The Geirangerfjord is so unique it has been included on UNESCO’s world heritage list. At the entrance to the fjord lies the Art Nouveau city of Ålesund, named Norway’s most beautiful city. This fjord is surrounded by the steepest and, one is almost tempted to say, the most preposterous mountains on the entire west coast. It is very narrow and has no habitable shore area, for the precipitous heights rise in sheer and rugged strata almost straight out of the water. Foaming waterfalls plunge into the fjord from jagged peaks. There are, however, a few mountain farms here, and of these one or two have such hazardous access, by paths that wind around steep precipices, and by bridges that are fixed to the mountain with iron bolts and rings, that they bear witness in a most striking way to the remarkable powers of invention which the challenges of nature have developed in man.

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Geiranger fjord	Camping along the river	Typical scenery	Along the river
Up into the mountains	Herdalsetra farm	Farm products	Source of milk
Entrance to working farm	Farm buildings and stream	Farm waterfall	Farm ponies
What he thinks of tourists	Farm museum	Boiling down milk for cheese	Got anything for me in there?
Chasing photos...	Great photo op	Octangular church	Near Kyrkjemra where titans fought
Peaceful fjord	In the mountains	Beautiful fjord	Land of mountains
Looking back at the ship	Downtown Geiranger	Residential Geiranger	Souvenirs abound
Leaving Geiranger	One of many waterfalls	Another view	Out to sea