Wolfgang Praegler & Gudrun Mirbach-Praegler
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Tours to Norway 1978 and 1988
These photos show some places of our first tours to Norway: The   Vigeland   Sculpture   Park   in   Oslo,   showing   sculptures   of   the   sculptor   Gustav   Vigeland,   the   peninsular   Bygdøy   with   its museums, Bergen, the Geiranger Fjord, and the Lofoten Islands with a village holding the shortest name of the world
With the caravan of our friends Reinhard and Brigitte we start our tour to Norway In the Vigeland Sculpture Park in Oslo, we can see 212 bronze and stone statues Monumental statues in the Vigeland Sculpture Park Bygdøy: The mighty reinforced oak bow of the „Fram“, with which Fridtjof Nansen started his polar explorations in the year of 1893 Bygdøy: With this papyrus boat, Thor Heyerdahl crossed the Atlantic Ocean from Africa to America in the year of 1969 Bygdøy: With this raft „Kon Tiki“, Thor Heyerdahl crossed the Pacific Ocean from South America to Polynesia in the year of 1947 Bygdøy: This is an ancient Norwegian Stave Church Bygdøy: Inside an old Norwegian Stave Church Bygdøy: Pretty woodcarving in the Stave Church A traditional Norwegian dress A traditional Norwegian dress The Tyskebryggen, a hanseatic heritage in Bergen Geiranger village and the Geiranger Fjord Lars Vinje, the owner of the Geiranger camp ground, plays up The famous Seven Sisters Waterfall in the Geiranger Fjord With the motorboat of Lars Vinje we start towards the Seven Sisters Waterfall The Seven Sisters Waterfall Now we are at the foot of the waterfall Winding roads leading up and down the fjords On the Lofoten archipelago, we see the village with the shortest name of the world On the Lofoten archipelago, we see codfish drying The Seven Sisters Waterfall 1978: The tiny fishing village Nusfjord on the Lofoten islands The sun is shining even at midnight on the Lofoten islands A mighty layer of ice covers the glacier Jostedalsbreen in 1978