Rupert Parker explores the trails above the Norwegian fjords between Stavanger and Bergen.

Rupert Parker explores the trails above the Norwegian fjords between Stavanger and Bergen.
If your image of Norway is deep fjords and rugged mountains, then you’re going to be disappointed by the country’s south coast. It’s a far gentler landscape and is where many Norwegians take their summer holidays, rambling in the forests, strolling up hills, swimming in lakes and exploring the islands.
I’m on my way to the top of Mount Hoven from the town of Loen, in Western Norway, and it takes me only 5 minutes to climb from sea level up to 1000m. Of course I’m cheating, taking the brand new Loen Skylift, a high tech cable car up the sheer sides of the Nordfjord.
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