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Norddalsfjord, its agricultural surrounds lay claim to being Europe's northernmost orchar-
ds. Here apples, pears and even cherries thrive and you'll find strawberries in profusion,
commemorated in an annual
Strawberry Festival
, usually on the last weekend in July.
Activities
Valldal Naturopplevingar
WATER SPORTS
(
www.valldal.no
)
From Valldal you can experience a four-hour white-water rush (Nkr790) down the
Valldøla River or gentler standup paddleboarding (Nkr590). This outfit's headquarters is
200m from the tourist office. It also offers kayak hire and a variety of other outdoor activ-
ities such as wilderness camping and, in winter, moonlight ski trips.
Sleeping & Eating
Fjellro Turisthotell
HOTEL
(
70 25 75 13;
www.fjellro.no
;
Syltegata; s/d incl breakfast Nkr785/1180;
May-Sep, cafe-restaur-
ant 7-10pm)
At cheerful 'Mountain Peace', just near Valldal's church, the welcome is warm and rooms
nicely cared for. There's a cafe-restaurant here, too, that specialises in fish, and a pub on
the ground floor, open at weekends. At the rear is a tranquil garden with a small play-
ground for children.
Juvet Landscape Hotel
DESIGN HOTEL
(
www.juvet.com
;
Alstad; cabins per person Nkr1450; Mar-Sep; )
One of Norway's most exclusive hotels, this remote hideaway combines brave contempor-
ary architecture with a setting so compelling it seems mythological. Forget traditional no-
tions of luxury, instead you have the reinvented cabin, with sublimely simple interiors of
dark wood. These allow the landscape outside to glow summer green or winter white
through cinematic floor to ceiling windows, eclipsing all else.
Breakfasts and evening meals (Nkr500 per person) take place around a long communal
table in the rustic, reimagined barn, with local produce such as venison, reindeer, wild sal-
