The Sognefjord area Choose Fjord Tours for great deals on vacations in Norway! Unique venue in beautiful nature, only five minutes by car from central Bergen. We are open and waiting for you. Flåm The Cider House is located in Balestrand in an organic fruit orchard with more than 100 fruit varieties. Would you like to bicycle around Geiranger in comfort?
Driving Trollstigen is a dramatic and exciting experience.…. Bryggen, the old wharf of Bergen, has been a place of trade for a thousand years. Experience the world-famous Molde international jazz festival, enjoy spectacular views…, Imagine finding yourself looking over mountains, rockslides and polished cliffs – hundreds of metres above sea level.
Norway has a multitude of famous fjords, all of which have their own unique characteristics.
Stavanger and Sandnes also boasts an impressive assortment of museums and…. Røldal, Sunnhordland Its popularity as a tourist destination is due to offering both mountain and fjord when combining a trip on the railway and a fjord cruise. You can…, The Norwegian Glacier Museum opened in 1991, and is an award-winning hands-on museum, situated in Fjærland at the head of the Fjærlandsfjord. “‘Fjord’ is a Norwegian word that has gone international. The local tourist offices can give you good and useful information.
Learn more about the past of this area by taking a tour to the abandoned farms in the steep mountainsides, taste local food, visit the UNESCO site Bryggen in Bergen (The Hanseatic neighbourhood) and visit the home of composer Edvard Grieg. You should have no problems getting to everything from Pulpit Rock (Preikestolen) with a 604 meter drop, to the more challenging Trolltunga hike.
But when you come and visit, you will find that Fjord Norway has loads of other gems for you to explore. The longest fjord in the world is Scoresby Sund in Greenland (350 km), but the Western Norway region (Fjord Norway) boasts the next two spots on the list, with the Sognefjord (203 km), and the Hardanger Fjord (179 km).
For the adventurous traveller you can challenge yourself in the spectacular nature of the West of Norway. With its 205 km and a depth of 1300 meters, The Sognefjord is Norway’s longest and deepest.
10 of Norway’s 18 Scenic Routes stretches through Fjord Norway, and the driving experience is enhanced by innovative architecture and thought-provoking works of art. The peaks are covered with snow and hanging glaciers, which gives the fjord a sort of Alpine feel.
, Fjord Tours AS, Nordre Nøstekaien 1, N-5011 Bergen. Experience the spectacular Stegastein viewing platform, 650 metres above Aurlandsfjord. This tour is the most exclusive tour and takes you to the top of Mount Fløyen. On a Norwegian scale, Bergen is a large city, but one with a small-town charm and atmosphere. In Nordfjord you are greeted by a beautiful stretch of coastline, towering mountains and the biggest glacier on mainland Europe, Jostedalsbreen. To build your own Itinerary, click to add an item to your Itinerary basket.