Hardangar, “queen of the fjords” is close to Bergen. We decided to spend time there to check it out for a couple of days.

We drove out of Bergen about 3pm. A taster along the way …

… through pretty villages and past churches like this …

… we reached the fjord at Mundheim …

and drove along the shore for miles …

… to the town of Norheimsund …

… we drove on, but it was getting late. We needed to find a hotel to stay at. “Let’s jump on this ferry at Kvanndal and try out the old hotel over there somewhere!”

We ferried into the village of Utne …

… and found this hotel built in 1722 …

… one of their sheds! …

Next morning we explored the village …

… hmmm, what’s the weather going to do???

Then on the road again …

This is serious orchard country …

… and these were just too good to be true!

Through towns and villages, and past waterfalls … endless photo opportunites …

… and then to the very new engineering marvel – the Hardangar Bridge …

and it’s associated tunnels. This one 7.8k long …

… complete with a roundabout at a road junction inside the mountain!

We drove a long loop to Grandvin where a lake feeds down to the fjord. This was our only short break of sunshine … and there was not a breath of wind …

… figure this one out!

Then up a farming valley …

A quiet winding road …

… and this waterfall – Skjervsfossen

Over the mountains to Ulvik …

… and back to the main fjord and home for the night in Eidfjord