{"id":3421,"date":"2025-01-17T10:37:55","date_gmt":"2025-01-17T09:37:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fjordsandmountains.com\/?p=3421"},"modified":"2025-01-17T10:37:59","modified_gmt":"2025-01-17T09:37:59","slug":"naeroyfjorden","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fjordsandmountains.com\/index.php\/2025\/01\/17\/naeroyfjorden\/","title":{"rendered":"N\u00e6r\u00f8yfjorden"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Gudvangen is a small settlement, and its inhabitants live mainly from tourism. There are two dynamically operating hotels comparing to only a few or a dozen houses. In addition, on the main road E16, running through the valley, we also have a gas station with a grocery store, a Viking open-air museum and a restaurant served by residents dressed in medieval costumes. On the edge of the fjord, right next to one of the hotels, there is a replica of a Viking rowing boat, probably known to everyone who browses photos from Gudvangen on the Internet. However, all of this is just an addition to the real travel destination. Tourists come to Gudvangen, because this is where one of Norway\u2019s most famous fjords, the 18-kilometer long N\u00e6r\u00f8yfjorden, begins (or ends, depending on your point of view). The fjord is only 250 meters wide at its narrowest point, making it one of the narrowest fjords in Norway (some sources say it is the narrowest at all). The depth varies from 10 to 500 meters, while the height of the surrounding mountains reaches 1,400 meters. Along the N\u00e6r\u00f8yfjord are the settlements of Gudvangen, Bakka, Styvi and Dyrdal. The last two are not inhabited during the winter, as no roads have been made to reach them.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n