Norway in a nutshell is a fantastic way to see Norway’s natural beauty.\u00a0 If you ever get the chance to do it, I highly recommend it.\u00a0 I took the tour with my mother and brother over 5 years ago.\u00a0 The weather wasn’t the best, but I can still say I have never seen anything more beatiful in my life than I did that day on the tour.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Norge i et n\u00f8tteskall takes you through the breathtaking country by local train, regional train, tourist boat, and bus.\u00a0 Some of the highlights include the Bergen railway, the Fl\u00e5m railway, N\u00e6r\u00f8yfjord, Aurlandsfjord, and Stalheimskleiva.\ufffd\u00a0 You see mountains, rivers, waterfalls, and beautiful fjords along the way.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The Bergen railway is northern Europe’s highest altitude railway; it endures harsh weather for part of the year and thus requires extremely skilled technical expertise\u00a0to maintain it and provide a safe, enjoyable experience for all who use it to get between Oslo and Bergen.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The Fl\u00e5m railway was one of my favorite parts of the trip.\u00a0 It takes passengers from the mountain station of Myrdal down to Flam.\u00a0 It is a fairly short leg of the trip, but the train travels slowly and makes several stops to really get good views.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Once the train reaches Fl\u00e5m, you have some free time to walk around until you board a tourist boat which sails through the Aurlandsfjord and into the N\u00e6r\u00f8yfjord, one of the narrowest fjords in Europe and also on UENSCO’s World Heritage List.\u00a0 This part of the trip is pretty magical with the mountains surrounding you, views of traditional, picturesque Norwegian farms (if you’re lucky, you might see seals basking on rocks and goats grazing).<\/p>\n
After the boat trip, the journey takes you by coach up the curvy, steep roads of Stalheimskleiva.\u00a0 I remember looking out the bus window and\u00a0seriously wondering if it would be possible to get up and down these narrow, steep, and extremely bendy turns.\u00a0 Kudos to the bus driver.\u00a0 This is the leg of the trip where you see waterfalls, including Stalheimsfossen and Sivlefossen.\u00a0 From Voss, you can either go to west to Bergen or east to Oslo.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The trip is not too expensive and it is completely worth it for what you get to see.\u00a0 Before I sign off, I forgot the most interesting part.\u00a0 At one of the waterfalls that we stopped at, a hulder <\/strong>emerged from the waterfall and was singing beautiful music.\u00a0 She had a red dress on and donned a cow’s tail.\u00a0 Huldrer<\/strong> are seductive forest creatures.\u00a0 Needless to say, my 20 year old brother was impressed.\u00a0 I had never before seen a cow woman pop out of a waterfall and belt out what sounded like magic fairy music.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Norway in a nutshell is a fantastic way to see Norway’s natural beauty.\u00a0 If you ever get the chance to do it, I highly recommend it.\u00a0 I took the tour with my mother and brother over 5 years ago.\u00a0 The weather wasn’t the best, but I can still say I have never seen anything more…<\/p>\n