Liabø Traditional Cache
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Liabøen (eng.: Liaboen) and Vågland (eng.. Vaagland) is the centre and seat of the local council of Halsa municipality. Halsa is known for having a spectacular fjord landscape and for its boat building culture. It was also international news for a short while in 2002 when the Killer Whale "Keiko" spent his last weeks in "Taknesbukta" in Halsa.
Halsa and Liabø collage
NORWEGIAN:
Liabø(en) er kommunesenteret i Halsa kommune. Kommunen grenser til Hemne i øst, og Surnadal i sør. Vest for Halsafjorden ligger Tingvoll og nord for Korsnesfjorden ligger Aure. Spekkhoggeren Keiko holdt til i fjordene rundt Halsa. Keiko døde 12. desember 2003 og er gravlagt på land ved Taknesbukta i Arasvikfjorden. I dag er det ei stor gravrøys over gravstedet, opprinnelig satt opp av barn og unge fra Halsa, men den har blitt større etter hvert som turister har besøkt grava. I 2010 ble Halsa kåret til årets ungdomskommune i Møre og Romsdal.
ENGLISH:
Halsa was established as a municipality in 1838. Several parts of Halsa was transferred and merged into other municipalities in the 1800s, but on 1 January 1965, all of Valsøyfjord that was on the mainland (population: 1,104) was merged into Halsa. On 1 January 1976, the area of Aure south of the Vinjefjorden (population: 158) was transferred to Halsa and today a bit more than 1600 people live here.
The municipality (originally the parish) is named after the old Halsa farm (Old Norse: Hǫlsyinjar), since the first church was built there. The first element is hals which means "neck" and the last element is the plural form of vin which means "meadow" or "pasture". Here, the word hals is referring to an isthmus (neck of land) between two fjords: Halsafjord and Skålvikfjord.
Halsa
Halsa has it's pluses and minuses. Great nature. Beautiful scenery. Excellent hiking possibilities. Easy access to the main road along the Western coast (E39). Still, population is declining. Urbanization has hit Halsa harder than many other municipalities, even though people leaving for the cities is a problem in many rural areas in Norway.
Different areas of Halsa have very different identities. Valsøyfjord is an old industrial area and used to be the largest industrial centre in Møre & Romsdal county. Here, people from all over the world used to come to find work. The labour movement was very strong. Traditional boat building still stands strong here.
The other side of the Municipality (Halsa and Halsanaustan) was more proned to farming the land, land ownership and running timber industries. The labour movement was, therefore, not very strong here. One can still sense "remains" of that difference today.
Halsa is not spectacular at first glance (besides the scenery), but it is a very "honest" piece of rural Norway. And, as with most things, once you get to know the place, it actually is quite spectacular and has a very interesting history.
I therefore found making a kind of Halsa themed series was a fun cache project. There are/will be caches with short snippets of local history all over the municipality. At least one for each "grend" (village) and noticable site. If you are new to Norway, this example of a typical Norwegian municipality, everyday rural life and varied scenery, could make for an interesting experience and sightseeing.
Halsa has 1595 inhabitants and 300 sq. km. land mass, whereof 8 sq. km. is water. Halsa is also known for being the place where the world famous Killer whale "Keiko" swam to and stayed until he died some years ago.
The "Halsa" chapter in every cache decription will be identical.
Be careful when putting back, so that it is not too easily spotted, and sits well in it's place.
Happy caching!
FTF: Stjerten
Additional Hints
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Oruvaq/haqre gur yrsg bar