Experience Norway With Get Going Travel Agency
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Table of Contents About Norway
Geography.................................................................................................. 3
Places to Go
Fjords Norway............................................................................................ 4 Alesund and Bergen Norway..................................................................... 5
Places to Stay Kr책kenes Fyr Lighthouse........................................................................... 6 Sorrisniva Igloo Hotel Alta Norway.......................................................... 7 2
A b o u t Norwa y Geography Norway is situated in the western part of the Scandinavian peninsula. It extends about 1,100 mi (1,770 km) from the North Sea along the Norwegian Sea to more than 300 mi (483 km) above the Arctic Circle, the farthest north of any European country. It is slightly larger than New Mexico. Nearly 70% of Norway is uninhabitable and covered by mountains, glaciers, moors, and rivers. The hundreds of deep fjords that cut into the coastline give Norway an overall oceanfront of more than 12,000 mi (19,312 km). Galdhø Peak, at 8,100 ft (2,469 m), is Norway’s highest point and the Glåma (Glomma) is the principal river, at 372 mi (598 km) long. 3
Places to Go Fjords Nor way National Geographic recommends Fjord Norway as one of 20 Best Trips for 2011. The fjords are water canals that penetrate from the coast and far into the mountain wilderness. Where the plains end, the mountains dive several hundred meters into the ocean, forming the famous Norwegian fjords. Each fjord has its own characteristics. The tallest waterfalls are in the Geirangerfjord, and the Sognefjord is the world’s second longest fjord. The mountain formations around the Lysefjord are famous; especially Preikestolen (the Pulpit Rock) is fascinating.
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Alesund Norway
Bergen Norway
The city of Ålesund is known for its architecture in Art Nouveau style, its surrounding fjords and the high peaks of the Sunnmøre Alps.
Bergen is known for Bryggen Hanseatic Wharf, the Fish Market, and surrounding mountains and fjords, such as the Hardangerfjord and Sognefjord.
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Places to Stay Kråkenes Fyr Lighthouse The lighthouse Kråkenes Fyr is located in the community Vågsøy between Ålesund and Bergen and invites you to an overnight stay right by the wild atlantic ocean. You can stay several nights at one of the most weather-beaten places in the whole of Norway, taste the salt in the air and feel the waves in the whole body.
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Sorrisniva Igloo Hotel
Norway’s Sorrisniva Igloo Hotel is a beautiful ice hotel found 15 kilometers outside the town of Alta, in the region Finnmark (northeastern Norway). From here, it’s only 3 hours to the North Cape. The Sorrisniva Igloo Hotel in Alta offers ice hotel lovers in Norway over 2,000 square meters of guest rooms, amenities, an ice bar, a chapel, and an impressive ice gallery that will take your breath away at night. It’s the northernmost ice hotel in Europe.
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