
You might wonder a bit about the title of this post, especially considering the title of the blog. But it is true: We have been touring almost the whole length of Norway - twice. Regular readers might have seen our wish to go by
Hurtigruten. Now we have done it. We sailed in the above ship,
MS Nordlys, from Bergen to Kirkenes. A tour that takes 5 and a half days.The ship is pictured in
Bodø, about half-way along the journey.
And then we drove back home. A tour of about 3500km and which took 11 days. Far too little if one wants to really look around.
The two previous posts were of course pre-posted ... :-)

We had nice weather for the whole journey, and were constantly reminded that we were in the Land of the Midnight Sun. The photo was shot at 23:42

As Norwegians we are proud of our fjords. This is a small one called
Trollfjorden. It is one of the most mysterious ones, but also one of historic importance (and the photo was shot at 23:37 ...)

A lot of people comes to Norway to get just this view -
Nordkapp (North Cape) at 71° North. For all practical purposes it is the northernmost point in Europe.

But there is also an easternmost point in Norway -
Grense Jakobselv. It is located some 60 km from Kirkenes. If you look closely you can see some red and green border posts. That is the start of Russia. Due north is the Barents Sea. Your next stop may well be the North Pole. (And if you ask for the westernmost point in Norway, we slept through that ...)

The only sight we visited twice on our tour was this one -
Nidarosdomen (Nidaros Cathedral) - in
Trondheim. It is the most important historical and ecclesiastical building in Norway, and there is no other architectural structure, ancient or modern, to compare with it.
Wikipedia describes it thus:
Nidaros Cathedral (Norwegian: Nidarosdomen / Nidaros Domkirke) is a church located in the city of Trondheim in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. It was the cathedral of the Norwegian archdiocese, from its establishment in 1152 until its abolition in 1537. Since the Reformation, it has been the cathedral of the Lutheran bishops of Trondheim (or Nidaros) in the Diocese of Nidaros. The architectural style of the cathedral is Romanesque and Gothic. Historically it was an important destination for pilgrims coming from all of Northern Europe.

On our way home we also drove on a unique road along the Norwegian Sea called
Atlanterhavsveien (The Atlantic Road). Part of it is literally in the ocean. Here we see cars passing the bridge Storseisundbrua.

But when all is said and done it is always nice to return to the familiar view of
Bergen ...