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Sengjaberget
My shoes after the last adventure on Nipa needed time to recover (and dry properly).Me too.So the next day I went on a round trip by car.The road led me to Skjolden, to the farthest point of the Sognefjord (actually its final branch, the Lustrafjord).Call it a small town, would be an exaggeration but it was not a village either.So something in between.There was a hotel, a church, tourist information, a shop and a cafe.Probably everything that makes such a place attractive in the summer for tourists coming to the fjords.The area by the water was pleasantly arranged, there were benches and a volleyball court, a sculpture not fully defined…
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Nipa
Nipa is the second peak I was going to visit that day.So when I came down from Molden, I got in the car and went to the place where the trail has its beginning.The settlement of Joranger is picturesquely situated in a valley between the slopes of the mountains and the outlet of this valley is directed towards the Gaupenfjorden.The whole place is located somewhere at a height of 50 meters, so the views from the settlement were very impressive. I parked in a small parking lot by the white church.It was the middle of the day, the sun was shining, Norwegian flags were flying over the surrounding houses due…
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Molden 1118m asl
Molden is a mountain 1118m high.and it is located in Luster Kommune in Vestlandet.The mountain rises above the Lustrafjord, which is the farthest branch of Norway’s longest fjord, the Sognefjorden.I took advantage of 2 days off on May 17 and 18 to wander in the mountains a bit in those areas and Molden supposed to be my first dish. Before I got there, I was wondering how much snow I would find there and whether it would be possible to hike in the mountains at all.Already during the ferry crossing from Fukkenes to Mannheller I saw that the surrounding peaks are still bathed in white.It didn’t look very optimistic.Despite everything,…
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Vinbekkhorn 779m asl
This time I wanted to avoid a longer car ride and drove around Kongsberg and Notodden. Somewhere between these two cities there is a quite large parking lot, a toilet and, most importantly, couple of hiking trails leading to the surrounding hills. The mountains are not high here and the routes are not too demanding. But in the first week of May, there was still a lot of snow, which made the hike much more difficult. One, that the path lying underneath it becomes invisible, and two, that when walking on such, not often deep snow, the legs sometimes sink to the knees, sometimes up to the waist. Pulling your…
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Leknesnepa 610m asl
After finishing the hike to Nordfjellet, I took the ferry back to Skånevik and, leaving the car in a small parking lot just off the islet of Peparen in the center, immediately set off on the next trail. I learned about its existence in the morning from the information board near Skånevik Fjordhotel. The route initially coincides with the Postvegen trail, which I once walked, although from the other side, from the town of Etne. My goal was the peak of Leknesnepa, 610 m above sea level.and according to the board I could get there in 5 km hike.I passed the buildings and farms of Skånevik and made my way…
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Nordfjellet 559m asl
After returning from the Easter break, I found Norway bathed in sunshine.Spring came unexpectedly, together with it my desires to go outdoor.Finding the perfect spot for the first trip this year turned out to be quite a challenge.Most of the available routes were still under a thick layer of snow, even though the snow in the lowlands of south-eastern Norway was just a memory.Webcams showed that on the roadsides, even beyond Drammen, you can come across the white remainings of winter.But finally I managed to find a place that seemed to have long forgotten about winter.This is the western part of Norway, a land of fjords and spectacular views.Rainfall is…
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Skånevik
Skånevik is a small town perched on the shore of a fjord in western Norway. According to data from January 2022, the settlement has 547 inhabitants.In the summer, the Blues Festival is held there, where, apart from local Norwegian performers, you can also listen to artists from abroad.The town center is located around the ferry quay and connections to Matre and Utåker.Right next to it is a small island with a sandy beach, connected to the mainland by a wooden footbridge.An ideal place to rest, swim in clear water or have a picnic. Skånevikfjorden, over which the town is located, is one of the branches of the larger Hardangerfjorden.In the…
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Naturhistorisk Museum Oslo
Another museum and cultural attraction in the capital of Norway. Natural History Museum is quite an interesting place and a must-see family trip if you have kids who love dinosaurs (and which kids don’t). The museum is located at Sars’ Gate 1 and it is rather a complex of buildings surrounded by a large park or, if you prefer, a botanical garden.The whole thing, about 2 kilometers northeast of Oslo S station. The ticket price includes admission to several exhibitions: – Geological exhibitions, includes the evolution of plants, animals and human;minerals and rocks;history of the North Sea and the Barents Sea, information about the Solar System, Earth and meteorites. –…
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Fugleleiken
In Østfold there are 22 so-calledutsiktstårn or lookout towers.Located in the middle of the forest, they also perform fire and observation functions, but I do not know if during the greatest fire risk, i.e. during drought in summer, some forest guards or fire brigades are assigned to the towers.I would have to go to one of them during the summer months and not in the winter, as so far.In the summer, however, I am much more attracted to a different direction of travel, so the chances of solving this mystery are rather slim.But who knows, never say never as they say. Fugleleiken is one of the towers on the outskirts…
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Blücher
Walking through the streets of Oslo, you might come across a ship anchor set up on the Aker Brygge quay(formerly an industrial district of the capital of Norway, now a place famous for its good restaurants, shops, nightclubs and high-standard apartments). I was curious what an ordinary anchor in the city center does, but it turned out that it is not so ordinary. In addition, it is related to the story of a certain German ship. I assume that the story is an obligatory subject of history lessons in Norwegian schools, but probably not many people outside of Scandinavia have heard of it (maybe except of historians and naval battle…
