Magma Geopark Locations
There are 46 locations in Magma Geopark for you to explore over the southern region of Rogaland in Norway.
Ringing stones
The geological and acoustic phenomenon that some boulders give a metallic or bell-like sound when struck with smaller stones is known in several places on the globe. From Norwegian territory, we know of an increasing number of such stones. They are known by different names, such as klokkesteiner (bell stones), syngesteiner (singing stones) and klangsteiner (sounding stones). Here we present the entire Norwegian material of ringing stones and bell stones
News and updates
Travelling voices
We are super proud to share with you all the amazing #travellingvoices booklet developed within the Ruritage project by BEE Environmental Communication and UNESCO Earth Sciences & Geohazards Risk Reduction Through this book the Geopark is revealing part of its...
Magma’s ringing stone project well received at international conference in Germany
Earlier  November, Gjermund Kolltveit participated at the 11th Symposium of ISGMA (International Study Group on Music Archeology) in Berlin, with a poster presentation about Magma’s ringing stone project. The conference brought together music archaeologists from...
Expert Group Meeting for Ruritage
On Tuesday 23rd November we had a meeting with the Expert Group Meeting for Ruritage held at Lund Folkmuseum wihtin the local initiative #UNESCO2030 Culminated in exiting tour in Museum with Per Christoffer Salvesen (Manager of the Museum) as inspiring...