High and Horrific Preikestolen Cliff, Norway makes Viewers Scream - what is memorable about Norway?

Flag of Norway.

Map of Norway and Europe.

Norway, land of the midnight sun, as the name suggests is north, in the north of Europe, north of the UK. Norway, Norwegians, people from the north.

The main attraction in Norway is the stunning scenery. Lots of daylight allowing you to explore the scenery in the Land of the midnight sun.

Photo by pajdaCZ in Wikipedia.

From the right, you can see that that everybody is standing or sitting on a rock which has more than one crack! 

The rock is called pulpit or priest's standing point. Think of priest, but spelled with an e or ei.

Water, water everywhere. Long sea coast. Fish and fishballs are favourite foods.

In the UK venison can be expensive. However, do indulge in the local food. In Scandinavian countries, if you order steak instead of the local dish, you may be costing your hosts more. (I made this mistake in Finland on a travel press trip.)

In addition to fish, inland you find animals.

In the north, polar bears.

Everywhere, four-legged friends. Not so friendly when on the road. Hence the warning signs. Watch out!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Preikestolen#/media/File:Ps_nov_2018.jpg 

An arresting photo of Preikstolen is making the rounds on Facebook. The picture shown is the one which shows a crowd of tourists on top and reveals the crack down one side, not apparent from where they are standing. Naturally, this attracts lots of comments, such as, 

"No, I wouldn't." 

"Not me." 

"Not in a thousand years!"

I typed the name into google to seek Wikipedia and check it out. I discovered the name is spelled stolen, not like the German cake, stollen. You can also leave ut the i in the first syllable.

Norway's Capital, Oslo, Sweden and Denmark

I then researched Norway. Capital Oslo. How do I remember that the capital of Norway is Oslo, the capital of Sweden is Stockholm, and the capital of Denmark is Copenhagen? Easy, once you set your mind to it.

Norway and Oslo have the letter o.

So does Stockholm but we can eliminate Sweden and Stockholm which both start with the letter S. 

What about Denmark and Copenhagen? DC as in Washington DC. 

Norway has fijords, like fords, over water. Norway and Oslo. High cliffs and low water below.

When I visit a country, I usually fly into the capital and spend a couple days there before going off to a conference or business meeting or countrywide tour or regional hiking holiday. So, whetever type of visit I was planning, I would arrive in the capital, Oslo. What is in Oslo to see?

Oslo's Most Memorable Museums, Art and Attractions: Art, Vikings and More (alphabetically)

In order of memorability, I would agree with Wikipedia and list them that way, and put 

1 Munch's Museums and The Scream first.

Then 

2 Vigeland, on to the 

3 Nobel prize museum and then 

4 Kontiki. However for ease of compiling and reading back later I am listing attractions, galleries and museums alphabetically.

Alphabetical Art, Attractions, Galleries and Museums in Oslo

1 Kontiki

2 Munch Museum featuring The Scream.

3 Nobel Prize Museum

4 Vigeland sculpture park

5 Vikings

 Summary For Admirers & Visitors

To sum up, what is great about Norway? The country has stunning scenery which you can admire on the internet. Norway once sent victorious Vikings, more recently gave the world the peace prize. Now the coutnry sends us smoked salmon, and when you get to visit it, no need to tip. 

Useful Websites

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Preikestolen#/media/File:Ps_nov_2018.jpg 

Practical and realistic warnings about glaciers, tickes and treacherous waters, from:

https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Norway

About the Author

Angela Lansbury, travel writer and photographer, author of 20 books and speaker.