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Equally scenic is the spectacular ferry cruise (adult/child single Nkr240/130, return
Nkr370/190, 2¼ hours) that runs twice daily between Valldal and Geiranger from mid-
June to mid-August.
Tafjord
In 1934 an enormous chunk of rock 400m high and 22m long - in all, a whopping 8 milli-
on cubic metres - broke loose from the hillside. It crashed into Korsnæsfjord and created a
64m-high tidal wave that washed up to 700m inland and claimed 40 lives in Fjørra and
Tafjord.
Sights
Tafjord Power Station Museum
MUSEUM
(Kraft og skredsenter; 70 17 56 00;
www.tafjord.net/museum
; adult/children Nkr100/60;
noon-5pm mid-Jun-early Aug)
Within this historic, now-defunct, power station, exhibitions detail the advent of hydro-
electric power in the valley, rock slides and avalanches. A long tube slide and indoor
climbing wall make it extra fun for kids.
It's also worth taking the road that climbs from the village up to the Zakarias reservoir;
after it passes through a bizarre corkscrew tunnel, a couple of kilometres higher up there is
a short walking route that drops to the crumbling bridge at the dam's narrow base, where
you feel at close range the stresses this 96m-high structure has to tolerate.
Geiranger
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Scattered cliffside farms, most long abandoned, still cling to the towering, near-sheer walls
of twisting, 20km-long emerald-green Geirangerfjord, a Unesco World Heritage Site.
Waterfalls - the Seven Sisters, the Suitor, the Bridal Veil and more - sluice and tumble.
The one-hour scenic ferry trip along its length between Geiranger and Hellesylt is as much
mini-cruise as means of transport - take it even if you've no particular reason to get to the
other end.
