Kategori: Norge
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I’ve seen some very cool pictures from the Atlantic Ocean Road and I just wanted to see it for myself. Although not in quite such wind as I’ve seen in those pictures, I don’t quite feel like being washed over by seawater while driving on a high bridge! The wind sure wasn’t an issue today,…
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The main attraction of our little vacation is the Romsdalseggen hike. The best (and most popular) option is to take a bus from Åndalsnes to Venjesdalen, so you can hike back to Åndalsnes where the trail finishes right next to the parking lot where we left the car. Very practical! When you hit the trail,…
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Sometimes Plan B works out better than Plan A. I have a feeling that this was the case for this mini-vacation. Instead of doing Galdhøpiggen (bad weather), I did some last minute research and found a route that includes the Aursjøveien (Aursjøvegen) mountain road, Norway’s highest waterfall Mardalsfossen, the spectacular Romsdalseggen hike in Åndalsnes, and the…
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I have a four-day weekend and as usual, my timing is off. But to lighten up a rainy day, I have a new car so I took it to Trondheim today, for no better reason than that I’ve never been there before. I ate a brunch at Ikea before driving to the city and then walked…
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I counted my ”60 toppar” peaks the other day and found to my astonishment that I already have 31 of them! And as of today, 32. I drove to Vauldalen just across the border and hiked to Gruvsjöfjället. It was a very easy hike because you can follow a road/quad trail almost to the top, and the altitude…
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I’m going to Svalbard! And in order to that, I first had to get myself to Oslo Gardermoen to catch the flight. I took the scenic route via Rondane and when the Rondane road turned to rough gravel, I regretted my choice. The view wasn’t that good… especially having already seen it two years ago.…
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I’m off to a four day camping trip to Sylarna! I have been wanting to do this for years, because Sylarna is unlike any other mountain here in the southern part of the Swedish mountain range. Even the mighty Helags is rather boring in comparison. It’s just big, with one pyramid-like peak. Sylarna on the…
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Once again, we got up early (no alarm clocks needed) and the first order of the day was to visit Dalsnibba, which is a viewpoint at 1500 MASL and advertises itself as giving the highest view over a fjord in the world. The fjord in question being Geiranger, and you can also see the serpentine…
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The night wasn’t exactly warm, but I was quite cozy in my tent. It didn’t mean that I got a good night’s sleep though, I just couldn’t fall asleep at first and then I kept waking up during the early morning hours. Nevermind, this landscape is so awesome that it’s impossible to feel tired and…
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The plan for today was to drive to Jotunheimen and camp at Juvashytta. We took the scenic route southwest of Rondane and at first we had the weather with us, with some sunshine and blue sky. We stopped at every potential spot for pictures but I guess the Norwegians have too much of the nice…