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Norway's Fjords

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A deep, offline guide to Norway's Fjords, inside the Port Things app. Every place shows walking minutes from your pier, and the day plans are timed around the all-aboard. Every place, description and day plan is on the phone, so it works with no signal. Only the map background needs one.

• 10,567places
• 38ready-made days
• 19cruise piers
• 11languages

Where the ships dock

• Ålesund: Storneskaia / Skansekaia
• Alta: Alta harbour, Bossekop
• Åndalsnes & Romsdal: Åndalsnes cruise quay
• Bergen: Skolten / Bontelabo (Jekteviken & Dokken for some ships)
• Bodø & Saltstraumen: Bodø city quay (beside the Hurtigruten terminal)
• Eidfjord & Hardanger: Eidfjord cruise pier
• Flåm & the Aurlandsfjord: Flåm cruise quay (tenders on multi-ship days)
• Geiranger: Geiranger tender quay / Seawalk pier
• Haugesund & Avaldsnes: Garpaskjærskaien
• Honningsvåg & the North Cape: Honningsvåg harbour quay (tenders when two ships call)
• Kirkenes: Kirkenes harbour quay (industrial quay with shuttle for some ships)
• Kristiansand: Vestre Havn cruise quay (Kongsgård for the largest ships)
• Lofoten: Svolvær harbour quay (Leknes for large ships; tenders on busy days)
• Molde & the Atlantic Road: Storkaia
• Olden & Loen: Olden cruise quay
• Oslo: Søndre Akershuskai / Revierkaia / Vippetangen (Filipstad for some ships)
• Stavanger & the Lysefjord: Vågen — Strandkaien & Skagenkaien
• Tromsø: Prostneset (Breivika for large ships, 4 km north, shuttle)
• Trondheim: Pier 68 / Brattøra (Kai 2 by Rockheim for some ships)

Ready-made days

• Bergen: Bryggen, Fløyen & the Fish Market

  The wharf, the funicular, a market lunch and the best art on the coast — all on foot from the pier

• Stavanger & the Lysefjord

  The old town, the oil museum and three hours under Pulpit Rock by boat

• Haugesund & the Vikings

  The pink town hall, Harald Fairhair's grave and the royal seat at Avaldsnes

• Flåm: Train, Fjord & Vikings

  Up the mountain by rail, down the Nærøyfjord by boat, and a Viking beer at the end

• Eidfjord & Vøringsfossen

  The plateau's edge, the step bridge over the waterfall and an Iron Age hillside

• Olden: Glacier & Skylift

  Briksdal's blue ice in the morning and a thousand metres up Mount Hoven after lunch

• Geiranger: Three Viewpoints & the Fjord

  The Fjord Centre, Flydalsjuvet, the Eagle Bend and ninety minutes under the Seven Sisters

• Ålesund: Art Nouveau & Aksla

  The Jugendstil streets, 418 steps to the view, bacalao on the canal and the aquarium in the rocks

• Oslo: Fortress, Polar Ships & The Scream

  Akershus from the gangway, the Bygdøy ferry to the Fram and Kon-Tiki, lunch on the waterfront, Munch at the National Museum and the Opera roof on the way back

• Kristiansand: Old Town, Zoo & the City Beach

  The white wooden streets of Posebyen before breakfast, three hours at Dyreparken with the wolves and the pirates, shrimp on the fish-market pontoon and a swim at Bystranda

• Trondheim: Nidaros, the Old Bridge & Bakklandet

  Scandinavia's great cathedral and the crown jewels, the red bridge to the wooden quarter, fish soup and the bicycle lift, the fortress view and the rock museum by the pier

• Åndalsnes: Gondola, Trollstigen & the Troll Wall

  Eight minutes up to Nesaksla and the platform over the valley, the bus up the eleven hairpins, lunch at the climbing centre and Europe's tallest rock face before all-aboard

• Molde: 222 Peaks & the Atlantic Road

  The Varden panorama while the morning is clear, the folk museum on the hill, and the afternoon out to the bridges that leap across the open sea

• Tromsø: Arctic Cathedral, Cable Car & the Brewery

  The polar museum on the quay, over the bridge to the white triangles and the view from Storsteinen, seals at 12:30, a Mack at the world's northernmost brewery pub

• Honningsvåg: The North Cape & the King Crab

  The bus to the top of Europe for the globe, the cliff and the film in the rock, then a RIB out to the crab pots and a feast on the shore, and the church that survived 1944

• Alta: Rock Carvings, the Aurora Cathedral & the River

  Six thousand figures on the shore rock at Hjemmeluft, the titanium spiral in the centre, and lunch up the salmon river at the lodge that becomes an ice hotel each winter

