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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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Along the highway over the Telemark towards the Hardangerfjord lies the valley of Roldal. This is a valley similiar to many other locations within rural Norway that in not too earlier times were isolated by geography and climate for large parts of the year. Roads could only be kept open for short periods of the year. Self sufficiency was the order of the day. Roldal, itself, occupies a very pretty valley which ends on a very pretty lake.
By foot, by public transportation or by your own vehicle, you should go to see Eikesdal. Eikesdal valley is a parallell valley to Romsdal, and by road or rail you will need to pass through Aandalsnes to get to Eikesdal. A nice way of doing it is to travel through Eikesdal on your way between Sunndalsora and Aandalsnes. There is a road of sorts, but it is not normally recommended for toursits because of the standard and a certain degree of scaryness...Eikesdal is a the centre of some of the world's highest water falls, and even if many of the waterfalls in the area are killed by hyd-el exploitation, they will run freely during the summer and snow melt/flooding season. In Eikesdal itself is the 650-metres Mardalsfossen (in two steps). It takes about a kilometre's walk to get there on a rough path, and through spray and scree to get very close to the foot of the falls.There are excellent...
From either Molde, Aalesund or Brattvaag in Moere and Romsdal County you can easily reach the fishing community of Ona. Ona is located way out on a stretch of the coast named Hustadvika, known as one of the toughest and most windeswept areas of the coast. Summers can be nice, though.Some 60 persons live there year-round, and most families live of a combination of fishing, ceramics production and other arts, pensions and local service trades. There is a shop and a sort of hotel, which in fact is quite comfortable. The easiest way to get there is by bus from Molde town, across the island of Aukra (a short ferry ride to get there) and they'll drop you at Smaage, just a ferry harbour, where the ferry takes you (not the bus) onwards via Orten, Finnoy and Sandoy islands to Ona. Sit on top deck for the view.Ona consists of two main islands conncected with a small bridge; perhaps two sq km,...
Consider exploring the area between the Sunndal fjord system and Orkanger to the west. This part of Norway, Nordmoere, with its easily accessible mountains, the islands and fjords, is little advertised and highly underrated as a place to visit. Further west, in the Sunndalsoera area, you find a wilder landscape and yet more good hiking terrain. In Litledalen Valley (just south west of Sunndalsoera) is the highest sheer mountain drop in Norway, about 1800 meters. A slightly scary road goes past here up the mountain and down again to Eikesdal valley/lake, from where you eventually get to Aandalsnes and Romsdal valley and some of the world's highest waterfalls.
Todalen (valley) is one of the indentations on the north-west coast of Norway. It's a dead-end kind of place, and not the sort of place you'd normally consider. But here is one of the warmest (temperaturewise) places in Norway, a genuine fjord community based on a mixture of agriculture and furniture-making industry, beautiful mountains and plenty of hiking options. Following the road along the fjord coming in from the north, you will pass Svinvik Arboretum, a research station and huge plant garden of Scandinavian and exotic trees and flower plants. Bamboo aplenty at 63 degtees north! Entrance fee.At the end of the fjord there is a small settlement near the fjord with some interesting houses. 2-3 kms up the west side of the river Todalselva (good salomon and sea trout fishing) from the fjord, is the Todalshytta local DNT hikers' association's accomodation in a long dead English lord's...
They don't have to be on the world map... Just take the boat to one of the small islands and when you reach the place you'll want to stay there forever! They are like small pieces of jewlery... for trolls (of course!).
When you are in the south of Norway I recommend to drive road 21 along the Swedish border. From Skotteruö to Halden and then the road 22 to Hällevadsholm (S). A small road, about 200 km long - it takes about 5 hours. Many lakes, rivers and small towns on roadside. Excellent scenery!
Østfold is a little district in the southeast of Norway. One of the nicest towns overthere is FredrikstadIt lies directly at the Oslofjord and has very beautiful old fortifications.Link to my : Fredrikstad page.
Reinli Stav church is located about 1 hour from Fagernes in Valdres.The church is located up in the hill, and from there you have a great view over the scenery! It is just fantastic to see this old church, it is so small...
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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