Your stay in Geiranger will bring you in touch with helpful, friendly and not least multi-lingual people who all share a common purpose: To make your visit to Geiranger a memorable one. We wish you a warm welcome to Geiranger!

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The most beautiful scenery in the world?

Geiranger – magnificent, wild and beautiful. The Geiranger Fjord, the falls and the majestic, sheer mountains have all made the village one of Norway’s most visited tourist venues.

If you want to see Geiranger from the finest view-points, you can drive up to Ørnesvingen, Flydalsjuvet or Dalsnibba (toll road). Or you can walk up to Vesteråsfjellet or Skageflå.

The Geiranger Fjord is called the most beautiful fjord in the world. Here you will find scenery that will leave you breathless. Take a fjord cruise and see it all. Then you will also get to know more about how life was on the abandoned farms along the fjord’s banks, such as Skageflå, Knivsflå and Blomberg.

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Active open air adventure…

If you enjoy wandering through beautiful scenery, there are many sign-posted walks of varying degrees of difficulty. Here, you can enjoy he peace and quiet and the impressive natural beauty at your leisure. Free maps and descriptions of walks are available from the tourist information office or your hotel/guest house.

The Geiranger Fjord is Mother Earth at her most beautiful. Tourists have been impressed and awed with this magnificent scenery ever since the first cruise ship glided into the fjord in 1869. If you would like to see the”most beautiful fjord in the world” in your own time, you may hire your a boat and plan your own trip.

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f you are a keen angler, there are excellent opportunities both in the Geiranger Fjord and the lakes and rivers in the surrounding district.

Should you prefer ball games, you and your friends will have a thoroughly enjoyable time at “Bingen”. The ball-play site is free of charge and is ideal for “five-a-side” football, handball and basketball.

More info about Geiranger can be found here: Geiranger.no

The Pulpit Rock (Preikestolen) is no doubt the best known tourist attraction and has been a magnet for tourists for over 150 years. The characteristic mountain shelf 604 metres over Lysefjord has been visited by hundreds of thousands throughout the years.

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From the Preikestolhytta, a 7 km traiI climbs the rest of the 350 metres to the top. Good shoes and physical health are necessary for the 3 – 4 hour hike.
In June – August there are daily buses from the ferry quay at Tau to the cabin. You can also enjoy the Pulpit Rock and the Kjeragbolt from the ferries and express boats on the fjord.

The Kjerag mountains rise majestically 1000 metres above the innermost part of the Lysefjord, offering a stupendous view of Lysebotn and the fjord.

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One attraction is Kjeragbolten, a boulder wedged into a crack in the mountain.

The trail from Øygardsstøl by Lysevegen road above Lysebotn is demanding. Allow 4 – 6 hours for the 1O km hike, which climbs 570 metres.

Good shoes and physical health are advised. The truly adventurous climb up the precipitous rock faces or parachute from the top.

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The new Lysebotn road has become another great tourist attraction, almost through coincidence; it was built as part of the power station project and not with tourists in mind. The road has 27 hairpin curves and a drop of 950 metres. The last section of road passes through a 1100 metres tunnel and on the top a cafe called Øygardsstøl.

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Innermost in the magnificent Lysefjord lies the village of Lysebotn, the perfect base for exploring the fjord and nearby mountains. Lysebotn power station, experience at close hand how Lysefjord´s waterfalls are turned into electrical energy. In Lysefjorden centre presents the history of the Lysefjord – how it was created and it´s culture throughout the ages – all organised in an exciting, exhibition and adventure centre.