Norway - Land of the Fjords 1

Ladies and gentlemen, we'll be passing through Lillehammer in a moment. You can see the ski jumping arena here briefly on the right. Straight ahead on the right. The ski jumping arena. Which one is in the center, so I can call and tell you which side I'm on. On the tour. Yes. And how do you say it in Norwegian? Thank you. It's very simple, it's just like this. There you go, you're very welcome. Yours. Goodbye. Have a good trip. Beer. That's OL. OL. Lille. Water. That's just water. Juice is juice. Juice. Juice means juice. Bread is. Bread. Ahead of us is Doverfjell National Park. Also a national park with peaks above 2000 meters above sea level. On the left, on the left we can see snow. This is, of course, this is Jotunheimen National Park. Here begins its headquarters. From where they were supposed to have a view over the road we're traveling on. This road was constantly attacked, and the people were, of course, robbed. Or eaten after being boiled and tarred. It was built so that from the center, from the country center, you could transport mainly timber. Timber down to the fjord, because the fjords were used simply as a means of transport. And from here it wasn't too expensive to transport that timber. That great waterfall is 320 meters, the Sijfossenfall. The one on the left is the ski jump throne. Right? Yeah. This is where we turn off. Okay, look. You can't see anything from up top. It's clear, from places like this, right? No. It's free now, nothing coming. I think that's a turn off. Nothing's coming. Nothing. Same kind of thing here. Oh, there's that waterfall. 300 meters high. Oh, camper coming, watch out. There's a camper behind us, I mean one coming down too. But he stopped up there. He's parked there. Oh. He stopped up there. All right, we can go. I don't know what's taking so long. There's no one behind us. What happened? Down, down, down. All the way to the beautiful Grangerfjord. Eagle Road. At five o'clock. Ferry. That will take us along then. Grangerfjord. To Ålesund. A pleasant atmosphere on the ferry, of course. We're approaching Nørrengsfjord. A fjord nearly eight kilometers long. The second longest fjord. In Norway. Storfjorden. Storfjorden itself. Which begins at Ålesund. From Døpen to Ålesund. A fjord listed as a UNESCO World Biosphere Reserve. A branch of Storfjorden, 16 kilometers long. On your right, the road winds along here. As you can see, the water level has dropped. The local road isn't the safest, plenty of sharp curves. Because avalanches come down sometimes. A dozen or so years ago, a very dangerous avalanche came down here. Once Stanislav, and he never made it back. Jesus, what are they doing? Ladies and gentlemen, the day is rising, beautiful weather. Down below, the little ship we sailed on yesterday. And we'll keep driving through this paradise scenery. Summer means around 20 degrees. Plenty of sunny days, a pleasant breeze. Mid-August to mid-September. You could compare it to a Polish summer. Bloom season, April, May. October, quite a bit of rain, fairly chilly, temperatures below 10 degrees. And in winter, I won't hide it, winter is the opposite of all this. The sun rises around 10 in the morning and sets at 3, and it's pitch black night. Half wild-caught, half farm-raised, salmon, that is. This is, after all, Norway's renowned salmon. In 2030, the oil reserves discovered in 1968 will run out. While the natural gas reserves from similar deposits will run out 20 years later. Well, ladies and gentlemen, we're turning back toward the hotel now. We won't be going any farther. As you can see, or rather, as we can't see, there really aren't any factories anywhere in Norway. Norwegian factories are small, employing up to 500 people, and located as close as possible to residential areas. That's why Norway also generates energy using special wave power plants along the western coast, harnessing the warmth of the Gulf Stream. In addition, Norway is rapidly developing renewable energy from wind, geothermal sources, and solar power. Norway is a socialist country. Maybe socialist is too strong, but it certainly has elements of socialism. There's no lake there, probably. On the right, you can see a beautiful lake, beautiful clouds, and a beautiful landscape. A stunning landscape, perfect for taking beautiful photos. And on the left, enormous jagged mountain peaks. Here, in this valley, about 20,000 years ago. As we mentioned earlier, there was a huge ice sheet. We're turning left now, but this is the second road. The glacier was quite small. We'll be walking up to the glacier. Every so often, you'll see signs like this. Ladies and gentlemen, on the left, just ahead at the top. We should see the chapel of the entire glacier. One of the in-between ones. You can see the glacier, because the glacier arms between the clouds on the left side. And the next one, which you can now see through the front window, will soon be visible through the left window. That's our one, the one I used to drive to, Brixtol's Breen. Also of course at the top, practically on the left side. There's a waterfall, you can see it, and here's what you can see. Does it freeze in winter? On the left side? Yes, the lakes generally freeze over. Waterfalls on the right. On the left as well. And ahead of us we see only a dozen or so more waterfalls. Nice and smooth, no potholes. As for road and rail infrastructure. Tunnels, bridges. They were built in the first stage after the discovery of oil. Or rather in the year 1082. It just keeps going.