Norway in a Nutshell – Voss, Gudvangen, Fjord Cruise
11 Comments June 20, 2009 / Posted in Travel
Mai at fjord cruise, Norway
After exploring the city of port Bergen, I caught a quick train ride to Voss. Voss is where Scandinavian’s ski as it is full of mountains. In summer they do their Norwegian walk where you hold walking sticks to hike up the mountain. Once we arrived in Voss as part of the Norway in a Nutshell travel itinerary, we caught a bus to take us to Gudvangen. Every single trip that we have taken so far has had amazing sceneries. The trip from Voss to Gudvangen is also very interesting as we would be on a bus in a narrow winded road with huge waterfalls in between everywhere.
We had a quick break to stretch our feet as soon as we got off the bus and arrived in Gudvangen. As I looked around Gudvangen, I realised this must be the home of Trolls. Trolls are everywhere (the statues of them at least 
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After a quick stretch, we boarded on our ship to cruise the Fjords which will take us to Flam. Cruising the fjord was one of the highlight of my trip in Norway. This is the place where I truly believe God exists. It is just simply beautiful. On the boat, we sailed and explored Aurlandsfjord and into the Naeroyfjord (UNESCO/World Heritage) which is one of the narrowest fjord in Europe. Surrounding the fjords are massive mountains which I cannot explain with words - I shall let my pictures speak for themselves ! My travel partner thought the houses were miniatures – it was just that the mountains were HUGE. I decided to go on my ‘hermit mode’ and just put on my classical musics from my ipod and enjoyed the view. I feel like I was in heaven, truly….
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- The scenery from the train ride Bergen to Voss – lots of them
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- Another beautiful train ride scenery
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- Bus which took me from Voss to Gudvangen
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- The photo doesn’t justify what I experience in Voss
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- The view from the bus as we drove through the steep and spectacular hairpin bends in Stalheimskleiva
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- The huge waterfall in between narrow street ways of Voss
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- Gudvangen – the home of trolls
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- Troll at Gudvangen – they do exist
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- Troll house
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- The ship I took to do my 2.5 hrs fjord cruise
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- Mai with the almighty fjords as the backdrop
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- Mai at fjord cruise, Norway
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- Fjord – where are the Vikings
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- So beautiful and magical – fjords
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- cute houses along the Fjords
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- Look at the little houses, or shall I say how big the surrounding hills are
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- The town of Underdal (where I had my dinner) – can be seen the church
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- I love these houses with waterfall in their backyard – what an interesting water feature
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- Naeroyfjord (World Heritage/UNESCO) – the narrowest fjord
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- Aurlands Fjord
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- A model for Norwegian famous outdoor wear – Dale (I own couple of them :))
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You had a good trip to Norwegian, i like so much the pics!, thanks for the tips !
Thank you very much Alexia,glad that you enjoy reading my Norwegian trip posts
. So little time so many places to see and do
Classical music is the king, i like Maria Callas and operatic arias ::
classical music is always the best, it is relaxing and very rich in melody “.”
i love your trip to norway, just thinking about it makes me wet at the thought of jumping in the water. the large hard straight rocks penetrate the sky which makes me feel weak at the knees. the classical music sensously tingles in my ear hole.
norway i am ready for you!!!
ahhhhhhhh
more norway more!!
It’s certainly one of the most beautiful and pristine part of the world. The locals are friendly. I met one of the best travellers in my Norway journey. Great places attract great travellers
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Hi, thank you for sharing your trip. I plan on taking the ferry from Gudvangen to Flam. Did you take regular ferry? Did you happen to know if there were other smaller ferry/boats that took the same route?
Hi Paul,
I’m green with envy with your upcoming Norway trip. It’s one of the best places in the world. I took the trip as part of my Norway in a Nutshell package which entitled me to go around Norway by boat, train and bus. I’d certainly highly recommend you take the same journey as you can stay as long or as short as you like
x Mai
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