Norway

Holiday in Norway, landscapes like in movies, waterfalls, fjords, glaciers, blue lakes, what can somebody wish more? Maybe more wilderness for a country with so few inhabitants. But it is worth to go there just to see the amazing landscapes.

The highlight of our holiday was the six days tour in Hardangervidda, difficult but rewarding for the experience of wilderness and the landscapes which were changing from a day to the next. In the peak of summer there was still a lot of snow laying, the temperature was like in late autumn and the strong wind never stopped blowing.

Our trip continued with a ferry drive through the Naerofjord and a visit to Dovrejfell National Park to see the Musk oxen. We spent some days on the island of Runde where are thousands of sea birds colonies, then we drove to Jotunheim National Park were we walked the famous Besseggen ridge.

With the speed limit of 80 km/h in Norway it is impossible to drive long distances and see more. In six weeks we traveled in the Southern part of the country, the Northernmost place was the Dovrejfell N.P.

1		Stavkirche (wooden church with middle column) in Nore

2		Hardangervidda - high plateau with subpolar climate, harsh conditions and wild, a prefect place to experience Norway by foot. On the northern part of the glacier Hardangerjokulen (in photo to the left) started our six days trek through this beautiful national park.

3		Summer bridge to help crossing some of the glacier rivers

4		Take a break with view to the glacier

5		One of the snow field crossings. We had to be careful with every step else we could end in the cold lake downhill

6		Wild camping near a beautiful lake

7		Glacier tongue

8		View of Trogdal valley

9		Lake with woolgrass - a common plant in Hardangervidda

10		Camp at 1000m near the clouds

11		Naerofjord - view from Gudvagen

12		Seagulls which followed our ferry on the trip through Naerofjord

13		Typical Norwegian landscape

14		Mushrooms for dinner - this quantity we collected in 20 minutes

15		This is Norway: impressive mountains, cristal clear rivers and waterfalls