Beautiful Stavanger & Eidfjord, Norway, in photos
From the archive. Published December 4, 2018. Details may have changed since.
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01 Stunning Voringsfossen is Norway’s most famous waterfall. It has a free fall of 475 feet and a total drop of 600 feet. © Special to Cruiseable -
02 Vøringsfossen waterfall is less than an hourlong bus ride from Eidfjord, Norway. © Special to Cruiseable -
03 Mountain goat atop the Hardangerviddahallen Restaurant at the Norsk Natursenter (Norse Nature Center) in Hardanger, Eidfjord, Norway. © Special to Cruiseable -
04 View of Pulpit Rock (Preikestolen), elevation 1,982 feet, seen from Lysefjord in western Norway in summer 2018. Tom Cruise shot scenes from “Mission Impossible: Fallout” there a few months earlier. © Special to Cruiseable -
05 Houses along Lysefjord near the west coast of Norway. © Special to Cruiseable -
06 Houses along the Lysefjord fjord near Stavanger in western Norway. © Special to Cruiseable -
07 Waterfall near Eidfjord, Norway. © Special to Cruiseable -
08 Viking Sea anchored in Lysefjord near Stavanger, Norway. © Special to Cruiseable -
09 A rock formation along Lysefjord near Stavanger, Norway. © Special to Cruiseable -
10 Mountain goats grazing on a hillside along the Lysefjord fjord near Stavanger in western Norway. © Special to Cruiseable -
11 Majestic Vøringsfossen waterfall is located in Måbødalen valley in Eidfjord, Norway. © Special to Cruiseable -
12 Hanging Falls seen on a tour up Lysefjord near Stavanger, Norway. © Special to Cruiseable
During our recent Scandinavia and Baltic cruise aboard Viking's ocean ship Viking Sun, the last three days of our voyage took us to the ports of Stavanger & Eidfjord along the western coast of Norway.
If you have the chance, a cruise to those scenic spots is both memorable and totally relaxing. The highlight for us was spectacular Vøringsfossen waterfall, which is not among Norway's top 20 longest waterfalls but is certainly its best known. Check out the photos above to see why.
Another cool destination was Lysefjord, a pretty fjord about an hour's boat ride from Stavanger. When we visited the highlight of the shore excursion, 1,982-foot-tall Pulpit Tall, several locals mentioned that Tom Cruise and company filmed scenes from “Mission Impossible: Fallout” there a few months earlier. Good movie, by the way!
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