The valleys on the west coast of Norway are more or less green, but the high mountains are still covered in snow. This is normal this time of the year, and is exactly what I experienced when I went to the coast (Vestlandet) the other day. It was night before I had to cross the mountain Strynefjellet, and I was a bit worried about the weather. But it was ok. Completely quiet, and dry roads. It was even okay to drive through the three long tunnels through the mountains, which together have a distance of 10,7 km. And it certainly was very little traffic. There are some more photos from this mountain region on this link.
Bente Haarstad Photography 
Beautiful scenery, Bente. For me, that second image is a jaw dropper.
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Thanks, Steve. You probaly mean the “white” mountains, and not the one with the tine lights from a few cabins…?
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Yes, Bente. No cabin lights…just mountains. Yes, I wasn’t counting the first image because it is the fourth image too.
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The blue effect suits the snowy cold. Fantastic photos.
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Thanks, Anneli. It was nice to take some fresh air in this place, even at that time.
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Gorgeous shots, stunning place, and we posted on the same theme!
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Yea, you got the blues too, Cindy. Very good ones, and slightly warmer.
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Exquisite and otherworldly!
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Thanks for the otherworldly, Warren, that suits the experience. Thanks for both.
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Gorgeous. I can feel the quiet, peacefulness of it.
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That is exactly how it was, Tuxedo. Thanks.
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woosh, love the big booming mountains in the back… enjoy your late snow while it is still there! We are supposed to get a bit more tonight, and then some promised warmth!
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Booming mountains make good views.You will get more snow too! Here also, a tiny bit, and I am not so sure about the warmth. Thanks, Nancy.
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Fantastic !
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Glad you liked some mountain glimpses, Yoshizen. Thanks.
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Such very beautiful blues… my favorite color! 🙂
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One of my favorite colurs too. Thanks, Gunta.
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Beautiful. Love the cabin lights and the light of the tunnel entrance.
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The light sort of tell about the magnitude of the mountains, since they are so small. Thanks, Gallivanta.
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They give a great perspective.
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Love that magnificent blue fresh air Bente!
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Blue fresh air it is, far, far away from the big city. Thanks, Patti.
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Love the blue and the beckoning haven of distant lights. 🙂
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The distant lights were from a few cabils, must have been some leftover Easter toursist around. Thanks, Graham.
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What a beautiful way to display it!
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Displaying the blues, you mean? Yes, the blues is not always black. Thanks Montucky.
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What lovely photos of early spring in the mountains of Norway. So peaceful.
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Thanks for your nice comment.
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This is a very beautiful, but rough area, isn’t it!?
At first moment I thought you meant the old road 258 directly through high fjell and could not believe it! 🙂
But then I saw, you tagged the article with rv15 and spoke of the tunnels. The tunnels are so long and the elevation difference between entrance and escape is quite a lot, that sometimes even the weather differs between the tunnel ends. 🙂
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You have travelled Fv 258, Gamle Strynefjellsvegen? I have not, alas, but I hope to one day. The old road is closed during winter, and the planned opening is not until 15th June. It might be earlier since it is early spring this year. The modern road, opened in 1978 is ok as long as the weather is ok, otherwise rough, yes, or closed. You are right, the weather can change while you travel the tunnels. In the beginning winter, at the end of the last: spring!
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I’ve been travelling the FV258 several times during summer by motorcycle -this is really fun and the area is very beautiful! 🙂
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Wonderful blue color～love it
good day dear Bente^^
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Thanks, Koh, and Good day for you too, 良い一日!
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Such a powerful landscape, the blue is perfect.
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Stunning short. I lover the colour bleu. Thank you for sharing!
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Shots 😉
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Those blues are intense; the luminosity is striking and tending towards purply-blue. Talks of mountains and a coming night sky – such amazing scenery, Bente!
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WOW! Stunning colours – but it looks so cold….
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The life in blue !
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Tungsten blue or is this how the night sky lights up the landscape, looks intense, u are very brave to be in such a remote part by yourself, bravo!
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I like your blues !
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Breathtaking!
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I like the Blues! :)))
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Como siempre, muy hermosos tus rabajos.
Un gran saludo a ti y a esa tu gran tierra. Al
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Wonderful shots. It all looks so peaceful.
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piękne bajeczne fotografie …pozdrawiam
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Your blues are achingly beautiful! Congrats on these stunning photos.
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It’s very beautiful Bente. I love the blue light one gets before dawn.
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Beautiful Bente and blue it is!
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Fantastic shots of the snow in the mountains.
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Dit vejbillede er vildt godt. Jeg elsker den stemning der er i billedet 🙂 Jeg går og drømmer om at køre på den Gamle Strynefjeldsvej. Den ser også fantastisk ud på billeder,
Mange hilsner,
Hanna
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Stunning! So beautiful, it hurts.
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So beautiful.
Your countryside even looks lovely at night.
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Beautiful blue….. Very nice, Bente.
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Ich bin beeindruckt. Danke für die herrlichen Impressionen! Grüße zu dir.
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Looks like a beautiful drive along surrounded by that cool blueness Bente .
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Amazing blues. Bente. Love the second image. 🙂
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So beautiful. It must be a real challenge to keep the roads clear there in the winter.
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Fantastiska bilder som vanligt! Vilken bilresa!
Alt godt til dae! Klem!
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It must be quite a feeling to be in such a long tunnel like that!
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Amazing!
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SIMPLY EXQUISITE PICTURES!! Thank you very much for presenting such beauty for all to enjoy. Mari
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Love the dusky road in the headlights.
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I trust you didn’t really get the blues from these blue scenes, Bente.
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No, and if so it would have been gone now. Thanks for visiting, Steve.
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It’s always a pleasure to see your ways of depicting your country. Let’s hope someday I can see it in person and that someday you can see Texas in person.
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Yea, that would be interesting. I believe I know some of your texan plants by know, but not in their magnificient reality.
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I like very much for scenery blues. That should must be difficult photography, isn’t it? ( Cela a du être difficile de prendre des photos avec le peu de lumière, non?)
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It is the most difficult in a way. Usually you need a tripod, but I did them handheld with a lot of ISO. My camera is not so bad with Iso, but some I had to through away. Thanks for your comment, Lesouffleur.
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Those are superb photos! I wish I could get the hang of night-time photography but, unfortunately, I can’t 😦
Carol.
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The best thing is to use a tripod. I often don’t, so you need to keep the camera very firmly (hold your breath), use a lot of ISO… Thanks.
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Only trouble is, I don’t like to carry any more onto the hills than I already do. I know a lot of people use a rock or something to put their camera on…
Carol.
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I literally gasped when I saw the last photo of night highway. It slayed me!
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Thank you, Hattie. What can I say. 😉
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Fantastic photos!
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Thank you, Kasih.
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Very beautiful!
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Thank you.
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