Norwegian Fjord & Glacier day excursion

The Fjaerlandsfjord & Glacier Day Excursion 2009

May 1 to September 30
The day (tour B) excursion is included in the following Norwegian Fjord round trips:

From/to

Destination/transport

Tour A
1.6-31.08

Tour B*
01.05-30.09

From

Balestrand pier, ferry dep.

08.05

12.00

Fjaerland pier

09.25

13.15

From

Fjaerland pier, connecting bus dep.

09.35

13.20

The Norwegian Glacier Museum**

09.40

13.25

From

The Norwegian Glacier Museum

11.00

14.30

Supphelle glacier

11.10

From

Supphelle glacier

11.30

Boya glacier

11.45

14.40

From

Boya glacier

12.55

15.20

Fjaerland pier

13.10

15.35

From

Fjaerland pier, ferry dep.

15.40

Balestrand pier

16.55

* Tour B is included in the above round trips

** Entrance fee included

Please note that there is no food available on the ferry. There is a cafeteria at the Glacier Museum and by Boyabreen glacier, and also in Fjaerland (tour A only)

Customer protection:

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General Information

"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 Boyabreen Glacier, @Fjord Travel Norway, Kristine Kvinge

The Boyabreen Glacier, @Fjord Travel Norway, Kristine Kvinge

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.

The Fjaerlandsfjord & Glacier Day Excursion 2009

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