• Lofoten: Trollfjord, Sea Eagles & Henningsvær

  The boat into the 100-metre fjord with eagles off the stern, twenty minutes in the ice gallery, the village on the islets with the football pitch on the rocks, and the little war museum by the ship

• Bodø: Saltstraumen & the Aviation Museum

  Check the tide, then the bus to the strongest current on earth, the U-2 and the Spitfire in the propeller building, and the cairn above town with the Lofoten wall on the horizon

• Kirkenes: The Russian Border & the Bomb Shelter

  The last road in Norway and the marker posts on the river, the Borderland Museum, the rock shelter of the 320 raids, and huskies and king crab at the Snowhotel

• Bergen in Four Hours

  The fortress, Bryggen, the fish market and the funicular up Fløyen — back by 12:15

• Up Stoltzekleiven, Down Fløyen

  Some 900 stone steps up the mountain and a forest walk down — free, and back by 12:15

• Grieg's Troldhaugen & Fantoft Stave Church

  By light rail to a stave church in the woods and the composer's villa on the lake

• Bergen in the Rain

  The city that rains most, done indoors: the medieval museum, Munch, home cooking and cinnamon buns

• Stavanger Under a Roof

  Sardines, ships, fish soup and an oil rig museum — all around the harbour

• Hike to Preikestolen (Pulpit Rock)

  Long port days only: ferry and bus, four hours on the trail, and the rock 604 m above the Lysefjord

• Stegastein, Undredal & a Slow Flåm Day

  The platform over the fjord, goat's cheese in a tiny village and a long lunch — very little walking

• Kayak the Fjord, Climb to Brekkefossen

  A two-hour morning paddle on the Aurlandsfjord, then a steep climb beside a waterfall

• Lovatnet & Kjenndalen Glacier

  An emerald lake, a quieter glacier than Briksdal and lunch at the old Loen hotel

• Geiranger on Foot: Westerås & Storseterfossen

  Up to a mountain farm, behind a waterfall, and lunch on the farm above the fjord

• Ålesund on a Rainy Day

  Art Nouveau under a roof, the town's fishing story and a long bacalao lunch — all flat and close

• Oslo in Four Hours

  The fortress, the Nobel hall, The Scream and the Opera roof — back by 12:15

• Oslo for the Price of a Tram Ticket

  The fortress, the City Hall, Vigeland's sculpture park and the Opera roof — all free

• Oslo on a Rainy Day: Munch & the National Museum

  Two great museums, a taxi between them and lunch indoors on the waterfront

• Kristiansand for Free

  The old wooden town, shrimp on the pontoon, the island park and the town beach — back by 12:15

• Trondheim Under a Roof

  Crown jewels, fish soup and cake, a manor full of instruments and the rock museum

• Rauma Railway & the Romsdal Gondola

  The train and the gondola do all the climbing: the Troll Wall from the window, the fjord from the top

• Tromsø on a Shoestring

  The wooden cathedral, the main street, a free Arctic botanic garden and the walk over the bridge

• Svolvær: Up to the Goat

  Steep stone steps to the view of the Goat pinnacle and the harbour, then the war museum and the ice gallery

Areas covered

• Bergen
• Stavanger & the Lysefjord
• Haugesund & Avaldsnes
• Flåm & the Aurlandsfjord
• Eidfjord & Hardanger
• Olden & Loen
• Geiranger
• Ålesund
• Oslo
• Kristiansand
• Trondheim
• Åndalsnes & Romsdal
• Molde & the Atlantic Road
• Tromsø
• Honningsvåg & the North Cape
• Alta
• Lofoten
• Bodø & Saltstraumen
• Kirkenes

What's in the map

• Beaches & Fjord Swims
• Kayak, RIB & Fjord Safaris
• Fjord Cruises & Boat Trips
• Waterfalls & Viewpoints
• Landmarks & Stave Churches
• Hikes, Glaciers & Rides
• Parks & Nature
• Museums & Culture
• Restaurants
• Cafés & Bakeries
• Bars & Nightlife
• Fish Markets & Farm Shops
• Shopping & Souvenirs
• Family Fun
• Events & Festivals
• Hotels & Cabins
• Spas, Saunas & Golf
• Groceries & Supermarkets
• Trains, Buses, Ferries & Airport
• Pharmacies
• Hospitals & Clinics
• ATMs & Banks
• Car & Bike Rental
• Emergency & Help

Languages

English, Spanish, French, Portuguese (Brazil), German, Italian, Dutch, Russian, Polish, Chinese (Simplified), Swedish.