Balestrand to Flam
The Dragsvik Fjordhotel the morning after our arrival. It was bright and sunny with rain showers just clearing out.
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Tjugum Church , a short walk from our hotel and just across the water from Balestrand.
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Balestrand with mist, clouds and sunshine as seen from Dragsvik.
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A boathouse and house in Balestrand.
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Villa Strandheim is the most impressive house in Balestrand, built in 1893 in Norwegian Dragon Style.
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Villa Strandheim is the most impressive house in Balestrand, built in 1893 in Norwegian Dragon Style.
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Villa Strandheim is the most impressive house in Balestrand, built in 1893 in Norwegian Dragon Style.
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Viking burial mound in Balestrand.
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Saint Olaf's Church
This church built in a stave church style was completed in 1897. It belongs to the Church of England and is under the spiritual administration of the Bishop of Gibraltar who is in charge of all Anglican churches on the European mainland. The church was erected in memory of Margaret Sophie Green Kvikne - a vicar's daughter from Yorkshire, England - who came to Norway as a mountaineering pioneer. She married Knut Kvikne. It was said that she never felt at ease with the Lutheran rituals in Norwegian churches. She died in 1894, but at her death bed, Knut promised her to build an Anglican church. The church building was completed in three years.
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The ship-like structure of St Olaf's Church.
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A grand house in Balestrand.
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Some scenery on the ferry ride to Flam.
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A dramatic sky over Sognefjord.
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Passing the village of Undredal on the way to Flam.
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A brief stop in Aurlandsvangen on the way to Flam.
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The cruise ship MSC Sinfonia at the dock in Flam as we arrive.
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