with Haugesund-London from Apr 04. Since then Ryanair expanded from Haugesund, flying direct to Bremen, Alicante and even, for a short time, Edinburg. This article is from the start I 2004.

Norsk versjon English version

Havnelageret/ Danmarksbåten

Forandringer på Garpeskjær

Denmark ferry and harbor packhouse.

Byhistorisk foredrag

Geirmund Ihle:

Vi har fått gjengi et fordrag om Haugesunds historie holdt på Sparebankenes landsmøte 2001

Norw. only long article with Haugesund history

Vestlandsbussen og Vest-Transport.
Pionervirkomhet over Haukelifjell.
Link to Norw egian text only (but with lots of pictures) article about Kristian Kjeldsen Saltvedt and his companies starting out passenger and freight services from Haugesund to Telemark and Oslo. Made by Berglitruckstop.no

Click for our former web cam page - with links to todays Haugesund region cams

Fresh impressions from Haugesund

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260: Apartments on southern Hasseløy in central Haugesund
259: The sail vessel Johanne is the ferry to Vibrandsøy
258: Former splendid coastal "steamer", MS Sandnes
257: Work has started on Vibrandsøy
256: Hasseløy south east / Smedsaundet
255: The historic ship MS Svanøy is beeing renovated
254: View over Haugesund - Seen from Steinsfjell
253: Kringså - activity centre in the Haugesund hike area Byheiene
252: Haugesund: Haraldsgaten a fine Monday in June
251: Sand, Suldal: The well kept vessel " Brødr af Sand"
250: Kuling / Gale day at Kvalen: Fast and wet
249: Kuling / Gale day at Kvalen: Utsira ferry is steady
248: Kuling / Gale day at Kvalen: Maersk Leader passing
247: Visitors in the Haugesund guest harbor
246: The IGLO sign reappears (removing old building)
245: Tonjer and Haraldshaugen on one shot - from sea
244: Kopervik church burned May 28.

243: The highway E39 passing Kårstø, towards Bokn
242: Rowing competition at 8.15AM - sun already shining!
241: Hurray for May 17 - From the Primary School procession
240: Haugesund city hall square - crowded on May 17 at 11.15AM
239: The city hall park in Haugesund, on a rainy May 16

238: Closer on the Haugesund city Hall

237: A ship from Maritime Haugesund, MS Edda Fjord

236: Sailing race, Melges 24 Cup, boats returning Krossen
235: Sailing race, Melges 24 Cup, boats in Smedasund
234: Boating season. Some boats are cleaned and antifouled
233:Hairy: Others was landed today (was antifouled last year)

232: Old Haugesund - Oscarsgate and the Christiansen house
231:Amfibiebil / water car, home built conversion 1/3
230:Water car come ashore - owner Kåre Miljeteig
229:Water car, home built conversion on wheels again
228:May 01, with a celebrating flag and a nasty, cold wind
227:From Hasseløy ( Bakarøy bridge towards the foggy island
226:Fog morning in Haugesund / Hasseløy (Pittersbrygga)
225:Haraldsgaten north on a foggy morning
224:Light masts on the Soccer Stadium. FHK won 3-0
223:The long Haraldsgate a busy Saturday - telephoto view
222:Karmsund view towards north ( Risøy in Background)
221:Karmsund - closer on Storsundsskjærene and Risøy
220:Swans fly over Risøy
219: Old Haugesund Sparebank is soon Banken Hotel
218: Busy outside the post office
217: Winter again - after one month of spring
216: Sky look. Any volcanic ash to see? Planes are grounded!

215: Urter - on a fine day, a safe anchor place
214: Urter - 100 years ago, a large house was standing here
213: Urter - mid ocean island gruoup - fertile land
212: They are large, the new natural gas powered ferries
211: New house in central Haugesund (WebCam stopper)
210: Easter: From Feøy, island west of Torvastad, Karmøy
209: Easter: Inner quay and Smedasundet, Haugesund
208: Haugesjøen, northwards from the Hasseløy bridge
207: Part of Haugesund and Hasseløy s.e.
206: Bøvågen - Still 9 large ships laid up

205: Bøvågen - Closer on some of the boats

204: The tower of Avaldsnes church is renovated

203: Husøy, Avaldsnes: boat store house burned last night

202: This was an app 30 feet sail boat, outside the house.

201: Winter end sign? Melting days and freezing nights
200: Old road to Salhus - Karmsund crossing to Karmøy.
199: Norheim boat club, Salhus - small boat harbor
198: Swans and a duck at Salhus
197: Winter paradice in Djupadalen / Eivindsvann
196: Winter paradice in Djupadalen / Eivindsvann
195: Winder paradice in Djupadalen
194: Snow day - but we use to have snow late February
194: Snow day: The central church in Haugesund

193: Snow day: The post office

192: Snow day: The district university building

191: Snow day - City hall and Festiviteten

190: Snow day - City hall park and Haraldsgate, town centre south

189: Smedasund, Inner quay and the Bakarøy bridge
188: Misfortune 1: Fishing boat sunk under the Risøy bridge
187: Misfortune 2: Old house burned yesterday, Feb 23
186: Haraldshaugen - national monument of Norway
185: Krosshaugen - ancient cross
184: Kvalsvik - Kvalen area - winter version
183: Kvalsvik outdoor swinning "pool" - out of season
182: The Flaggruten express boat passing Kvalen
181: Torgbakken on a light snowing Sunday
180: Herring barrels at Kyvik's on Hasseloy island
179: The Rådhusplass benches wait for summer
178: Luckily, a fine old town house was saved.. (fire)
177: The new ice skating hall of Haugesund (indoor)
176: Eivindsvann lake a fine winter Sunday 2
175: Eivindsvann lake a fine winter Sunday 1
174: Down from Strandgaten towards Inner quay
173: Afternoon towards west in Oscarsgate / Haraldsgate
172: Fishing boat moored in Northern Smedasund
171: Snow covered bow on a small boat
170: Snow removed. Quay space for cars (Kyvikkaien)
169: Winter on the Inner quay (Smedasund + Risøy)

168: Looking back towards the sea (town level)

167: Electricity pole broken by truck
166: New snow needs to be removed
165: Strandgaten - towards the Bakarøy bridge
164: Steep, downhill road closed due to snow
163: New hotel in Skjoldavei / Kirkegaten
162: Three old buildings in central Haugesund
161: New one way drive in Strandgate. Noone notice.

160: Strandgt: Stop prohibitet established + one way drive
159: Arrival point from Frakkagjerd (Aksdalsvann)
158: All ages on ice (Lake Aksdalsvann, Tysvær)
157: Aksdalsvann, hockey activities
156: Overcast, black and white day (Ørpetveit)
155: Winter covered boat on the Risøy side of Smedasund
154: The Røvær boat take many kinds of transport jobs.
153: Hasseløy road with town elements in background
152: After sunset, evening sky shot over Vibrandsøy
151: Still new buildings to come (a new bank)
150: Sail vessel full of school kids returning after trip
149: Snow and ice removal in all central streets now
148: Old snow by the strait Smedasund
147: Sørhauggaten and a cold glimpse of Byparken
146: Grønhauggaten, cold in central Haugesund north
145: The coldest day I can remember in Haugesund...
144: At 00.01AM - Happy New Year:

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