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Waterfalls Bergen
9 Reviews If you can, take the "Norway in a Nutshell" day trip from Bergen and experience the beauty of the Nordic fjords from the Bergen Railway line and the bloody steep Flam Railway line. Along the way,...
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Dalsnuten Stavanger
2 Reviews If you'll have a nice, sunny day in Stavanger and you want to have an half day trip, Dalsnuten may be a good option. You have a lot of ways to go there, by car until Gramstad or by bus from Stavanger...
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Trondheim Folkemuseum Trondheim
2 Reviews The Trøndelag Folk Museum is located on the outskirts of the city, near a forest and it is an open-air exhibition of all the most significative houses and stave churches of Norway, especially from the...
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Mount Fløien Bergen
6 Reviews A good trip outside (well, uphill, actually) Bergen is Mount Floyen, which can be reached either on foot or by funicular. it's an excellent viewpoint over the city and a great place to hike the local...
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Prekestolen (pulpit rock) Stavanger
2 Reviews Without doubt my friends ...Everybody knows that the only 1 reason to visit Norge is the 'Pulpit rock' as u see on the pic' on the top of the stavanger page. I described about it on my norge home...
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Skiing Trondheim
2 Reviews Well, this was one of my best experiences,probably besause i went for skiing for the first time. it's just 15-20 minutes driving from town and the mountain is so beautiful.you can ski and snowboard or...
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Voss. Bergen
2 Reviews Voss is about 100km from Bergen and easily accessible by direct train from Bergen. It's a scenic journey and makes a good day trip destination. I visited in November, which is between seasons in...
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Beaches Stavanger
2 Reviews If you are looking for an idyllic and peaceful beach, then this is the right place! We adore walking there in every sunny day! The easiest way to get there is to take no 4A or 4B bus to Rosenli (this...
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Nidarosdomen/St Olav cathedral Trondheim
2 Reviews I don't normally recommend cemetery walks to VTers but the cemetery at Trondheim Cathedral has so many beautiful sculptured grave markers that it merits a visit. Taking a walk in the quiet but green...
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Hardangerfjord Bergen
2 Reviews The 170 km long Hardanger Fjord is the second longest of the Norwegian fjords. The fjord divides in about 20 smaller fjords and changes names all the time. Sørfjorden and Eidfjorden are the best-known...
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Flor og Fjære Stavanger
1 Review I was just at a place called Flor og Fjære near Stavanger. We took a boat from Stavanger to an island called Hidle. In this pretty harsh environment you come to the "garden of Eden" and hence the...
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Munkholmen Trondheim
1 Review Munkholmen, the Munks' island, was in ancient times Trondheim execution ground, then in the 11th century benedectine monks built a monastery which in 1658 became a prison fort. But now is a popular...
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Fantoft Stavkirke (Stave church) Bergen
3 Reviews This wooden church is quite literally of the beaten path. It is located in Fantoft - student area - and not really well signposted. Build somewhere more rural, this church was moved to it's present...
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Centre of Stavanger Stavanger
2 Reviews In fact this is a very beaten path, it is the sidewalk of the very busy Madlaveien, the main westbound road out from Stavanger. A lot of people use it daily, but fail to see it's beauty as they hurry...
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Allotment gardens Trondheim
1 Review There are allotment gardens all over Europe, the link below is to an english site. In Norway, the allotment movement started late in the 19th century. The first garden was founded in Halden in 1896,...
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Edvard Grieg / Troldhaugen Bergen
4 Reviews Troldhaugen - you could visit the home of composer Edvard Grieg. We were there in 1995 and took one of those guided tours. Don't know if they changed them over the years, but I found it interesting....
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Rosenli Stavanger
1 Review Rosenli is a beautiful recreational area close to the city. It would take you 20 - 25 minutes to get there by foot from downtown. Or you could go by bus no 4A or 4B to the end stop; a roundabout by...
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Hardanger Vidda Bergen
2 Reviews Europe’s largest mountain plateau, Hardanger Vidda, is about 2-3 hours drive from Bergen. You can also get there by train. In the winter it is ideal for cross country skiing. In the summer you can...
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Allotment gardens Stavanger
1 Review Did you know that corn can be grown in Norway? The depicted corn was found in the Allotment garden Rosendal og Ramsvik which is situated in Storhaug east of downtown Stavanger, along the fjord...
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Sandviken Bergen
1 Review Sandviken: 5-10 min walk from Bryggen/fishmarked. The older part of Bergen. Little old houses of wood. Ask around and you will be pointed in the right direction. If you want to study it closer, you...
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The Rogaland Arboret Stavanger
1 Review In Sandnes there is Norway's largets Arboret - a huge area with collections of trees, bushes and flowers, all put together as a very attractive and interesting park with many kilometres of paths to...
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Glaciers Bergen
1 Review There are several glaciers within the reach of Bergen. Remember that glaciers are 'living creatures' they move and slide, so it's important to be careful and always have a guide when hiking or...
