Below: A popular rest-stop at a junction on the way to the mountains. Even the Norwegians can occasionally do a tacky bit for the tourists.
After the IETF week, we travelled west to the Fjords, by way of Utne. Our first day on leaving Oslo took us by a route that skirts the southern edge of the Hardangervidda mountain plateua, and then down the the Fjords and Utne.
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Left: Heading towards the mountains, a small town whose main purpose seems to be the collection of felled timber in its lake.
Below: A popular rest-stop at a junction on the way to the mountains. Even the Norwegians can occasionally do a tacky bit for the tourists. |
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| In the mountains... above the tree- and snow-line. | |||||
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| A pair of mountain waterfalls, picked at random from many on display... | |||||
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Utne: A sleepy settlement on Hardanger Fjord, with a fine tourist hotel, a car ferry and a craft museum... |  |
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