Geiranger.. the most famous tourist town in Norway

Written By إسماعيل قاسمي on 2016/07/19

This article was written originally in Arabic and is translated using a 3rd party automated service. ArabiaWeather is not responsible for any grammatical errors whatsoever.

Arabiaweather.com - Ismail Qasimi - It is true that Oslo, the capital of Norway , is one of the most important reasons for traveling to Norway, as it is one of the most wonderful and charming European cities, but you will inevitably leave the city to go to the beautiful Norwegian nature , between mountains, fjords, lakes, waterfalls and coasts, and among these places there The charming town of Geiranger.

The town of Geiranger is located southeast of the city of Ålesund. This city is on the west coast in central Norway. It can be reached by flights from Oslo or from London, and then go to Geiranger, which is two and a half hours away by car. There are also cruise trips through rivers and fjords.

Geiranger is one of the most famous tourist towns in Norway, and it is one of the towns of the traditional Sonmorh region, of which Ålesund is the capital.

The country includes the third largest port for cruise trips in Norway, so that hundreds of thousands of tourists arrive in the tourist season, and in 2012, for example, the number of cruise passengers coming to the town of Geiranger reached about 300 thousand tourist travelers.

Although the number of permanent residents of the town does not exceed 300 people, most of their work is in tourism, the number of residents in the summer reaches a few thousand, distributed between 5 hotels and dozens of camps and houses that may also open their doors to tourists.

Geiranger's fame has increased even more since last year 2015 after the production of the Norwegian disaster film "The Wave", the theme of which is a tsunami that threatens the town and many surrounding places in the Norwegian fjords.

The period between late May until early September is the preferred season for visiting the town, and it is the same as the best time to visit Norway in general.

This article was written originally in Arabic and is translated using a 3rd party automated service. ArabiaWeather is not responsible for any grammatical errors whatsoever.


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