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Iceland & the Fjords
ALESUND, NORWAY HELLESYLT, NORWAY STAVANGER, NORWAY
You’ll have Kaiser Wilhelm II to thank for this Small and perfectly formed, Hellesylt is simply Set amidst glassy waters and beautiful
city. After all, when it was destroyed by fire in dwarfed by the soaring cliffs behind and noted mountains, Stavanger’s fortunes changed with
1904, he decided to rebuild his beloved for the stunning cascade that dances its way the discovery of oil in the 1960s, a fact
getaway in Art Nouveau style. Now its through the village over glistening granite. celebrated at the quirky petroleum museum.
buildings dazzle with dreamy turrets and This is a mere prelude to the outstanding Its previous life is delightfully recalled in the
ornate carvings of dragons and mythical scenery inland, and the more adventurous market, trading since the 9th century,
figures. Nature has played its part too, as may trek to the Briksdalen Glacier in atmospheric wooden houses, a medieval
calm waters and distant snow-capped peaks Jostedalsbreen National Park, Europe’s final cathedral – and at the Iron Age Farm, with
add to the charm, all best seen from the frozen remnant of the Ice Age. its reconstructed huts of wood, stone, peat
Kniven viewpoint. and bark.
HONNINGSVAAG (FOR THE NORTH CAPE),
BERGEN, NORWAY NORWAY TROMSO, NORWAY
Have your camera at the ready around the Touch shore deep within the Arctic Circle, Nearly 250 miles inside the Arctic Circle, clues
Bryggen district with its painted warehouses closer to the North Pole than Oslo. Venture as to your location are everywhere. Bars stock
gracefully reflected on the water and the out to the isolated Stappen Islands, teeming Arctic Beer and the Arctic Cathedral resembles
Torget open-air fish market, stacked with with kittiwakes, puffins and cormorants. Then a geometric glacier. So too the Polaria Arctic
plump shrimp and wild salmon. Classical music stand on the continent’s edge, the Centre, whose exhibits recreate a polar bear
lovers should set a course for Edvard Grieg’s North Cape Plateau. Beneath the summer sun, den and Arctic snowstorm. You may also spot
lakeside summer house, where the composer reindeer roam freely on the hulking granite these landmarks from the cable cars that
is buried and his own Steinway is still played cliff, rising from icy seas and topped with a climb Mount Storsteinen and afford
on occasion. photogenic globe sculpture. spellbinding views.
FLAAM, NORWAY LOFOTEN ISLANDS, NORWAY TRONDHEIM, NORWAY
You’ve arrived in the ‘little place between This archipelago huddles within the Arctic Visit Nidaros Cathedral, built on the grave of
mountains’, a tiny village with a huge Circle, and is as spectacular as you would St Olav who introduced Christianity to
character and sublime fjord views you could imagine. Great granite cliffs rise from blue Norway. Scandinavia’s largest gothic cathedral
gladly gaze upon for hours. It also happens to waters, tiny fishing villages nestle amidst green also has royal links as Norwegian monarchs
offer one of the steepest and most mountains, and white beaches fringe bird-rich are crowned here to this day. Or explore
spectacular rail journeys you’ll ever encounter. shores. Visit Flakstad Church, drop into the Munkholmen – Monk’s Island – with a
So step aboard and ascend 3,000 feet to Ice Bar and Gallery or let the Lofoten House colourful 900-year history as a monastery,
Myrdal passing corkscrew tunnels, coursing Gallery reveal how artists have captured the fortress and prison, and now just a lovely spot
waterfalls and a craggy river gorge. region’s clear light and silent majesty. to spend a pleasant afternoon.
GEIRANGER, NORWAY OLDEN, NORWAY
Keep an eye out for the romantically named When you leave this peaceful village on the
waterfalls that mark your passage along the picturesque Nordfjord, you’ll do so with any
breathtaking Geirangerfjord: the Seven number of breathtaking visions etched into
Sisters, the Suitor and the Bridal Veil. Then your memory. Giant waterfalls thunder down,
appreciate a bird’s eye view of fjord country, mineral-rich Lake Lovatn glints with a milky
as a tour to Mount Dalsnibba, rising 1,500 turquoise sheen, and the Kjenndalen Glacier
metres over the glinting steel blue slivers of reveals a green-tinged glow. Or spy Olden and
water, presents this spectacular area in its full your ship 1,500 feet below from atop the
unrivalled glory. stunning Nos viewpoint.
For Queen Elizabeth itineraries see pages 32-37 For Queen Victoria itineraries see pages 50-59, 74-101 For Queen Mary 2 itineraries see pages 148-157, 170-183
Alesund, Norway Oldevatnet Lake, Olden Nidaros Cathedral, Trondheim
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