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Broken Stavanger
1 Review English artist Antony Gormley made iron castings of his body, placed them all about Stavanger. The work is an interactive set of sculptures that encourages viewers to reflect, think, and use their...
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Islands Bergen
2 Reviews The great thing about sailing here on the west coast of Norway is that you happen by these special places. On the picture I am passing the little island of Lerøy in the fjord south of Bergen. You see...
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Utstein Kloster Stavanger
1 Review Utstein Kloster: This monastery is the only preserved monastery from the Middle Ages in Norway. It is located on the island Mosterøy near Stavanger. On the trip you will pass through the Rennfast...
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When you do a road trip in Norway is very usual to see bridge that connect to side od a fjord of islands. Some of them have a very interesting architecture. The one in the photos connect Gjemnes (Kristiansund) to Stokknoken.
Norway have many ski resorts and my personal favourite is Hemsedal with Hovden, Tryvann, Kongsberg and Røldal coming closeAt www.skiinfo.no you will find all the resorts and info about how much snow, links weather etcYou can aslo go summerskiing at Folgefonna (Fonna) or Stryn
On the road Rv 63 toward Geranger you can pass the Geirangelva, a very nice valley wiith greeen mountains and waterfalls. Fantastic landscape!!!More information on my Geiranger page.
Important part of Norway's stunning landscape, the mountain rivers beds seem to be filled with milk instead of water.This special colour of Norway's rivers in fjords area is to due to the fact that the rivers have been formed through glaciers thawing.
Our Scandinavian tour was a fjords expedition but also a pilgrimage on the steps of St. Bridget of Sweden.Thus we didn't waste the possibility of attending the daily Mass and we have tried to find also beautiful places to do it.Eagles Road with the stunning view of Geiranger fjord behind or near the Kjenndal Glacier have been perfect places for our Greek-Catholic Mass.
From this wonderful landscape it is obvious that the flowers couldn't miss.I have found a surprisingly colourful Oslo due to the beautiful flowers planted all over the city. I always had the impression that Norway is a cold country and due to the weather there was no place for flowers.But even the smallest village had wonderful flowers planted on the road curb, out camping in the fjord was practically floaded by flowers and on the mountains there were superb wild flowers.Some of the pictures I've taken are on the flowers travelogue.
The Lodal's catastrophes are remembered by a monument placed outside the Loen church.In 1905 and 1936 large parts of mountain fell into the fjord waters and the waves formed flooded the villages killing locals and tourists.The monument consists actually in two stone slabs on which the names of the victims are written.The most interesting part is that almost all the persons killed in 1905 had the same surnames, the names of the villages.In the second catastrophe to the names of the local people were added also the names of the tourists on a cruise ship anchored in the harbour.Inside the church, on a board, copies of newspapers dating from the years of the catastrophes are displayed. For more details, visit my Loen and Kjenndalbreen page.
Whenever you are in the mountains in Norway, you'll enevetably see some piles of rock along the path. A pile like that is called a Varde. These are put there to mark the path so you can find your way if surprised by fog and bad weather. Look closely and you'll also see some red paint, often painted as a red T. Do not remove these markings. For people that are surprised by bad weather these markings will mean a lot. It's not always easy to see the path.Sadly tourists have started to build vardes outside of the trail. Please: If you see any such varde, demolish it. Popular believe would have it that you should build a varde if you want to come back to a spesific location. The belief is true (i.a. markings on the path), but vardes close to clifs etc are dangerous to the wanderer caught by fog, going from mariking to marking.
Not quite shure where to put this tip. Could be a General tip, or Local Customs as well, but I figured most people that need to know this are people with tents.There is a law granting anyone the right to be on, pass through and camp in the nature. It's called Allemannsretten (litteraly: All mans rights). It says that you can go, camp (for maximum 2 days) anywhere you please, as long as the ground you're walking on isn't farmed, or close to houses, gardens, industries etc.A word of causion: Wildlife reserves have special rules regarding when you can visit them, and it's forbidden to camp in National Parks such as Jotunheimen and Rondane.If you want to camp less than 150 meters away from a house, you'll need permission from the owner/user of the house.If you camp, you should always clean up after you. No trash should be deposited in the wild. In short it should not be possible to see that...
Just before Narvik.....before the Ofotfjorden, taking the E6.......just after you have taken the ferry from Bognes to Skardberget, you have to take the bridge over the Efjorden.Stop !!!!! Just after that bridge you stop your car on your right and you see the christalwhite coral beach.
Holmenkollen Park Hotel Rica Oslo Oslo
9 Reviews and 221 Opinions The hotel is located close to a popular hiking and cross-country ski area and in walking distance...
Rica Travel Hotel Bergen Bergen
3 Reviews and 204 Opinions Having no advance bookings due to traveling without set itinerary and during peak summer season, we...
Rica Nidelven Hotel Trondheim
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Q: I am wondering which is the best period for a 1-week ski mountaineering holiday in the Lofoten Area and I would like to know if...
A: The Lofoten (and Vesterålen) islands never have that huge amount of snow, they are out in the Gulf stream. Mind you, they weren't even covered by the ice cap that covered...
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