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May 17 is the Norwegian national holiday. The inhabitants of the fjords country celebrate it loudly on parades in the city streets, wearing their colorful, traditional folk costumes called bunad. At every step you can see Norwegian national colors and flags waving. Norges Nasjonaldagen commemorates the day of the signing of the constitution, which took place in Eidsvoll on May 17, 1814.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Those who do not like street celebrate spend the day in nature. I also planned a trip to the mountains for that day. This time it was just a two-hour drive to Kongsberg and the Skrimfjella mountain range located on its suburbs. The heights of the local peaks do not exceed 900m above sea level. and the highest is Styggmann (871m above sea level). The name Styggmann can be translated as Ugly. Where did it come from? The answer is given by wikipedia:<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201d The legend about the mountain says that it was the home of the troll. The troll hated the people walking on his mountain and disturbing his rest, so he used to lie on the top of the mountain to scare them away. If someone got too close, he would throw stones and boulders at him. If you follow the path to S\u00f8rmyrseter, you can still see some of them. The troll was careful to only go outside when it was cloudy, but once he was surprised by the sun and turned to stone. You can still see his nose, mouth and chin clearly if you look at the right angle. \u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Well, I didn\u2019t see anything like that, but maybe because I wasn\u2019t looking too closely. Currently, at the top of the mountain, there is a small stone house (Styggemannshytta) with two beds, where you can spend the night after booking a place on the DNT website. The cost of accommodation is 600kr.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n