Steinsto, Voringsfossen, Geilo and Torpo

Norway 2014
P002 Beautiful morning day 11 of our tour, from Bergen driving eastward along the scenic Hardangervegen county route Fv7, alternating between the dramatic and the...
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P002a-015 ... arriving at Steinstø Fruit Farm situated in scenic peaceful surroundings along Hardanger fjord by route Fv7, approx 1.5 hours 58 miles driving distance from...
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P002b-010 ... for eight generations the Steinstø family has grown fruits and berries on the 60-acre real estate, with some 3000 fruit trees and fields with raspberries...
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P002b-011 Hardanger area, a traditional district of Hordaland county known for the Hardanger fjord, area dominated by the vast Hardangervidda plateau in the east and the...
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P02b-012 Hardanger region, one of Norway's most important sources of fruit constituting approx 40% of the national fruit production including apple, plum, pear, cherry...
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P002b-166 Ola, farm-owner and full-time farmer working on the farm all year round, telling us about the history of the farm and what fruit-farming today is like and in...
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P002b1-165 ... everyone paying attention or day-dreaming?
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P003 ... sister Heidi telling us about the making of apple cider and apple cakes... Heidi owns the farm-bakery and in charge of the restaurant, occasionally with...
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P004 ... other than growing fruits and berries, the family-farm today also produce their own apple juice/cider, apple cakes/pies, different types of jam, jellies,...
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P005 ... look what she did with the apple!
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P006 ... a magical little device...
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P007 ... peeling, coring and spiral-slicing...
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P009 ... sweet'ole troll-couple by the corner of the farmhouse restaurant...
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P013 ... spectacular view of the Hardanger fjord and Folgefonna glacier and the surrounding mountains, Steinstø Frukt og Kakebu...
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P013a-1070710 ... the farm outlet with a cafeteria by the main road only open during the summer season... let's get in the cafeteria and enjoy our apple pie, yay!
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P014 hmm... they said that this probably is the best apple pie in the world, shall we dig in? YUM-YUM-YUM... 4-thumbs up! Too bad we couldn't bring them back :-(...
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P016 red Anjou pears, aren't they pretty? Hardanger region, known as the Orchard of Norway, fruit trees blossoming in May...
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P018 ... our journey to Geilo along the steep winding hilly Hardanger route Fv7 continuing into the Norwegian national road Rv7, 98 miles long route Fv7 runs between...
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P021 Hardanger fjord, the second longest fjord in Norway, located in the Hardanger region of Hordaland county, fjord stretches 111 miles from the Atlantic Ocean,...
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P024a ... fjord has good conditions for fish farming, fish farms produce yearly some 40K tons of salmon and rainbow trout (as recorded in 2002), making the...
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