Norway is most famous for its fjords — the drowned river valleys carved by glaciers and flooded by the sea, which create a landscape of vertiginous walls and improbably blue water that photographs cannot adequately represent. The Sognefjord (the longest, at 204km), the Geirangerfjord, and the Hardangerfjord are the most iconic, but Norway has over 1,000 fjords in total.
Norway is most famous for its fjords — the drowned river valleys carved by glaciers and flooded by the sea, which create a landscape of vertiginous walls and improbably blue water that photographs cannot adequately represent. The Sognefjord (the longest, at 204km), the Geirangerfjord, and the Hardangerfjord are the most iconic, but Norway has over 1,000 fjords in total.
Beyond the fjords: the Northern Lights (September–March, above the Arctic Circle), the Midnight Sun (June–July in the north), the historic wooden city of Bergen, Oslo's world-class museums (the Viking Ship Museum, the National Museum with Munch's The Scream), and a hiking culture centred on trails that require no gear but good boots. Norway is expensive — genuinely the world's most expensive country in some categories — but the experience justifies it for those who can absorb the cost.
