Norway is a Scandinavian country encompassing mountains, glaciers and deep coastal fjords. Oslo, the capital, is a city of green spaces and museums. Preserved 9th - century Viking ships are displayed at Oslo’s Viking Ship Museum. Bergen, with colorful wooden houses, is the starting point for cruises to the dramatic Sognefjord. Norway is also known for fishing, hiking and skiing, notably at Lillehammer’s Olympic resort. Capital City - Oslo Area - 385,252 sq. km. (148,747 sq mi) Population - 5.3 million Compiled by – TONY CHACKO
Norway is a Scandinavian country encompassing mountains, glaciers and deep coastal fjords. Oslo, the capital, is a city of green spaces and museums. Preserved 9th-century Viking ships are displayed at Oslo’s Viking Ship Museum. Bergen, with colorful wooden houses, is the starting point for cruises to the dramatic Sognefjord. Norway is also known for fishing, hiking and skiing, notably at Lillehammer’s Olympic resort.Capital City - OsloArea - 385,252 sq. km.
(148,747 sq mi)Population - 5.3 million
Compiled by – TONY CHACKO
Beauty of Northern Lights (Auroro Borelias) over North Norway
The Arctic Botanic Garden of Tromso
The Arctic Botanic garden of Tromso
Svartisen, north-west of Mo i Rana, is the largest glacier of Norway
The Svartisen Glacier Lake
Marmorslottet forest river through rocky regions in Mo i rana
Northern Lights Cathedral in Alta, Norway
Night view of Tromso city
A Fjord village between Flåm to Gudvangen
Ferries from inner Bognes to Harstad
Ålesund, Sunnmøre District, Northern Norway. Gateway City to the Northern Fjords
( Fjords are Deep inlets of the sea among high cliffs)
Trollstigen is a serpentine mountain road in Rauma Municipality, Ramsdal County
Orca whale watching camp in North Norway
The adventure of Dog Sledding in Tromso, Norway
Torgallmenningen Christmas tree, Bergen, Norway
Geirangerfjord – Norway
Sunnmore Museum is a beautiful open air museum with 55 old and distinct old cultural houses.
The Lofoten Archipelago in Norway. Its dramatic scenery, with giant peaks jutting into the sky.
Norway is also called as the land of the midnight sun where for 2 months from June to August (summer
solstice) the sun never sets. Here is a photograph of the midnight sun over Lofoten. What a sight!!!
Scenic Lofoten
Åselistraumen along Helgelandskysten National Tourist Routes
Vaeroy island, Lofoten, Norway
The Geirangerfjord area with the 7 Sisters Waterfalls
Geiranger
Preikestolen Pulpit Rock Lysefjord Norway
Mindboggling hairpinned mountain cliff road of Lysefjorden
Sverd i fjell (Swords in Mountain Rock Monument), Stavanger, Norway
Bergen Hordaland
Flam, Norway
The spectacular Flam Valley
The Flåm Railway runs from Aurlands Fjord to Myrdal Station. The journey displays stunning scenery of of Norway.
Trolltunga, one of the most spectacular scenic cliffs in Norway.
Autumn in Hordaland, Rogaland
Little red house on an island (Norway, Lovrafjorden)
Countryside of Voss, Norway
Voss Ski Resort
Latefossen Twin Waterfalls of Norway
Voss Lake, Norway
Bergen, historically Bjørgvin, is a city and municipality in Hordaland on the southwestern coast of Norway.
Kristiansand, South Norway
Tau Rogaland - The Hardangerfjord Region
The North Atlantic Road is a 8.3-kilometer long County Road that runs through an archipelago in Eide and Averøy,
Ramsdal, Norway
Closer view of The North Atlantic Road
Norway has some of the best designed churches – Here is a church at Knarvick in Norway.
Fredrikstad, Norway
Kystriksveien - a great naturescape
Stavanger Nature Park
Panoramic scenery of Stavanger
Fjords of Norway – The experience of ship cruising through these giant Fjords is really an experience.
Here are the Bergen Fjords..
The Rogaland Arboretum, Norway.
Sognefjord
Arendal, South Norway
Heddal stave church is Norway's largest stave church. It is in Notodden municipality, Telemark County, Norway.
Lofotr Viking Museum Longhouse, Vestvågøya in Lofoten
Display of Oseberg Viking ship at Oslo Museum
Oslo’s famous Vigeland Sculpture Park
Famous aesthetic Oslo Opera House where one can walk to it’s roof
Night skyline of Oslo, the capital city of Norway.
Oslo Radhus (City Hall) – The center where the annual Nobel Prizes are announced internationally.