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OCEAN VIEW destination
the fjords of
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NORWAY
Exploring a truly unusual terrain
amous for its fjords and islands, temperate.The fjords themselves were
it is almost difficult to think of formed thousands of years ago as
Norway as just one place. Travel glaciers surged and retreated, scoring
between different areas of the country the earth and forming channels that
was once so difficult that whole have since been claimed by the sea.
different cultures now exist, and The differences in climate mean that
moving between different regions is Norway is home to vast, dense
still more like international than coniferous forests on one side and
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omestic travel in some respects. sandy beaches on the other. Waterfalls
hilst the accepted length of Norway’s and mountains part to allow glimpses
coastline is around 2,500km, if all of distant glaciers A testament to its
coastlines of all the fjords and islands natural beauty is the fact that Norway
were taken into account, the coast has twenty-one national parks,
would stretch more than 83,000 km. ensuring that its breathtaking scenery
The fascinating vistas created by this remains preserved for future
interesting geography stretch all the generations. The more famous of these
way up to the arctic circle, although the include the Seven Sisters
proximity of the Gulf Stream keeps waterfalls and other ancient features
parts of Norway surprisingly which, as well as being unmissable
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