sábado, 26 de setembro de 2015

Ideal world: high quality of life to the beautiful Norwegian fjords

Travel around the country is to enjoy yourself with nature, with its beautiful fjords and the simplicity of its inhabitants. The boat trip on the Sognefjord, with a length of 204km, is one of the great attractions

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There are plenty of reasons to at least bear: is the country's Nobel Peace Prize, has the best Human Development Index (HDI) of the world, a structured economic and social program of envy in many rulers. But despite all this, in Norway, one learns that the simplicity of things is the secret that makes it so charming and amazing to look at either.

Venture that way is to deconstruct the image that the main attraction of the country is the cod or Viking past. Norway goes way beyond that. Therefore, abandon old habits, let yourself be charmed by the beautiful air of a fjord, or bid farewell to the sun only to 22h, and prepare to meet ideal cities to be born, grow up and grow old.

Despite being a rich country, where the oil and the fish are the pillars of the economy, peace is the main Norwegian wealth. And you can find it in the quiet capital Oslo, in smaller cities and especially in the fjords - tourism summit in the Scandinavian country. A fjord is a glacial valley formation, very narrow, long and deep, surrounded by high walls and straight. In short: a landscape to never forget. So, between early May and late September, high season in the region, being the spring seasons and summer Norway, tourists around the world want to experience this tour and bring back the luggage that tranquility of waters and mountains.

It's that time of year that Norway receives 2 million tourists, and the days are longer. At 21.30, after a good dinner, you can see the sun going down, and no one did not wow with this belated farewell to the day. Have experience with the midnight sun, the famous northern lights, is only travelers to the northern part of the country, above the Arctic Circle.

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the fjords

The captain of the vessel warns: "Look at the waterfall on the right side." All go to the bow of the boat, lifted up the head until you see the water fall start. "Wow, it's too high!", Admiring the tourist. A few meters away, another waterfall, and the same comments. And the trip will playing to amaze. Now sighs by the Rocky Mountains that frame the way of the sea, now the landscape is left behind, leaving missed. And there are no photographs, videos or reports they can describe the feeling of browsing a Norwegian fjord.


Tourism sailed the longest fjord in Norway, the Sognefjord, which has 204 kilometers in length and a depth of 1308 meters in the west of the country. The output is the port of Bergen, and the ride is known as in the Sognefjord
Nutshell, a kind of most popular tourist package, which makes life easier for tourists, since the various individual tickets, boat, train or bus, are sold together. The boat trip is delicious and interesting are the stops in the villages to pick up passengers. In them, the scenery mixing the sea, the Rocky Mountains and the red cottages. A charm!

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The navigation lasts, on average, five hours. But there is a snack bar, free internet and of course, beautiful landscapes as companions. The destination is Flam, a village with 350 inhabitants where the tourist has the feeling of being in a fairy tale, such is the graciousness of the place. There disembark 6000 tourists a day. There are those who arrive by train or boat, or luxury cruises - common there. And it is this village that leaves the tourist bus which leads to lookouts to observe the high fjords. Incidentally, the best images of these landscapes are above. During the bus ride, which lasts about one hour, there are headphones with local history narrated in several languages. To reach the lookouts, the will is to stay for a long time just to get a little peace to the landscape seen from above brings.


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