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Southern Norway
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Why Go?
Norway's southern coastline has always drawn Norwegian tourists in summer droves, and
with beautiful coastal villages all dressed in white looking out across an island-studded sea
it's not difficult to see why. The coast also offers a chance to see a totally different kind of
Norway from that of the fjords and high plateaus of the tourist brochures.
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The place we love above all others in the region's interior is Rjukan, gateway to some of
Norway's most scenic high country - the Hardangervidda National Park and the spectac-
ularly formed mountain of Gausta. Elsewhere, scattered among a landscape smothered in
forest and decorated in dark lakes filled with beavers, you'll discover idyllic little villages,
wooden stave churches and a rich traditional culture.