Welcome to fjords.com, the gateway to the Norwegian Fjords. This is the startpage with all the information you need to explore and plan your journey to the four fjord regions in Western Norway; Møre & Romsdal, Sogn & Fjordane, Hordaland and Rogaland.
Up to the left you find a partial map of Norway with the four western 'fjord regions' marked in bright colours. Click on the different regions for more detailed information, pictures and local travel links.
Also read about a favourite journey through fjords, mountains and glaciers in Fjord Norway (Go West). In addition, there are travelogues with pictures from other adventures. Keywords are Seakayaking, Rafting, Summerskiing, Glacierwalking and Mountaineering. Some places are well known tourist areas, other more hidden.
You will find useful travel links for Fjordnorway and Norway in the right column, and for the four fjord regions in the left column. All links are marked with the same colour codes as for the four fjord regions. The purpose is to sort the links by regions. The links without a regional belonging are marked with a white colour.
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Recommended fjord tours from Fjords.com - 2008
Geiranger and Trollstigen:"Fjord Magic" is a fantastic roundtrip in some of the wildest and beautiful fjords, mountains and valleys we have in Norway. You will experience Raumabanen Railway, the Romsdalsfjord from bus and then Ålesund, one of Norways most beautiful cities. Then with bus through the spectacular Norangsdalen Valley, passing the old Hotel Unionen at Øye before you arrive at Hellesylt. You will experience the Geirangerfjord (UNESCO World Heritage) and the waterfall "The seven sisters". Then bus through some of the greatest nature we have in Norway; Geiranger and the "Eagle turns", Eidsdal and Valldal, Gudbrandsjuvet and Trollstigen with it's 11 hairpin turns. This fjord tour can be done from june 27th to august 17th 2008. Read more...
Sognefjord and Nærøyfjord: This fjord tour gives you the best of the Norwegian fjords. You will experience Sognefjord from the coast to the narrow fjord-arms Fjærlandsfjord and Nærøyfjord (UNESCO World Heritage). You will see the glaciers hanging down from Jostedalsbreen glacier. And you will enjoy the Flåmsbanen Railway, one of Norways most spectacular. Experience some of Norways greatest hotels. See Bergen City, the gateway to the fjords. This fjord tour can be done from may 1st to september 30th 2008. Read more...
Bruce McToose, Celebrity Adventurer and Explorer, visits Norway
Bruce McToose has been an Adventurer and Explorer ever since he left his hometown of Wagga Wagga Australia as a lad. Bruce will be your guide to many exotic and unusual places with his TV-Show, and the first place he visits is Norway...or? Click here...
Video's from Nærøyfjord - "UNESCO World Heritage".
Join a walk along the Nærøyfjord. Watch a video from the Royal Post Path between Bleiklindi and Styvi, a 6 km long journey in some of the most beautiful nature on earth.
06:50 min. To see video, Click here...
Kayaking in Nærøyfjord. Watch a video from kayaking the Nærøyfjord and Aurlandsfjord, then walking up to Stigen Farm and the mountain Beitelen vith fantastic view down to the two fjords.
04:47 min. To see video, Click here...
Slideshow from "fjordskiing" to Kirketaket in Romsdal
The German battleship "Deutschland" visited some of the western Norwegian fjords during the days between 10th -14th april 1934. Read more and see pictures, Click here...
Fjordshow on Youtube!
More than 80000 have watched the slideshow from Fjords.com on Youtube. The video show seakayaking and mountaineering in the World Heritage area around Nærøyfjord and Aurlandsfjord, a part of the 204 km long Sognefjord. To watch video, Click here...
Stop ruin the FJORDS! YOU can help!
Stop the planned 350 km long powerline between Sogn and Sunnmøre in western Norway, through some of the most beautiful and untouched nature in Norway. Use underground cable/seacable instead of powerlines, and stop destroying our few remaining untouched fjords. Nærøyfjord and Geirangerfjord will probably loose their status as UNESCO World Heritage if the powerline becomes reality! Please sign this appeal say NO to powerline and YES to cable/ seacable. The appeal goes to the Environment Secretary in Norway. Read more and sign...
National Geographic Traveler - World Heritage Sites rated
Oct 2006: UNESCO's World Heritage are now a total of 830 sites. To see how some of these places are doing, National Geographic Traveler conducted a Destination Scorecard survey. The scores are based on a 1-to-100 scale, and Norway's Western Fjords ranks as number one with 87 points. Vézelay in France ranks as number two with 81 points. Read the article from National Geographic Traveler...
May 2006: World Record in cold water swim
May 2006: Lewis Gordon Pugh set new World Record in cold water swim in Nigardsbrevatnet lake in Jostedalen in Sogn. He used 23.50 minutes to swim 1200 meters in the iscold glacier water. See BBC film, click here...
Summer 2004: Long distance swimmer, Lewis Gordon Pugh, set the record for the longest cold water swim in the world by swimming the 204 km long Sognefjord in Norway. This inspired the people along Sognefjord to arrange their own Fjordswim Festival, Fjordswim, which is arranged in August. Pictures and more information on links below.
14 jul 2005: Norwegian Fjords in UNESCO's World Heritage
14th of juli 2005, the two Norwegian fjords Nærøyfjord in Sogn & Fjordane and Geirangerfjord in Møre & Romsdal were added to the World Heritage list of UNESCO. geiranger
Link:http://whc.unesco.org
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