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Southern Norway - Part 3 Southern Norway is a region that is ideal for vacation trips, which usually only last two to four weeks at most. Of course, when you hear the word Norway, you think of the North Cape and the Lofoten Islands, but you have to travel quite a long way to get there. We were not traveling during the peak travel season, but from May to mid-June 2023. In midsummer or during the Norwegians' peak travel season (around mid-June to mid-August), the roads, campsites and parking spaces in southern Norway are of course fuller. Everything was still very relaxed for us, but some sights were still closed or were being built, renovated or were generally not open at this time of year. In the first part of our trip, after crossing from Hirtshals to Kristiansand, we explored the coastal region west of Kristiansand, including the South Cape (Lindesnes Fyr). In the second part, we were traveling in the southwestern corner of Norway. We drove the southernmost of Norway's 18 scenic routes: Jæren (also known as the North Sea Road). It runs from Flekkefjord to just before Stavanger. In this third part, we are on three different scenic routes (Ryfylke, Hardanger, Hardangervidda). Our journey takes us to the still snow-covered plateaus, over fjords and past lakes and waterfalls, until our round trip ends just before the city of Bergen. In the fourth part, we visit Norway's second largest city and drive on to the Sognefjord, Norway's longest and deepest fjord at over 200 km. We look forward to your company! Camera equipment: GoPro Hero 9 and 11 INSTA360 ONE RS 1-inch 360° Panasonic Lumix G9 Panasonic Lumix GH6 Panasonic Lumix LX 100II OM System OM-1 Produced in 4K Music: Michael Donner (licensed)