DESTINATION NORWAY

Throughout Norway, one will find stunning and dramatic scenery and landscape. The west coast of southern Norway and the coast of northern Norway present some of the most visually impressive coastal sceneries in the world. National Geographic has listed the Norwegian fjords as the world's top tourist attraction.

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DISCOVER NORWAY: Bergen, Bryggen, Hurrungane, Oslo, Reine, Rondane National Park, Tromso, Trondheimsfjord, Voringsfossen,

DISCOVER BERGEN The oldest part of Bergen is the area around the bay of Vågen in the city centre. Originally centred on the eastern side of the bay, Bergen eventually expanded west and southwards. Few buildings from the oldest period remain, the most significant being St Mary's Church from the 12th century. For several hundred years, the extent of the city remained almost constant ...

DISCOVER BRYGGEN Bryggen (Norwegian for the Wharf), also known as Tyskebryggen (the German Wharf) is a series of Hanseatic commercial buildings lining the eastern side of the fjord coming into Bergen, Norway. Bryggen is on the UNESCO list for World Cultural Heritage sites. The name has the same origin as the Flemish city of Brugge. The city of Bergen was founded in 1070 ...

DISCOVER HURRUNGANE Hurrungane (also written Hurrungene, Hurrungadn, Horungane) is a mountain range in the municipalities Luster and Ardal in Sogn og Fjordane, Norway. The area is southwest in the larger mountain range Jotunheimen and is also part of Jotunheimen National Park. The range has some of the most alpine peaks in Norway, and has 24 peaks over 2,000 metres ...

DISCOVER OSLO Oslo houses several major Museums and galleries. The Munch Museum contains the Scream and other work by Edvard Munch who donated all his work to the city after his death. A large number of festivals are held in Oslo, such as Oslo Live, a rock and roll event, and the Oslo Jazz festival is a six-day festival which has been held in August for the past 20 years ...

DISCOVER REINE Reine is the administrative centre of Moskenes municipality, Norway. It has been a commercial centre since 1743. Today tourism is important. In spite of its remote location thousands of people visit this neighborhood annually. European route E10 passes through Reine ...

DISCOVER RONDANE NATIONAL PARK Rondane National Park is the oldest national park in Norway, established in 1962. The park contains ten peaks above 2,000 metres, with the highest being Rondslottet at an altitude of 2,178 m. The park is an important habitat for herds of wild reindeer. Rondane lies just to the east of Gudbrandsdal and two other mountain areas, Dovre and Jotunheimen are nearby...

DISCOVER TROMSO The Tromso area was first settled at the end of the ice age. The Norse culture arrived sometime in the early Medieval Age. The first church, Ecclesia Sanctae Mariae de Trums juxta paganos (The Church of Saint Mary in Troms near the Heathens), was built in 1252 during the reign of King Hakon Hakonarson. At the time, it was the northernmost church in the world ...

DISCOVER TRONSHEIMSFJORD The Trondheimsfjord (or Trondheimsfjorden), an inlet of the Norwegian Sea, is Norway's third longest fjord at 130 kilometres long. It is located in the west central part of the country, and it stretches from Orland in west to Steinkjer in north, passing the city of Trondheim on its way. The largest islands in the fjord are Ytteroy and Tautra ...

DISCOVER VORINGSFOSSEN Voringfossen is one of the most visited waterfalls in Norway. The falls are 183 m high. The falls are located in Eidfjord not far from Highway 7, which connects Oslo with Bergen. Bjoreia, the small river that flows into Vøringfossen, has a hydroelectric dam in the Sysendalen valley above the falls ...

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