Norway in 6 interesting facts and 6 photos

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Did you know that…

1) with more than 1100 fjords, Norway has got the highest number of fjords in the world and Geirangerfjord, Sognefjord, Lysefjord, Hardangerfjord and Nordfjord are the most spectacular ones?

2) the sun doesn’t go down in summer over the Arctic Circle, so the daylight lasts for 24 hours in northern Norway and the sun doesn’t set before 11pm in the south of Norway?

3) the most captivating natural phenomenon of northern Norway are the northern lights that can be observed above the Arctic Circle between late autumn and early spring?

4) there’re 50 000 indigenous people called Sami living in the north of Norway?

The Sami have been living in northern Scandinavia for over 10,000 years. They’re known for their colourful clothes and the huge herds of reindeers they look after.

5) the Norwegian Eiksund Tunnel is the deepest undersea tunnel in the world?

Its depth is 287 metres and the length is 7,765 metres.

6) the Norwegian Laerdal tunnel measuring 24,5 km is the longest road tunnel in the world?

One of 450,000 Norwegian lakes

Friendly Norwegian Blonde

Preikestolen (The Pulpit Rock)

Lysefjord

Stavanger

On my shorter trip to Norway, I explored the area close to Stavanger, the south-west of the country. Next time I’d love to journey into the northern Norway.

Have you been to Norway? What was your favourite place?

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Petra

Johanna B

May 19, 2015

I visited Norway in January 1972 on a mini-weekend cruise from Newcastle-upon-Tyne in north-east England. I visited Stavanger and Bergen. It was lovely to see the photo of Stavanger as it was very misty when we docked there. Hint……don’t visit Norway in January! Beautiful photos!

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  Johanna B
  May 19, 2015
  
  Hi Jo, nice to hear you went on a cruise to Norway. Next time I’d love to go to Bergen too. I’m happy you liked the photos and could see Stavanger in its full beauty 🙂 Petra
  
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SiKriwil

May 20, 2015

Whoa!
You make me want to visit Norway, Petra!!
Such lovely photos you have!

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  SiKriwil
  May 20, 2015
  
  Hello, thank you very much. There’s so much to see in Norway and it’s hard to take bad pictures of such lovely landscapes. 🙂 Happy travels. Petra
  
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Tara

July 5, 2015

Some lovely facts and photos! I need to explore more of Norway!

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  Tara
  July 5, 2015
  
  Thank you! We need to explore more of Norway too. It’s such a vast and gorgeous country!
  
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