Nothing more I can say really, especially when we’re told there are countless more Norwegian fjords which are just as spectacular.
Words aren’t adequate. Pictures aren’t either, but here are some of our best from a wonderful day.
In Synnylvsfjord, en route Geirangerfjord
Somehow, we don’t associate Norway with tsunamis, but this wonderful coastline is amongst the most susceptible in the world. This seemingly unremarkable mountainside at Akernes along Synnylvsfjord, en route Geirangerfjord, bristles with sensors that keep constant watch for slippage that may portend a rock avalanche and subsequent fjord tsunami. It has the dubious distinction of being the most monitored mountainside in the world. There are many such monitoring sites on susceptible slopes throughout Norway’s Fjordland. Should this particular slope at Akernes collapse, it will send up to 50-100 million cu metres of rock into the narrow, deep fjord below, creating a tsunami over 60m high racing down the fjords.
A fuzzy photo of the same mountainside with the camera on full zoom showing the monitoring station and sensors bristling everywhere. In 1934, in nearby Tafjord, a rock avalanche dropped 2 million cubic metres of rockface 700 metres into the fjord below, creating a 62 metre tsunami that killed 40 people. It could – and will – happen again somewhere in Norway’s Fjordland, with an estimated 72 hours warning from the monitoring stations. All the glorious beauty of a fjord will be destroyed within minutes.
Knivsflafossen (Seven Sisters) and Ljosurdfossen waterfalls, Geirangerfjord
Europe 2019 
Spectacular
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A feast for the eyes ! Just lovely.
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