r/Norway • u/njbrsr • 3d ago

Travel This place!

Simply amazing experience!

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u/sirlapse 3d ago

Whole coast in that region is incredible.

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u/justlurkshere 3d ago

Well, it is an award winning coast.

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u/hagenissen666 3d ago edited 2d ago

I found a small island with kilometre deep mines, the other day.

Very curious and intelligent sheep on that island.

It's half a kilometre from my house, and I had no idea it existed.

The Norwegian coast is quite interesting, geologically.

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u/LaaB09 2d ago

watch out for the Ballrogs

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u/hagenissen666 2d ago

Well, I'd be more worried about nisser than trolls.

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u/AndreasSchanche 2d ago

Hvor ?

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u/hagenissen666 2d ago

Sunnhordland.

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u/hackeharry 3d ago

I had sunshine at my visit this year. The view is genius but hard to photograph.

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u/njbrsr 3d ago

I tried a number of alternatives to try to get the scale and magnitude of what looks quite an inconsequential hole when viewed from the sea.

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u/-chung- 3d ago

Torghatten!

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u/Jolly_Skirt9153 3d ago

Went there this summer! Took an evening walk up to watch the sunset, and hiked all the way to the top the day after!

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u/njbrsr 3d ago

What was the top hike like? Exposed??

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u/Jolly_Skirt9153 3d ago

Was quite foggy that weekend, but cleared up while we hiked up. But that didn’t last long unfortunately

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u/Dashy37 2d ago

The top is not exposed at all. The climb up there is steep though, but rather short. The views up top are among the best I have seen in the past 1,5 months we have been traveling and hiking through Norway!

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u/njbrsr 2d ago

Did you have a guide?

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u/Jolly_Skirt9153 2d ago

De did mot have a guide, bit met ordets who were hiking up. We shoes an other path down and that was a bit more challenging

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u/Dashy37 1d ago

We did not have a guide. The hike is not that hard and navigation is easy.

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u/Ok-Personality-6630 2d ago

Careful when you walk between the legs of a troll.

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u/swiphth 3d ago

Where is this?

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u/njbrsr 3d ago

The hole in Torghatten , Bronnoysund.

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u/vinney1369 3d ago

I was there when I was 8. That's nearly 40 years ago (fuck I'm old. 😂)

I met a pair of very nice German tourists who were pretty delighted that the small American child liked the "giant hole in the mountain."

I miss Norway. 😊

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u/steinip77 3d ago

Hey! I was there this summer too!

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u/blosqua 3d ago

Reminds me of god of war 2

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u/microbiologist_36 3d ago

What part, the cave where you get the bow?

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u/Tr35on 3d ago

Wide angle lens ..sigh

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u/njbrsr 3d ago

Huh?

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u/Tr35on 3d ago

Did you take this video?

If not, it's shot with a wide angle lens which stretches the image and makes things seem taller bigger etc. In other words it doesn't look like this in real life.

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u/stigmov 3d ago

Torghatten is the one place I've been where the majestic nature of being there in person has to the largest degree surpassed any pictures I've seen. OP did a good job, and the video does not look exaggerated to being there for real.

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u/Tr35on 3d ago

Fair. Humans in the video nonetheless look stretched, so I would presume the view is thusly.

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u/njbrsr 3d ago

Yes - with my iPhone on Monday (25th Aug).

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u/Tr35on 3d ago edited 3d ago

Okay. Initial comment was aimed at others seeing the post than you, because people come to believe that places look like this when wide angle lenses warp what humans see with their eyes. So not a critique of your video.

I'm also saying this as there was a recent post of Lofoten in Norway in here and the wide angle made it look unnatural. Photos like that attracts tourists that want to climb places like that, that have no business in attempting to climb or hike mountains in flip flops.

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u/njbrsr 3d ago

I get your point - it took a few efforts to be able to get the whole hole in one shot - as I said in another reply I was just trying to get across the feeling of being tiny in an incredible natural setting!

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u/Tr35on 3d ago

And that is fair.

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u/njbrsr 3d ago

I could see the skerries out to sea quite well - the iPhone couldn’t pick them up! The weather didn’t bother me that much - sort of added to the atmosphere!!!

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u/zeppomiller 2d ago

I was just there… An excursion from our Haliva cruise ship. It was super cool. As were many of their excursions. I am now a Norway super fan!

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u/njbrsr 2d ago

We went with Hurtigruten - have been twice - brilliant!

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u/LunaBanoona22 1d ago

Where is this?

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u/njbrsr 1d ago

Torghatten- near Bronnoysund

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u/geroveinvestments 3d ago

Meanwhile poor contries smell petroleum from Norway

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u/bvxzfdputwq 3d ago

Downvoted until you actually provide a location, lol.

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u/Qoalafied 3d ago

Torghatten is the place, it's one of the few places that's grandios and awesome no matter what weather.

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u/njbrsr 3d ago

It was pouring with rain when I went up. Fabulous work by just 14 Sherpas to build the very impressive access “staircase” to get there - and out the other side.

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u/ManWhoIsDrunk 3d ago

Those Sherpas are amazing. A friend of mine saw them in action at another place here in Norway.

One guy picked up a rock so big you wouldn't think a single man could lift it without struggling, let alone carry it in steep terrain. Then he walked up the mountainside while looking for another rock, and picked up another rock roughly the same size. Then he just continued up the mountainside with both of them.

They build the paths and steps from local rocks with a minimum of tools, so they mainly move all the rocks you see by hand.

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u/tollis1 3d ago edited 3d ago

It has been made several short documentaries about them and the work they do in Norway. This one is in English. Really impressive: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=SRzd4y2EVcY&pp=ygUOc2hlcnBhcyBub3J3YXk%3D

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u/njbrsr 3d ago

Thank you!

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u/njbrsr 3d ago

Sorry - I thought everyone would know where it is!

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u/tollis1 3d ago edited 3d ago

I understand why you would think so, but it is not a well-known place compared to others, even for some Norwegians. I guess it’s because it is in Brønnøysund and not Lofoten. But this area (Helgeland) is beautiful too.

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u/Status_Car8495 3d ago

But this area (Helgeland) is beautiful too.

Is there an area in that country that is NOT beautiful? Been to Norway several times , still haven't found it if there is.

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u/bvxzfdputwq 3d ago

Appreciated, friend! Haven't seen it before, actually.

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u/snapjokersmainframe 3d ago

I've seen pics of (hole in) the mountain from a distance, but not from close up. Really want to go there now!

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u/njbrsr 2d ago

You should!