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Jagged snow-capped peaks above a wildflower alpine meadow, a small timber chalet, and a turquoise glacial lake mirroring the summits.

Experience · Norway

Mountains & Alpine Scenery in Norway

Mountains in Norway press right up against the towns, climbing from Bergen's harbour, shadowing Rjukan's valley floor, and ringing the port of Narvik. Heights begin at the doorstep. Flåm sits under valley walls where waterfalls drop toward the river, Geiranger crouches at the closed head of its fjord, and Geilo opens the high fells of Hol in the Østlandet upland.

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Elevated view over Bergen's Vagen harbour and old town ringed by fjords and mountains

Bergen

Vestland · NorwayBergen is Norway's second city, a Hanseatic port set among fjords and mountains in western Vestland.Where to stay →Aerial view of Narvik, Norway, its iron-ore harbour and peninsula reaching into the fjord below snow-flecked mountains.

Narvik

Nordland · NorwayNarvik is a fjord port in northern Norway, set in the north-eastern part of Nordland on the Nord-Norge coast.Where to stay →Geirangerfjord in Norway with a cruise ship on the turquoise water framed by steep green mountains and the village of Geiranger.

Geiranger

Møre og Romsdal · NorwayGeiranger is a fjord village at the head of the Geirangerfjord, in southern Møre og Romsdal, western Norway.Where to stay →Mo i Rana waterfront with the Havmannen granite sculpture standing in the Ranfjord below the town and forested hills

Mo i Rana

Nordland · NorwayMo i Rana is the administrative centre of Rana, an inland town in the Helgeland region of northern Norway.Where to stay →Aerial view of Rjukan strung along the valley floor of steep, forested Vestfjorddalen in Telemark

Rjukan

Telemark · NorwayRjukan is a hydropower town deep in the Vestfjorddalen valley of Telemark, built from scratch in 1908 by Sam Eyde.Where to stay →Flåm village beside the deep blue Aurlandsfjord, framed by steep green mountains and snow-flecked peaks under a bright sky.

Flåm

Vestland · NorwayFlåm is a village in Aurland, at the inner end of the Aurlandsfjorden in western Norway.Where to stay →Aerial of Andalsnes on the Rauma river delta where it meets Romsdalsfjord, ringed by jagged snow-capped peaks

Åndalsnes

Møre og Romsdal · NorwayÅndalsnes is a mountain town and the centre of Rauma, in the south-eastern part of Møre og Romsdal.Where to stay →Geilo town centre in a green summer valley below forested mountains with ski slopes and a river, Norway.

Geilo

Buskerud · NorwayGeilo is a mountain town in Hol, in the western part of Buskerud, in the high country of south-eastern Norway.Where to stay →Aerial view of Nordfjordeid, Norway, its harbour and river delta beside a fjord below forested mountains

Nordfjordeid

Vestland · NorwayNordfjordeid is the administrative centre of Stad Municipality in western Norway, set at the head of Eidsfjorden in the Nordfjord region.Where to stay →Otta town at the river confluence in the Gudbrandsdalen valley beneath green mountains, Innlandet, Norway

Otta

Innlandet · NorwayOtta is the centre of Sel municipality in the north-western part of Innlandet, gathering the mountain villages of the district.Where to stay →Fjord landscape near Harstad, Norway, with a flat-topped mountain, islets and a power-line pylon.

Harstad

Troms · NorwayHarstad is a coastal city on the island of Hinnøya, in the south-western part of Troms, in northern Norway.Where to stay →Ål

Ål

Buskerud · NorwayÅl is a town and municipality in Hallingdal, in the north-western part of Buskerud, in south-eastern Norway.Where to stay →
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Common questions

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.