Måbø Farm

We are now at the Måbødalen Cultural Landscape Museum, which manages the cultural-historical environment in Måbødalen valley. Here, the cultural landscape shows traces of human activity in the valley with the old houses, stone walls, clearance cairns, hayfields, irrigation systems, mountain farming, paths, roads, and bridges. The farmstead at Måbø is a small row of houses with two farms where for the last hundred years there have been two main houses, two barns, and a cooking house along the old packhorse trail that passes through the courtyard. Buildings, paths, and bridges have been restored. The museum has also turned the entire valley bottom into an exhibition area, where 21 information boards convey the history of resource utilization and development in Måbødalen. From the parking lot at Måbø farm, you can hike one of the old trails up from Eidfjord to Hardangervidda, through the historic row of houses and steeply up Måbøberget (also called Måbøgaldane) on the well-preserved approximately 1300 steps and further down to Fossatromma. The hike takes 2-3 hours round trip. Read more about both hikes and the museum in the links below.