Blåberg

View of Blåberg from road 53

View of Blåberg from the 1000 meteren road

One of the caves of the Blåber rock

Inside Blåberg

The mountain Blåberg is situated near the Øvre Årdal town in Norway. It is a well-known tourist hiking spot, known for its 18th century mines.

Blåberg saw centuries of copper mining. In the 18th century rich sources of copper were found, and mining began in the valleys and mountains across the Årdalsfjord part of the Sognefjord.

Blåberg was called the Mine Mountain.

Sources

The Årdal Copper Mines, Årdal, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway