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Everything from Norway
This category contains all Sandalsand’s articles from Norway. You will find an introduction to the country under the Destinations menu.
Seek inspiration in Sandalsand’s articles from places, road trips and hikes. Also, browse photos and videos from Norway. You may even want to dive into the country’s World Heritage Sites.
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The Broken Column sculpture project in Stavanger
The art project "Broken Column" (popularly known as Rusty Men or Iron men) was completed in 2003 as an installation at 23 different locations in...
Street Art in Stavanger, Norway
Try this unusual city walk looking for street art in Stavanger. Search for large murals on building facades and understand why Stavanger has become...
The Gladmat festival in Stavanger, Norway
In late July each year 250,000 gather in Stavanger to take part in Scandinavia's leading food festival, The Gladmat festival. Gladmat, literally...
Imagine standing on top of the world’s most famous ski jump – Holmenkollen
The view from the tower on the Holmenkollen hill is tremendous. Behind us is the huge forest of Nordmarka, ahead is Oslo and the wide fjord. Below...
Celebrating Norway’s Constitution Day
In 2014 Norway's Constitution Day celebrations were more spectacular than ever before. It was the 200th anniversary of the constitution. Apart from...
Hardanger Road Trip (6) Sørfjorden, Odda and Røldal
On our Hardanger road trip we had reached the southern part, Odda. The ingredients are fjord, snow, fruit trees, industrial plants, a waterfall and...
Hardanger Road Trip (5) Agatunet
Heading south on the Sørfjord on our Hardanger road trip we visited the unique hamlet of Agatunet, one of the very original farm villages of Norway....
Hardanger Road Trip (4) Utne
There is more to Utne in Hardanger than we imagined. The evening we spent was perfect and the next morning offered an insight into Norwegian...
Hardanger Road Trip (3) Rosendal to Utne
On the road trip in beautiful, sunny Hardanger from Rosendal to Utne, we had blossoming fruit trees and a surprise visit to a glacial lake. We also...
Hardanger Road Trip (2) Rosendal
The second part of our Hardanger road trip covers our impressions from Rosendal. It was a beautiful morning in Rosendal, on the second day of our...
Hardanger Road Trip (1) Stavanger to Rosendal
The first leg of our Hardanger road trip covers the road from Stavanger to Rosendal. Read about two and a half days on the road in picturesque...
Førde in the crossroads
Førde was previously rated the ugliest town in Norway. There are unfortunately many contenders for this unfavourable title and I sincerely doubt...
VIDEO – Norway – Førde
This is a video from Førde, a medium-sized town in Western Norway. It is set at the end of Sunnfjord, amidst high mountains. Førde is now...
Defensive Structures (1) The huge ones
There are some historically significant and physically huge defensive structures around the world. They built them to protect entire countries...
VIDEO – Norway – Jæren – Husvegg
This video is from Husvegg, and part a series of hikes on the coastal strip of Jæren, in south-western Norway. This one is from the hike between...
Iron Wheels (1) Exciting train journeys
This is an introduction to exciting train journeys. I have registered my travels on a world map and the distance travelled on trains has been...
Jæren – The Madland hike
This is about the Madland hike, one of many hikes on the coast of Jæren, Norway. The northern part, between Varhaug and Madland is one of the best...
VIDEO – Norway – Trondheim
This is a video from Trondheim, Norway. It is the result of a street walk to discover the most famous sights of the city. Imagine a day walking the...
VIDEO – Norway – Jæren – Skeie
This video from Skeie is from a series of hikes on the coastal strip of Jæren, in south-western Norway. This one is from the hike between Hå Old...
Jæren – The Skeie hike
This is about the Skeie hike, one of many hikes on the coast of Jæren, Norway. The hike is 9.1 km one way. Orientation Orre - Skeie -...
Introducing the fjords
The fjords of Norway are famous, and they are excellent destinations. On Sandalsand, you will find a number of articles about them. Do not...
VIDEO – Norway – Sauda
Watch a video from Sauda. The town is situated as far into the fjords of Ryfylke in Western Norway it is possible to get. Sauda has a rather drab...
The Boknafjord Road Trip (2) Ryfylke
Day 2 of the Boknafjord road trip takes us from the industrial town of Sauda to fantastic old farmsteads in Suldal and beyond on roads that are...
VIDEO – Norway – Haugesund
Watch a video from Haugesund, the main town in the region of Haugalandet, Western Norway. It has a long history, prosperous in the 19th century, and...
VIDEO – Norway – Skudeneshavn
Watch a video from Skudeneshavn. Skudeneshavn prospered from the catching of lobster and herring and from a large trading activity with the Baltic...
The Boknafjord Road Trip (1) Haugalandet
Here is Day 1 of the Boknafjord Road Trip: Haugalandet. This is the recipe for a two-day round trip by car in the beautiful county of Rogaland. The...
VIDEO – Norway – Jæren – Bore
This film is from a series of hikes on the coastal strip of Jæren, in south-western Norway. This one is from the hike between Bore beach and...
Jæren – The Bore hike
This is about the Bore hike, one of many hikes on the coast of Jæren, Norway. This is an easy hike on a sandy beach most of the way. (7 km) ...
Bodø and Kjerringøy
Bodø is close to one of the most fascinating sights of North Norway - the old trading post of Kjerringøy. As the second largest town in North...
