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Norway from page 10 the fjord capital and home of composer Edvard Grieg, never sets at the Cape; instead it forms an orange ball
as well as the Storfjord fjord, which is found in an area on the horizon at midnight. It is from this event that the
tradition. From the early Vikings who found Scotland, of glaciers, lakes and waterfalls. The Storfjord has many Cape gets its name, “Land of the Midnight Sun.”
Iceland and the rest of Europe easier to reach than their arms penetrating deep into the land, and ends in the quiet The Laplanders, with their unique heavily embroidered
own southeast area around Oslo, to the modern traveler calm of Geiranger, one of the most picturesque spots in four corner hats, inhabit the northern part of Norway.
choosing a ship as the most comfortable way to travel all of Norway. These hearty people track their reindeer herds across
this magnificent coastline, the sea provides the link. The The North Cape, in Finnmark, is popularly known as the four countries and pay little attention to territorial
fjords begin at Stavanger in the south and stretch north northernmost point of Europe. Tourism started here about boundaries. The Lapps, or Sami people as they prefer to
to Hardanger. Along the way they encompass Bergen, 120 years ago with the visit of King Oscar II in 1873, and call themselves, trace their heritage back more than 8,000
Thomas Cook arranged years. There are approximately 40,000 of these people
the first organized tour in all with about half of them to be found in Norway.
for 24 Englishmen in Because of their self-imposed isolation and lifestyle, they
1875. However, it wasn’t have been able to conserve their rich culture and many
until 1956 that a road unique traditions, such as the Sami language.
was built from the port of Less than a century ago, the Lapps imported reindeer
Honningsvag to the Cape, from the mainland to Mageroya, the island off the North
some 20 miles north. Cape. The animals now graze openly on the sparse
Before the road, visitors vegetation, and seem to be the only life on the barren
came by ship and scaled rock with the exception of tourists. The North Cape is
a path up the sheared face marked by a visitor’s center as well as a globe-shaped
The Parliament of Norway Building, in Oslo, is the seat for the supreme legislature of Norway, of the Cape. During the location marker and two unique sculptural works.
also known as the Storting. It was designed by Swedish architect Emil Victor Langlet. summer months the sun One of these pieces is called Children of the World –
this work by Eva Rybakken features the sculpture of a
mother and child facing north as the child points to seven
bronze and stone wheel-like disks. These disks were
Discover the sculpted by children from seven different lands, aged
between 8 and 12, who visited the Cape in 1988. They
depict Norway as seen through the eyes of a child.
Oxbridge Advantage On the other end of the nation is the business center and
capital of Oslo. Its skyline is dominated by the City Hall
at the end of the harbor. The building’s interior walls are
covered with murals and it even contains an art collection.
The main travel axis of the city runs parallel to the end
of the harbor and behind the City Hall, with the Royal
Palace on one end and the Parliament building on the
other. Numerous museums proudly display the Norwegian
history from before the time of the Vikings to the present.
There is even a “Resistance” museum that houses the
relics of the Norwegian resistance movement during
World War II, when the country was occupied by the
Germans. The city has built a heritage museum in a large
parklike setting that also boasts various period structures
from all over Norway, which have been dismantled and
reassembled on the site.
*Source for population of Norway is CIA World
Factbook (July 2020 estimate)
Don Kiselewski writes from his personal experiences,
having traveled in 122 countries and cruised the oceans,
seas and rivers of the world. Palm Beach Gardens Travel
Leaders, his family owned and operated agency, is
located at Mirasol Town Square, 11360 North Jog Road,
Building A, Suite 102-6, Palm Beach Gardens. The agency
has been serving the travel needs of the South Florida
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