We traveled from Myrdal to Flam on the Flam railway. This electric train descends from Myrdal at a gradient of 1:18 making it one of the steepest descents in the world (for a train). The train travels 12 miles through many tunnels stopping occasionally for passengers to photograph the spectacular views. The ride takes ~50 minutes.
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The Flam train makes one 10 minute stop where it allows its passengers to disembark and take photos of this beautiful waterfall.
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We spent three days in Flam. We stayed at the Fretheim Hotel. The hotel has a nice view of the fjord. We traveled the fjords on the Fjord1 cruise boat, which is seen in the background.
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View of the Aurlandfjord from Flam
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We noticed that a few Norwegian houses in the countryside have grass growing on their roofs maybe because it provides good isolation against the cold.
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We spotted several sheep in nearby farms.
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On one of our many walks we stopped to pose for a picture with a nice view of the Sognefjord in the back.
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We took a cruise through the Sognefjord. The boat has multiple levels and Julio, Lonnie and Renee posed while Jim took the picture in the cafeteria.
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The Sognefjord is one of Europe's longest and deepest fjords. We visited two of its fingers: the Naeroyfjord and the Aurlandfjord.
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