{"id":677,"date":"2019-10-02T14:13:39","date_gmt":"2019-10-02T12:13:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nordnorge.com\/?post_type=artikler&p=1614"},"modified":"2025-09-01T11:22:09","modified_gmt":"2025-09-01T11:22:09","slug":"trollfjorden-is-a-dark-mirror-with-spikey-peaks","status":"publish","type":"artikler","link":"https:\/\/nordnorge.com\/en\/artikkel\/trollfjorden-is-a-dark-mirror-with-spikey-peaks\/","title":{"rendered":"Trollfjorden is a dark mirror with spikey peaks"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\t\t
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\n\t\t\t\tA dark, narrow sheet of water below jagged peaks and impenetrable mountain walls, only accessible from the sea. The Trollfjorden, in the southernmost part of Vester\u00e5len, is one of Norway’s magical highlights. \n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\n
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The Hurtigruten on its way out of Trollfjorden with perfect summer weather (c) Kristin Folsland Olsen<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Trollfjorden is only a small fjord<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

It may be only three kilometers long and 70 meters wide at the mouth, and Norway may have bigger, broader and deeper fjords than Trollfjorden, but if you measure the drama here per meter, there are few fjords that can compete! This is a channel that penetrates deep into the 1000 meter high Trolltindan, and finishes in a dead end in the dark and dramatic Raftsundet. The scenery here is terrifyingly imposing. At the deepest end of the fjord lie a couple of buildings belonging to a disused power station.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trollfjorden is beautiful in all lights and weather<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The midnight sun does not reach the dark green sheet of water, but in the summertime, the peaks way above are bathed in sunlight, while the ferry remains in shadow far below. A trip in the sea mist can make just as much of an impression, as the first thing that appears is a vast wall that comes into view on the starboard side. Then the peaks appear as if out of nowhere. On sailing back out, the only thing visible is a vast pyramid suspended at the stern. In the winter, the snow softens the harsh reverberation that comes from Europe’s oldest mountain.<\/p>\n\n\n\t

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