Fjord cruise, Stalheim & Bergen

Norway 2014
P006 Day 10 - ready to get aboard Fjord1 for our approx 2 hours fjord cruise from Flåm to Gudvangen...
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P009 so long beautiful Flåm... cruise ship arrived the port this morning that's why so many buses waiting for cruise passengers getting ashore by tenders...
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P009a-008 ah-ha, Vikings waiting by the plank pathway... hmmm, he's so happy holding onto his axe ready to ?...
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P010 ... souvenir shops, cafes and restaurants by the Flåm port, near the railway station by the Fretheim Hotel... road-tunnel on the hillside is the route E16...
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P011 ... cruise ship docked at the Flåm port... Flåm, the tiny village town nestled in the innermost corner of the Aurlandsfjord...
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P013 ... fly seagull fly... lead the way and let the fun and relaxing Aurlandsfjord-Nærøyfjord fjord journey begin, shall we?
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P015 Aurlandsfjord and Nærøyfjord, located in the southern part of the Sogn-Fjordane county in the middle of Fjord Norway, the small village towns of Flåm, Aurland,...
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P015a-018 Aurland (Aurlandsvangen), a village to the east of Aurlandsfjorden, the earliest inhabitants lived by hunting and fishing until they gradually started farming...
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P017 ... most of the Aurland area composed of fjords and mountains with populated areas concentrated in the lower river valleys, village today has around 800...
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P020 ... our boat tour from Flåm to Gudvangen winding around precipitous mountains, mighty waterfalls and small homesteads that cling to the mountain sides... the...
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P020a-026 Undredal village and the famous Nærøyfjord just a short few miles to the northwest of Aurlandsvangen... Aurlandsfjord together with Nærøyfjord, said to be the...
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P022 Sognefjorden, the longest fjord in Europe and the second longest in the world, stretching more than 125 miles (200 km) from the rugged islands on the North Sea...
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P027 ... being a wide fjord system with more than a single fjord, each branch or arm of Sognefjord is a great fjord on its own and with its own name, but still...
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P028 Aurlandsfjord, an 18 miles long branch of Sognefjorden fjord, the popular picturesque tourist destination of the small village Undredal along the northwest of...
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P029 ... two lengthy road-tunnels constructed at Undredal as part of the European route E16 since 1988, the Gudvanga Tunnel leading southwest to the village of...
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P031 ... Undredal Brygge, hotel-lodges along the Aurlandsfjord...
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P034 Undredal, only accessible by boat before 1988, with approximately 80 inhabitants and 500 goats, the small village is famous for the brown goat cheese (geitost)...
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P034a-022a1 ... Undredal Stave Church (small white church in the center of this photo), originally built as a stave church in 1147 and was called St. Nicholas Chapel,...
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P037 ... Undredal, approx 3 miles south to the mouth of the Nærøyfjord fjord...
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P037a-035 ... the wild, breathtaking, rich in plant and animal life, cultural treasures, history and geological features of the Aurlandsdalen Valley is known as Norway's...
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