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Jotunheimen and the Besseggen Ridge

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Jotunheimen and the Besseggen Ridge
Photo: Edoderoo, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Jotunheimen, 'home of the giants', is Norway's great mountain national park, with the country's highest peaks, including Galdhøpiggen (2,469 m). The Besseggen ridge walk is the most famous in Norway: a narrow ridge between the deep blue Lake Gjende and the green Bessvatnet.


Take the boat from Gjendesheim to Memurubu and walk back over the ridge, about 14 km and 6 to 8 hours. The season is mid-June to September. The Sognefjellet road through the park is spectacular.

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