In Norway we like to believe we live in a green country, with all that unspoilt nature and also doing a lot to keep it that way. Actually we have had national parks for only 50 years, while Sweden, our beloved neighbor to the east, was the first country in Europe to create national parks. In 1909, and that is more than a hundred years ago. But last weekend I visited our first national park, Rondane National Park. And that was a great experience.
I went to the valley of Dørålen in the midst of the park, and could drive there, which is highly unusual in a norwegian national park. Most of them are created in remote areas where no one lives, and you have to hike for hours or days to get there. There had been frost, and the autumn had coloured the landscape.
I went with a group of photographers, and we went out to see the sunrise in the mountains. It only lasted about a minute.
There wasn’t time for hiking, but I climbed this hillside were I get a view towards the Rondane mountain massif, and to Døråseter, which are old summer mountain farms that now provides food and lodging for mountain hikers. The red T shows how the Norwegian Trekking Association markes the routes through the high mountains. There are more photos from Rondane in my photo gallery, and I also made a small video.
Hope to see some of this beautiful greenery soon. Looks like we’ll be staying in Kongsburg instead of Oslo, but hopefully I’ll have time to see both.
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Love the pink alpine glow on the mountains…!
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It’s a very wild and beautiful place. Great pictures! 🙂
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Ah, beautiful place, very nicely captured!!!!
🙂
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It is nice, but Sweden´s national park is my favorite!
Jag år i Sverige!
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Jag är i Sverige!
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Love the images…they show the countryside off very well
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They’re all beautiful but I love the fourth one!
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What a beautiful place.
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Just from the railway between Oslo to Bergen, I saw this kind of land scape
and felt how beautiful your country is.
(Even though, half was covered with snow, still I could see it)
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Thank you for the gorgeous photos. Simply breathtaking. Was only one time in Rondane Nasjonalpark bit it was very impressive. 🙂
God helg!
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What an interesting, stark and cold place this seems to be. I can imagine the quiet solitude this park offers any visitor that is willing to slow down and take in the spirit.
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Beautiful country and photos that showcase it wonderfully!
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It is’t far from Hamar, Lillehammar and Mjøsa isn’t it – it looks familar – been there a couple of times last time at the 1994 olympic winter games – before that when I in my youth lived in Viborg (danish city) in the late 1970s which a twinned city with Hamar – we played handball against them at that time – og do a little hiking in the area with some of the host families – unfortunately, there wasn’t much time…
Really some beautiful and attractive shots – personally, I love the norwegian nature reserves they are in my eyes “right” in terms of naturalness and rawness – unlike the swedish which I think is too “polished” and our own in Denmark is primitive and almost non-existent… ‘smile’
– “our beloved neighbor to the east”… ‘smile’
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So beautiful. And thanks for the video. Was that the Norwegian wind ? Fantastic! 🙂
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beautiful as ever, Bente!
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Great photos 🙂 It’s such different landscape to what I’ve seen before. Beautiful!
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The beautiful images of the mountains make my heart ache. So lovely!
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Wonderful landscape photo’s. In your video I saw that it was quite windy up on that mountain you climbed.
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Beautiful countryside – the third image is my favourite.
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Gorgeous photos! I especially love the colours of blue in the 2nd picture!
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Just gorgeous, Bente. Wow.
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Wonderful!
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Beautiful photos, Bente….
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Beautiful scenes! I would love to visit there!
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Gorgeous pictures! 😉
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I like the countryside!
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These pictures are great ! It’s funny because this landscape is very similar to Bariloche, a place in Argentina I visited lately. Great job !
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Looks absolutely stunning there. Beautiful photographs.
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Beautiful pictures – a bit like Scotland but not quite, meaning clearly has its own identity.
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What a beautiful national park!
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An excellent sense of place, the ‘feel’ of the environment and the atmosphere.
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Beautiful photos, Bente. Maybe someday I will get the opportunity to see this beautiful place in person.
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Nice photos about huge landscapes. Congratulations.
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!Qué gran trabajo! Y la tierra maravillosa. Gracias.
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