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Hiking Trolltunga (the Troll's tongue), Norway ??

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June 28th 2017
We had an early start to catch our shuttle up to Skjeggedal and the road up to a tiny village for the trailhead of Trolltunga. Many others had the same idea as our shuttle was full and the car parks were also nearly full. We started at the 400m above sea level mark and were set to increase to almost 1200m at its peak. Reasonably rugged up in merino gear, we set off on our 11km uphill jaunt. It ... read more

Europe » Norway » Western Norway » Odda

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Two centuries of Viking raids into Europe tapered off following the adoption of Christianity by King Olav TRYGGVASON in 994. Conversion of the Norwegian kingdom occurred over the next several decades. In 1397, Norway was absorbed into a union with De... ... read more