• Kevin Jans
  • Kevin Jans

Norwegen 2024

A 11-day adventure by Kevin Read more
  • Trip start
    June 28, 2024

    1. Luxembourg - Oslo - Bergen

    June 28, 2024 in Norway ⋅ 🌬 17 °C

    Classic traval day with flight from Luxembourg to Oslo and onward flight to Bergen. Arrival in Bergen in the afternoon and learning what it means to stay in Europe most rainy city 🌧 just a small walk in the neighbourhood and spotting only: rain and that in June, sunset is after 11 p.m. 🌧Read more

  • 2. Bergen (Part 1)

    June 29, 2024 in Norway ⋅ ☁️ 10 °C

    Early in the morning: no rain and blue sky - perfect conditions to start the day with a little morning walk. Visiting the docks called Bryggen, a series of Hanseatic heritage commercial buildings and the Bergenhus Fortress.
    After breakfast, it was time for hiking. Hike to the Ulriksbane, a cable car that took us to the Ulriken, the heighest mountain around Bergen. There we did the Vidden hike to Fløyen, another mountain. Vidden is a mountain plateau with swamps and lakes and beautiful landscapes. However the hike was hard, no real path with rocks, mud and swamps - and even sometimes very dangerous as rain showers accompagned us every hour. At the end of the hike, we took the Fløybane, a finiculair, to return to Bergen.
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  • 3. Bergen (Part 2)

    June 30, 2024 in Norway ⋅ ☁️ 12 °C

    Started the day at the Bergen Aquarium, that have outside enclousers for penguins, sea lions and otters and inside a vast collections of fishes living in the sea and lakes around norway. More so, they have tropical fishes and terrariums (reptiles, amphibians and spiders).
    After the visit, I did a 4 hours fjord tour from Bergen to Mostraumen.
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  • 4. Bergen - Vøringsfossen

    July 1, 2024 in Norway ⋅ ☁️ 9 °C

    After the last breakfast in our hotel, we took the tram to the airport to pick up our cars. However, our car waited for us in the center of Bergen and overall the system was rather complicated. So we started later as plannend and did only a stop to go shopping. However the route to Vøringsfossen, passing Vøss and Eidfjord was stunning with tunnels (even one with a round-around inside the tunnel), the Hardanger fjord and bridge (Hardangerbrua), waterfalls, ...
    In the afternoon, we arrived at our lodge - an amazing airbnb located at a high plateau surrounded by beautiful nature.
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  • 5. Odda

    July 2, 2024 in Norway ⋅ ☁️ 9 °C

    Drive to Odda in the morning - on very narrow roads, on which any oncoming traffic would cause you to break out in a sweat. Passing some amazing waterfalls and so we stopped at the Låtefossen, the twin waterfall. After that, we stopped at Lofthus, where we hiked to a viewpoint with amazing views on the Hardangerfjord and the Rjukandefoss.
    After the return to our lodge, we did a barbecue and I explored the moors in ther surroundings.
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  • 6. Flåm

    July 3, 2024 in Norway ⋅ ⛅ 11 °C

    Started early in the morning to Flåm, where we had booked some activities. Best weather forecast yet! First of all we started with a fjord safari where we discovered on a speed boat the Aurlandsfjord and Nærøyfjord. After this, we took a ride on the famous Flåmsbana railway to Vatnahalsen. At this station, we booked a zipline to cross the valley. Finally, we returned to Flåm with the bicycle. We finished the day by choosing another route to our lodge, passing through a plateau and different nationalparks.Read more

  • 7. Dagali

    July 4, 2024 in Norway ⋅ ☁️ 8 °C

    We started the day with visiting the waterfall Vøringsfossen, only 5 minutes away from our cabin. Impressive waterfall, valley and touristic constructions to have good viewpoints. After that, we parted to Dagali, where we had booked a Rafting tour! No photos yet, but after the Zipline yesterday, another adrenaline kick!Read more

  • 8. Vøringsfossen - Oslo

    July 5, 2024 in Norway ⋅ ☁️ 15 °C

    As the sun was shining, I started the day with a little morning walk to observe some animals. As it was our last day in our airbnb, we had to clean the lodge before we left to Oslo. On our way, we stopped at some points in the Hardangervidda. After 5 hours, we finally arrived in Oslo, where we hand over our cars.
    In Oslo, we visited the public viewing to watch the EM-football match Portugal-France.
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  • 9. Oslo (Part 1)

    July 6, 2024 in Norway ⋅ ☁️ 16 °C

    Visiting Oslo: Royal Palace, Botanical Garden with the Natural History Museum, Opera House and Oslo City Hall. Discovering the city by electric scooter is really nice!

  • 10. Oslo (Part 2)

    July 7, 2024 in Norway ⋅ ☁️ 15 °C

    It's raining again🌧 that means today was museum day. Visited the Fram (Polar Expedition) Museum, the Kon-Tiki Museum and the Viking Land Exhibition.

  • 11. Oslo - Luxembourg

    July 8, 2024 in Luxembourg ⋅ ☁️ 22 °C

    Early in the morning, before breakfast, the sun was shining. So I decided to take the opportunity to visit the Frogner Park, who is famous for the Vigelandsanlegget (Vigeland installation of sculptures) created by sculptor Gustav Vigeland. Oslo in sunshine was way more pleasant than during rain!
    After breakfast, we took the train to the airport and returned to Luxembourg and finished our trip.
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    Trip end
    July 8, 2024