Kristiansund Kristiansund is the place where the famous Atlantic Ocean Road begins. I never heard about this road before. My host at Hoems asked me if I watched a Mercedes commercial where the car looks like it goes into water with a splash. Yes, I saw it. ‘That’s where they filmed this video!’ he exclaimed […]
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Trondheim (continued) The ferry from Trondheim to Kristainsund was 3.5 hours. The boat navigated through fjords and stopped at several other small islands before it reached its final destination, Kristainsund. The sea was absolutely calm; its surface looked like a blue-tinted mirror. From the harbor, I walked uphill to Hoems hotel where I was going
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Trondheim Nidaros Cathedral is arguably the most important site in Trondheim. It was built as a simple wooden chapel to stand over the tomb of King Olav II when Trondheim was the capital of Norway and the city was called Nidaros. The stone building was completed around 1300. The cathedral was destroyed by fires several
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Seoul, South Korea to Trondheim, Norway It was not my first time in Norway. During the previous trip, my husband and I drove to the tundra above the Arctic Circle. We went south to Bergen and the famous fjords, and of course we visited Oslo. We also passed through Hell, a small village with the
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Bukhansan National Park, South Korea Why Norway? From South Korea, I was flying to Norway. In case my next destination sounds illogical, I was going there to see my aunt who lives in Trondheim. If it had not been my aunt I’d have flown home in the opposite direction, over the Pacific to Colorado. She
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South Coast Trolls definitely live in Iceland. I left 2 socks before going to bed and found only one in the morning. It was a warm night and I kept a small window pane open in my room, probably enough for a troll to squeeze in. On my last day in Iceland, I had a
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Golden Circle (continued) My next day trip was with a different agency, Sterna Travel. The logistics were the same – a small bus picked me up at my hotel, lunch was not included and we stopped for a meal where everyone ordered the food to suit their taste, at the end of the day we
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Golden Circle Iceland is the land of geysers. In fact, the English word “geyser” is derived from the Icelandic “geysir”. The first-ever geyser described in a printed material is located in Iceland. Since then, other languages adopted the word “geysir”. The Great Geysir, the ancestor of all geysers, was spectacular when it erupted. The Geysir’s
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Iceland Our guide Christina drove us first to the waterfall Gullfoss. All waterfalls are spectacular but Gullfoss comes with an interesting history. It is located on the land owned by generations of one family. About one hundred years ago, foreign investors became interested in harnessing the waterfall power to produce electricity. Tómas Tómasson, the head
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Only a decade ago, Iceland was not a popular tourist destination until Icelandair, a low cost airline, introduced direct flights to the US. Now, Iceland suffers from overtourism. Rather than discouraging visitors, however, Iceland is looking to diversify its tourism offering. Recognizing the strain being placed on Reykjavik and a small number of other sites,
