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Geirangerfjord
Geirangerfjord is the most famous fjord in Norway: countless travel guides have called it one of the most beautiful places in the entire world.
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Hiking Rampestreken, Norway
Then he told him about Åndalsnes, a tiny settlement up in Romsdalen valley, surrounded by high mountains which were so beautiful that his mother had always said that that was where God had started when he was creating the world, and that He had spent so long on Romsdalen that the rest of the world had to be done posthaste to be finished by Sunday. Jo Nesbø, The Bat After enjoying the azure blue coast of Ålesund, Matt and I drove two hours east to a town in the center of Norway: Åndalsnes. High, tall, thickly-forested mountains surround the town, which sits down in the valley of the the Romsdal…
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Runde Bird Island, Norway
Runde makes you feel like you're at the very edge of the world, with the deep blue ocean clamoring at your feet. You can almost imagine what it must have felt like to be an explorer discovering a new land. Come for the birds, come for the adventure, come for the surprises, and come for the views.
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Hiking the Gorge Trail in Watkins Glen State Park
When I was young, I oftentimes imagined what it would be like to live in Rivendell, the sanctuary of the Elves in J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings trilogy. It is a refuge in times of trouble, an outpost of aid and friendship, and a bounty of history and folklore. Blessed by magic and peace, Rivendell is a place saturated with the kind of ancient, otherworldly beauty that only an immortal race could build.
