Hardangervidda high plateau description and photos - Norway: Ryukan (Topic)

Hardangervidda high plateau description and photos - Norway: Ryukan. Detailed information about the attraction. Description, photographs and a map showing the nearest significant objects. The title in English is Hardangervidda.

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The Hardangervidda high mountain plateau, located in Western Norway at an altitude of 1200-1600 m above sea level, with an area of 8000 square meters, is the largest in Europe. There are glaciers, rivers flowing both in the east and in the west, forming various waterfalls, the largest of which - Wohringsfossen - drops a stream of water from a height of 134 m.

Tourist routes along the plateau pass in serene silence through forests, herbaceous shrubs, mosses and lichens. The main inhabitants of the local fauna are deer, hunting for which is strictly limited, ermines, foxes, etc.

For travelers there are campings, hotels, rental of tourist equipment. You can stop and live in a trailer or tent.

Popular outdoor activities in the vicinity of the plateau are river rafting, downhill and cross-country skiing, hiking, trekking, cycling, fishing in mountain lakes and streams.

In the natural center of Ovre, a panoramic documentary will tell you about the unique nature of the plateau and the life of local residents. In the aquarium, you can see all the diversity of the inhabitants of the underwater world.

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