Ålesund, Bergen, and Oslo, and many fjords in between
Date(s): August 26-31, 2011. Album by David Clement. 1 - 72 of 72 Total. 47 Visits.
1 going past Lillehammer on the bus from Oslo to Dombås; you can see the Lysgårdsbakkene ski jump
2 I took another bus to Åndalsnes and then a taxi to Ålesund
3 view of Ålesund city centre from Fjellstua viewpoint on Aksla
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5 First Hotel Atlantica
6 channel goes through Ålesund city centre
7 the next morning, on MS Kong Harald, leaving Ålesund for Geiranger
8 Storfjord
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10 many small old farms up high on the hills; some are used as summer houses now
11 Geirangerfjord
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13 Seven Sisters Waterfall in Geirangerfjord
14 arriving at the town of Geiranger
15 finally stopped raining as I hiked up the switchbacked road
16 Geirangerfjord and the town of Geiranger
17 Geiranger, taken from the bus on the way back to Ålesund
18 Eidsdal-Linge ferry crossing of Storfjord
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20 still on the ferry; western Norway tended to clear up a bit in the evening after raining all day
21 this was taken from the new bus that was waiting for us on the other side of the fjord
22 my cabin on MS Midnatsol for overnight cruise from Ålesund to Bergen
23 port side view from the Mysterier lounge the next morning
24 Horisont, the two-tiered lounge at the front of the ship
25 arriving in Bergen
26 leaving MS Midnatsol
27 view from my room at Bergen Travel Hotel
28 Bergen Fish Market
29 funicular up Fløyen starts here at Vetrlidsalmenning station
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31 panoramic view from the top of Fløyen
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33 about to go down again; height difference is 300m
34 Schøtstuene (Hanseatic Assembly Rooms)
35 Håkonshallen, in Bergenhus Fortress, constructed in the middle of the 13th century
36 Rosenkrantztårnet, dating from the 16th century
37 Bryggen, a series Hanseatic commercial buildings rebuilt in 1702 after fire; it is a UNESCO World Heritage Site
38 pot meat, fish soup, and apple juice = $50
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40 Bergen train station; I got off this train at Voss to take a bus to Gudvangen on Nærøyfjord
41 Voss Church, dating from 1277
42 on the way down into Gudvangen
43 Stalheimskleiva, 13 hairpin bends like this to get down to Gudvangen
44 in Nærøyfjord on the ferry to Flåm; it's a branch of the Sognefjord
45 entering Aurlandsfjord
46 Stigen; it is claimed that the residents used to pull up the ladders when they saw the tithes coming by boat to collect taxes
47 Undredal
48 it was crowded up on the main passenger deck, so I stood down here for the whole ride; the ferry is leaving Aurland here
49 Flåm, dominated by the Costa Atlantica cruise ship
50 on the Flåmsbana, railway built in the 1940's to connect Flåm with the Bergen railway; 864m elevation gain from Flåm to the terminus in Myrdal
51 waiting at Berekvam for the train coming the other way to pass us - this is the only part of the line with two tracks
52 a woman dancing to folk music at Kjosfossen; the train stops here for 5 minutes
53 the waterfall is used to power the railway
54 waiting in Myrdal for my delayed train to Oslo; this is the next train arriving from Flåm
55 on the way to Oslo
56 fountain near Nationaltheater in Oslo
57 Slottet, the Royal Palace
58 soldiers preparing for the arrival of Jacob Zuma's motorcade - he was on a state visit to Norway
59 the motorcade going by
60 with Norway's King and Queen I think
61 stave church on Bygdøy peninsula in Oslo; the sides are constructed with vertical planks, and this type of church is almost unique to Norway
62 Gokstad ship at Viking Ship Museum on Bygdøy; it was excavated from a burial mound dating back to the 9th century
63 Oseberg ship, not as seaworthy as the Gokstad ship
64 Kon-Tiki Museum's title attraction: Thor Heyerdahl and crew sailed from Peru to Polynesia on this raft in 1947
65 Roald Amundsen's Gjøa, the first vessel to transit the Northwest Passage, finishing the journey in 1906
66 on the ferry back from Bygdøy; this is Akershus Festning, a medieval castle built in the 13th century to protect Oslo; it has survived all sieges, primarily by Swedish forces
67 Oslo rådhus
68 view of the piers from Akershus Festning; the hill in the background is Holmenkollen, host of the 1952 Winter Olympic ski jump
69 ran into the Zuma motorcade again, this time by accident; he's in the back of this car
70 Stortingsbygningen, home to the Norwegian parliament
71 my hotel (I was taxied here when the Anker Hotel was full)
