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The Hardangerfjord (English: Hardanger Fjord) [1] [2] [3] is the fifth longest fjord in the world, and the second longest fjord in Norway. [4] It is located in Vestland county in the Hardanger region. The fjord stretches 179 kilometres (111 mi) from the Atlantic Ocean into the mountainous interior of Norway along the Hardangervidda plateau.
Hardanger is a traditional district in the western part of Norway, dominated by the Hardangerfjord and its inner branches of the Sørfjorden and the Eid Fjord.It consists of the municipalities of Ullensvang, Eidfjord, Ulvik and Kvam, and is located inside the county of Vestland.
Bridal Procession on the Hardanger (Norwegian: Brudeferd i Hardanger) is an 1848 oil painting by Hans Gude and Adolph Tidemand. [1] [2] Gude, aged just 23, painted the landscapes and Tidemand, a decade his senior, the bridal party.
The deck height means that the largest cruise ships cannot reach the inner Hardangerfjord any more. The traffic predicted for the bridge was estimated to be 2000 vehicles per day. [6] The opening of the bridge took place on 17 August 2013. The main span is one of the longest suspension bridge spans in the world. [7]
Women in Hardangerbunad bridal costumes. Hardangerbunad is a collective term for bunads from the villages in the traditional district of Hardanger, Norway, with various local varieties.
Name of fjord Length (km/mi) County Municipality Coordinates Adventfjorden: 4 km (2.5 mi) Svalbard: Spitsbergen: Altafjorden: 38 km (24 mi) Finnmark: Alta Municipality
The Osa Fjord [1] [2] (Norwegian: Osafjorden) is a branch of the Eid Fjord and the Hardanger Fjord fully located within the municipality of Ulvik in Vestland county, Norway. [3] The fjord is 13 kilometres (8.1 mi) long, [ 3 ] with a maximum depth of 302 metres (991 ft) at its mouth, [ 3 ] and it runs northeast from its mouth between Bruravik ...
Eidfjord village sits on the eid or isthmus between Eidfjordvatnet lake and Eidfjorden branch of Hardangerfjord. [48] Nordfjordeid is the isthmus with a village between Hornindalsvatnet lake and Nordfjord. [49] [50] Such lakes are also denoted fjord valley lakes by geologists. [51]