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Mountains & Alpine Scenery

Mountain country asks one question before anything else: are you walking the range, or watching it from the valley? Ranges built for hut-to-hut trails make different bases than ranges best seen from a valley town, and the right bed matches how far you intend to climb.

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Do mountain trips require mountaineering experience?

Mostly no. Marked trail networks, staffed huts, and valley bases put serious country within reach of ordinary walkers; genuine climbing is a choice, not a requirement. The planning work is matching route length and exposure to the least experienced person in the party.

  1. Bergen

    Vestland · Norway

    Bergen is Norway's second city, a Hanseatic port set among fjords and mountains in western Vestland.

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  2. Kiruna

    Norrbotten County · Sweden

    Sweden's highest massif is in Kiruna Municipality — Kebnekaise rises over the Kungsleden trail, with Abisko's valley at the range's northern end.

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  3. Narvik

    Nordland · Norway

    Narvik is a fjord port in northern Norway, set in the north-eastern part of Nordland on the Nord-Norge coast.

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  4. Geiranger

    Møre og Romsdal · Norway

    Geiranger is a fjord village at the head of the Geirangerfjord, in southern Møre og Romsdal, western Norway.

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  5. Mo i Rana

    Nordland · Norway

    Mo i Rana is the administrative centre of Rana, an inland town in the Helgeland region of northern Norway.

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  6. Gällivare

    Norrbotten County · Sweden

    Dundret's bare summit rises straight behind Gällivare, and the road west runs into the Laponia fells around Stora Sjöfallet.

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  7. Åre

    Jämtland County · Sweden

    Lift cables climb Åreskutan above lake Åresjön at Åre, a mountain village in Jämtland County known for alpine skiing and its medieval stone church.

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  8. Rjukan

    Telemark · Norway

    Rjukan is a hydropower town deep in the Vestfjorddalen valley of Telemark, built from scratch in 1908 by Sam Eyde.

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  9. Mora

    Dalarna County · Sweden

    Gesundaberget rises over Lake Siljan just outside Mora, the town at the Vasaloppet finish line from which Dalarna's forest hills begin.

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  10. Flåm

    Vestland · Norway

    Flåm is a village in Aurland, at the inner end of the Aurlandsfjorden in western Norway.

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  11. Jokkmokk

    Norrbotten County · Sweden

    From Jokkmokk the road ends at Kvikkjokk, the classic walkers' entry to Sarek and Padjelanta, with the Ájtte fell museum in town.

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  12. Abisko

    Norrbotten County · Sweden

    Northern lights draw travellers to Abisko, a village on lake Torneträsk in Norrbotten County, known for its national park and the Kungsleden trail.

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