The Fylke Sogn and Fjordane lies in the west Norway.
Regions
places
Other goals
- The two great fjords in the county, Sognefjord and Nordfjord, with its many side arms, including the Aurlandsfjord and the Nærøyfjord, the 17 km long, narrowest fjord in Norway, which has been part of the UNESCO World Natural Heritage of humanity is.
background
The Fylke Sogn og Fjordane is a Norwegian province on the west coast of Norway, which is characterized in particular by the longest fjord in Norway, the Sognefjord, and the largest glacier in Norway, the Jostedalsbreen. 106,000 inhabitants live on an area of 18,619 km², which is only a little more than 2% of the Norwegian population. The largest municipality is Førde with around 11,500 inhabitants, the rest of the population lives mainly in very rural, small communities. The administrative seat of the county is Hermansverk.
In the north, Sogn og Fjordane borders the Fylke Møre and Romsdal, in the east Oppland, in the southeast Buskerud and in the south to the Fylke Hordaland.
language
In the Fylke Sogn og Fjordane (as well as in the western Norwegian Fylken Hordaland and Møre og Romsdal) is Nynorsk official language. This will hardly be of any concern for travelers in the region if they are not dependent on reading long administrative texts, since Nynorsk in its pure form is actually only available in written language. In everyday language, spoken Nynorsk (spoken by 10-15% of the Norwegian population) and spoken Bokmål (spoken by the majority of the population) are so similar that tourists with only rudimentary Norwegian language skills will hardly notice any differences.
getting there
By plane
- Florø Airport, Norway's largest regional airport, located on the coast with connections from Oslo, Bergen, Stavanger, Skien and Førde.
- Førde Airport Located at the end of the Dalsfjord, same connections as Florø.
- Other regional airports: Sandane and Sogndal at Kaupanger.
All four airports are operated by the airline Avinor operated.
By train
The only railway line in Sogn og Fjordane is the small one, which is mainly used for tourism Flåm Railway, which on their 20 km long route from Flam at the end of the Aurlandfjord Myrdal to the high plateau of the Hardangervidda Bergen Railway leads up. It connects the region around the Sognefjord, which is connected to Flåm by ferry, with the Hardangervidda.
In the street
The Europastrasse 39 crosses on their way from Trondheim all the way to danish Aalborg the Fylke and crosses the Nordfjord between Lote and Anda, passes Sandane and Førde and crosses the Sognefjord between Lavik and Ytre Oppedal.
By boat
mobility
Central to mobility on the road are the fjord and coastal ferries in the region (Overview). Some key connections are:
- Gudvangen - Kaupanger - Lærdal
- Kaupanger - Frønningen
- Hella - Vangsnes
- Dragsvik - Vangsnes
- Hella - Dragsvik
- Lavik - Oppedal (E39) (2014 timetable)
- Lot - Anda (E39) (2014 timetable)
- Dale - Eikenes
- Balestrand - Hella - Fjærland
Tourist Attractions
- The famous Stave churches of Borgund near Lærdal, from Kaupanger, and from Urnes (Ornes). The latter is part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site
- The former artist village Balestrand at the Sognefjord.
- water falls: The cases Avdalsfossen, Hjellefossen, Vettisfossen in Utladalen in the municipality Årdal, Kjelfossen in Gudvangen (149 m), the legendary Kjosfossen (225 m) above Flåm on the Flåm Railway
- The Stegastein, a viewing platform protruding from the rock high above the Aurlandsfjord above of Aurland, which allows a wide view along the fjord.
- The Jug stones on the coast at Måløy.
activities
- A ride with the Flåm Railway is one of the most famous activities in the Fylke Sogn og Fjordane. From the little place Flam the little train covers a difference in altitude of more than 800 m in 20 km and brings travelers up to sea level Myrdal on the high plateau of the Hardangervidda. A trip with the Flåm Railway can be used as a day trip, as a starting point for a hike on the Hardangervidda or a bike tour on the Rallarvegen, or for an onward journey with the Bergen Railway to Bergen or Oslo.
