Fossen Traditional Geocache
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Fossen means "fall" or "waterfall". This particular foss is the biggest drop on the path of the "Sandåa" river. It is though best known for being one of the weirdest concert venues in the country.
Fossen collage
NORWEGIAN:
Mange i Midt-Norge har hørt om konserten som holdes her årlig. Scenen i fossen brukes også til andre arrangementer. Det skal være ganske spesielt både å spille her og å være publikum. Her sitter og står man i fossrøyken. Artisten med selveste fossen rett ved siden av seg, og publikum i en svært bratt bakke like ved. Benkene er laget av nedhogde trær. Fossen er også flott uavhengig av arrangementene som innimellom finner sted her. Selv om det er litt fuktig, så anbefales stedet for en piknikk.
ENGLISH:
This waterfall is a concert venue. Artists that perform here are right next to the waterfall and the audience sits in the mist and on a very steep hill in front of the stage. The benches are made of chopped down trees. Norwegian well known artist Åge Aleksandersen once said "I've done some weird gigs in my life, but this must be one of the absolute weirdest".
The best known concert here is the annual "Fosskonserten", but other gigs takes place here as well. This waterfall is also a spectacle when it is "not in use", and a picnic here, though humid, is recommended. The way houses and walkways are built over the remaining parts of the river between here and the fjord is also a sight.
From this area you can start hikes into the mountains. Some a couple of hours long and for beginners. Others that can take days and involve some heavy climbing.
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.
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