Comments on: Hardangerfjord: Exploring Norway’s Fjord of Fruits and Festivals /hardangerfjord/ All Things Norway, In English Sat, 20 Sep 2025 15:20:38 +0000 hourly 1 By: Erle /hardangerfjord/#comment-717378 Fri, 09 Aug 2019 10:17:11 +0000 /?p=27480#comment-717378 In reply to Jenn.

I absolutely agree with you that is much more to odda than being the staring point of trolltunga. The town has a an interesting history of being a hot spot for tourists in the late 1800 hundreds and early 1900. For example emperor Wilhelm 2 of Germany often stayed in odda for seeing the nature. He has his own rock by Låtefoss. Odda was also a very important industrial town. The neighbouring town Tyssedal have a industry museum where they show how the electricity was made by water power and how the two towns where created in the wake of this. You have a big lot where a factory was in the middle of odda where you can walk around. And also it’s lots of hikes around the area which is not trolltunga. You have the glacier and the fjord. I absolutely agree with you that is much more to odda than being the staring point of trolltunga. The town has a an interesting history of being a hot spot for tourists in the late 1800 hundreds and early 1900. For example emperor Wilhelm 2 of Germany often stayed in odda for seeing the nature. He has his own rock by Låtefoss. Odda was also a very important industrial town. The neighbouring town Tyssedal have a industry museum where they show how the electricity was made by water power and how the two towns where created in the wake of this. You have a big lot where a factory was in the middle of odda where you can walk around. And also it’s lots of hikes around the area which is not trolltunga. You have the glacier and the fjord.

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By: Jenn /hardangerfjord/#comment-716747 Thu, 25 Jul 2019 07:21:54 +0000 /?p=27480#comment-716747 I’m surprised there’s no mention of Ulvik in this, which is known for the cider farms and is called the pearl of the Hardanger. Ulvik was home to the famous poet, Olav H. Hauge, and the writer/artist/hiker, Catharine H. Kølle (many of her things are housed in the University Museum of Bergen). In addition to the cider farms (and, of course, Brakenes Hotel), there are many hikes in Ulvik, an old church with hand-painted walls and altarpieces, the Olav H. Hauge Center, a swimming area, an old schoolhouse that was left standing during the war because it was believed to be a church, the old mill (dismantled from Bergen, shipped and put back together in working order), and a great tourist office with locally-made wares. There’s also Osa with the gallery, hiking, and Cafe, as well as Finse (aka Hoth for nerdy people) with a great glacier and even more hikes.

I’d also like to point out that Odda is more than just a starting point for Trolltunga.

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