We spent one sunny day in beautiful Bergen. The city occupies most of the peninsula of Bergenshalvøyen with the city center surrounded by the Seven Mountains. According to tradition, the city was founded in 1070 by King Olav Kyrre and was named Bjørgvin. It served as Norway’s...
Vøringsfossen is Norway’s best-known waterfall – the water thundering down the mountainside in a free fall of 145 meters and with a total fall of 182 meters. Once we have reached the high mountain plateau, we experienced a stunning panorama. The valley of Måbødalen, even in bad weather...
We crossed the biggest high mountain plateau in Northern Europe with vast plateaus, deep, lush valleys and high mountains, glaciers in the far distance, waterfalls, and azure fjords. Hardangervidda offers a variety of experiences starting from where the road snakes lazily across the wide...
After Gaustatoppen we drove to Hardangervidda National Park. It is the largest national park in Norway. This vast mountain plateau offers excellent hiking opportunities; unfortunately, we did not have so much time, so we took just a 5 km hike from Gvepseborg. We used the Krossobanen Cable...
We were waiting in the heart of Telemark for good weather to climb the mountain together with the famous “Trekkie and mountain guide” Zuzana – we made it in speedy 15 minutes by unique Gaustabanen cable car that goes inside the Gaustatoppen Mountain. Gaustatoppen, which many claims to be...
We made a short stop at the Mæl Station – a part of the Rjukan Railway. This terminus railroad station is located at Lake Tinn in Telemark. The Rjukan Railway was built by Norsk Hydro (the largest industrial concern in Norway) and opened in 1909 (and electrified in 1911). It’s a...
On the way to Gausta Mountain, we stopped by two lovely stave churches. A stave church is a medieval wooden Christian church building; the name derives from the building’s structure of post and lintel construction. Our first stop was Seljord church dedicated to St Olav. It was built...
We took a half-day boat trip to explore The Telemark Canal waterway system. It was carved into the rock over 100 years ago. When the canal was completed in 1892, it was called the “eighth wonder”. The canal connects the coast of Telemark with the interior through eight locks...
After a long drive, we made it again to Oslo – the capital of Norway. It sits on the country’s southern coast at the head of the Oslofjord. Oslo was founded by King Harald Hardråde around 1049. Oslo was shattered several times by fires. In 1624, after the fourteenth calamity, King...
Today we made 5 hours hike (8 km / ascent 350 m) to Preikestolen (the Pulpit Rock). It is a huge cliff in Ryfylke which towers into impressive 604 meters over the Lysefjord. The mountain plateau of about 25 x 25 meters was most probably shaped by the expansion of ice some 10 000 years ago...