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The
Fjaerlandsfjord & Glacier Day Excursion 2009
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Tour A 1.6-31.08 |
Tour B* 01.05-30.09 |
| From | Balestrand pier, ferry dep. | 08.05 | 12.00 |
| To | Fjaerland pier | 09.25 | 13.15 |
| From | Fjaerland pier, connecting bus dep. | 09.35 | 13.20 |
| To | The Norwegian Glacier Museum** | 09.40 | 13.25 |
| From | The Norwegian Glacier Museum | 11.00 | 14.30 |
| To | Supphelle glacier | 11.10 | - |
| From | Supphelle glacier | 11.30 | - |
| To | Boya glacier | 11.45 | 14.40 |
| From | Boya glacier | 12.55 | 15.20 |
| To | Fjaerland pier | 13.10 | 15.35 |
| From | Fjaerland pier, ferry dep. | 15.40 | 15.40 |
| To | Balestrand pier | 16.55 | 16.55 |
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* Tour B is included in the above round trips ** Entrance fee included |
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"Fjærland" is the district surrounding
Fjaerlandfjord, a
branch of Sognefjord. Fjærland has 300 inhabitants, and is part of
Sogndal municipality. The area has been settled since the Viking
Age. The size of the population has varied over the years. Large
scale emigration to America took place at the turn of the century.
The centre in Fjærland is Mundal, about 3 km from the main road
down the fjord. Mundal centre includes school, church and tourist
information, as well as shops, hotels and other services. The church
is from 1861, rebuilt in 1931. It is open to the public. In Mundal
you will also find several bookshops, this being the eighth booktown
in Europe and the first in Scandinavia since 1996.
The Norwegian Booktown consists of 12 second-hand bookshops in Fjærland,
together offering almost every category of literature. The Booktown
has office hours from 10 am to 6 pm every day from the middle of May
to the beginning of September. Between April and October, groups are
welcome to visit the Booktown upon further arrangement. You can
order books all year.
The landscape in Fjærland has been shaped by glaciers through
successive ice ages during the last 2,5 to 3 million years. Towering
mountains and U-shaped valleys surround large delta areas which
results from the accumulation of sediment supplied by the glacier
rivers. The glaciers Boyabreen and Supphellebreen come down to the
valley floor in Fjærland. These are branches of Jostedalsbreen -
the largest glacier on the European continent (487 km²). The ice
falls of the glaciers move about 2 meters per day - they are among
the fastest in Norway. The lower Supphellebreen , at an elevation of
60 m, is the lowest lying glacier in Southern Norway. Parts of Fjærland
lie within Jostedalsbreen National Park. The national park covers
1230 km² and is characterized by great variation within short
distances, from fjords and lowland, to mountains and glaciers.
The cultural landscape in the valleys below the glacier tells about early settlements. Jostedalsbreen has been in use as a transport route for several hundred years. One of the most popular routes at the southern part of Jostedalsbreen is between Lunde and Fjærland, crossing Marabreen.
The Boyaoyri estuary at the head of the fjord is a protected nature reserve, due to its part in bird migration during the spring and autumn. 90 species have been observed and approximately 50 species nest in the area.
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