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Heksfjell (1158m asl)- Norwegian Witch Mountain
Name Heksfjell means Witch Mountain and that was pure coincidence that I hiked there just a week before Halloween. I realized that fact couple days after. Anyway, I wanted to make some research and find any information or story related to this mountain in internet but only thing I found was… another mountain with the same name, located only 35 km south. So, except one interesting story about witchcraft in Rjukan community, I place here few historical facts about witch-hunting in XVI and XVII century. As is known, in the 16th and 17th centuries, a campaign was carried out all over Europe against people, mainly women, who were suspected of…