Norway the beautiful. Land of the midnight sun and the northern lights, its fjords, its montains, the wooden stave churches, Norway is unique in so many ways.
Facts:
Population |
4,4 millions |
Government | Monarchy |
Capital | Oslo (535,000 inhabitants) |
Currency |
Norwegian krona ,2019 cn as of June 30 th 2002 |
We entered Norway from northern Finland in our way to Honningsvag and the North Cape cliff
Nordkapp as Norwegian calls it is the northern most point of Europe. There is no way I can describe the feeling I've got standing at midnight on that cliff with hundreds of people watching for the sun to go down and will not until the middle of July.
As we have entered Norway, the landscape is nothing similar to the one of Finland. Norway is montains and stoney land in the northern part.
We now drive south to Alta where rock carvings dating about 8,000 years before Christ were found. If you like fishing or eating good salmon Alta is the region where you will find the world's richest salmon rivers.
Then along the coast to the spectacular fjord of Geiranger
On the way to Oslo, stave churches, there is only about hundred of it left in Norway.
Viging long ship museum
Vigeland park with its, close to 600 statues made by sculptor Gustav Vigeland