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Norge: Fossen Fjorden og Fjell

From august 27 to september 10 I have been on a camping trip to the land of the waterfalls, fjords and mountains - Norway. It is definitly one of the most beautiful countries I've seen so far. All the people we have met were really friendly. In general, Norway is a great country for hiking, water sports and the like. There are hardly any highways (and if there are, the speed is restricted to 90 km/h [about 56 mph] and speeding is controlled everywhere and anytime) but most roads are about one and a half lanes wide, which is particularly interesting if a big truck was approaching you from the front ;-) In my opinion, another great advantage of any Scandinavian country is the everyman's right, permiting you, amongst others, to camp pretty much anywhere you want.

The most mentionable points of our trip where as follows:

Starvanger: Rain. ... seriously, there's not a lot more to say about it. We came there twice and it was raining all the time.

Hardanger Vidda: The national park spanning the Hardanger Vidda plateau is a great place to go hiking. We did a two day hiking tour (actually we planned to do a three day tour but one of us got sick) which was really nice. If you want to do long hiking tours in Norway I definitly suggest to go there. You can either chose to take a tent with you (as we did) or just stay the night in any of the numerous huts (which might be pretty expensive though).

Folgefonna: This is the third largest glacier in mainland Norway just in the west of the Hardanger Vidda national park near the town of Odda. The trail we chose was quite interesting. It is a really small path simply marked with some signs on rocks or trees. We had to pass small wooden bridges and climb up large rocks with the help of ropes that were tied to trees. I really liked that hike.

Lærdalstunnelen: The world's longest road tunnel with a length of 24.5 km (15.2 miles).

Munkatreppene: From 0 (well something below 100) to 1000 in 2 hours. Near the town of Lofthus, there is another nice entry point to Hardanger Vidda. During the Middle Ages monks built a stairway to a viewpoint at about 1000 meters above sea level. We hiked up there and had a really nice view of the Hardangerfjord and the Hardanger Vidda plateau.

Preikestolen: A massive cliff 604 meters straight above Lysefjorden. We decided to get up at 3.30 a.m. to hike to the top and watch the sunrise. It was really worth it. You get a fantastic view of Lysefjorden and the surounding mountains.

Pictures will be uploaded some time during the next days.

Takk! I'll definitly come back.

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