As I mentioned in the post before this one. Geiranger is a small town of 250 residents. But because of the influx of all the tourists in the summer (up to 700,000!) it has it’s own bakery, chocolate factory, cheese production and a brewery. It also has small electric “matchbox” vehicles for rent and a Tesla taxi.
2 people can fit in this little vehicle but I saw one go by with 3 in it! And these things compete with all of the buses and camper mini-vans that travel the winding roads here.
I was reading about the history of this area and came across some information on the possibility of a tsunami here. Below is what I found:
“All residents around the Great Fjord in western Norway are aware of the danger coming from the mountains. Storfjorden is one of the most beautiful fjords in Norway. On average 700.000 tourists flock to see this breathtaking fjord, many traveling by cruise ship. However few tourists know that this is the world’s most monitored mountain.
The 900 meter high Åknesfjället looks like a very ordinary mountain. But along the mountain side runs a 700 meters long and up to 30 meters wide crack, each year growing larger by up to 15 centimeters.This crack makes the mountain so unstable that the whole mountainside sooner or later will plunge into the fjord. When the 900 meters mountain section slides down into the 320 meter deep fjord will slide 150 million tons of rock, triggering tsunami wave up to 80 meters high.
Several communities will be completely destroyed. First affected by the disaster will be the village of Hellesylt with more than 250 residents. Six minutes after the landslide sweeps, the industrial town of Stranda will be affected, and after ten minutes the wave will destroy completely the famous tourist resort of Geiranger where many cruise ships arrive during the summer months.”
Who would have even imagined that this could happen. And how did they discover it?
My hotel and the surrounding area.
Beer from the local brewery and very good. They have won many awards. As has the cheese factory.
Now that’s what I call a hamburger!
Waterfall behind hotel.
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Beautiful 🙂
Thank you. It is an amazing area!