You know, there’re two most
popular waterfalls in the Geirangerfjord, which’re Seven Sisters and the Suitor.
Most of the inhabitants are engaged with tourism and the area populations are
around 240 in Geiranger. The area is widespread tourist spot, and more than
700,000 visitors pay the visit every year. The surrounded village is cover by
steep mountains on either side of the fjord that made one of great tourist
destination.
In Geiranger a comfortable
sightseeing boat takes you a fjord cruise in one and half hour, bringing you
close to the cascading waterfalls, tall mountains, and abandoned mountain
farms. Moreover the fjord has several stunning waterfalls, but most prominent
waterfall is Geirangerfjord are De Syv Søstre(the seven sisters) and Friaren
(the suitor or 'the Wooer'). But make sure, two beautiful waterfalls facing each
other across the fjord, and the suitor is opposite to seven sisters. However;
Seven Sisters are famous as Knivsflåfossen is the 39th tallest waterfall in
Norway. The impressive waterfall consists of seven separate streams, and it is situated
along the Geirangerfjord in the municipality of Stranda in Møre og Romsdal
county, Norway. Geirangerfjord is recognized as the real jewel of the Norwegian
fjords, with its characteristic “S” shape, high waterfalls and uninhibited mountain
farms, the fjord landscape unspoiled and beautiful nature and cultural experiences
the whole year round.
The waterfall is located just
south of the historic Knivsflå farm, across the fjord from the old Skageflå
farm. The falls are about 6.5 kilometers west of the village of Geiranger.
However the tallest of the seven has a free fall that measures 820 feet.
Although the legend of the seven sisters is that they dance playfully down the
mountain, while a single waterfall opposite the seven sisters very much famous as
the Courter, or Suitor, a male onlooker flirts playfully from across the fjord.
It is a enchanted landscape with
its imposing, snow-covered mountain tops, wild and lovely waterfalls, lush
green vegetation and the deep, blue fjord,. In Norwegian, 'The Suitor' is Friaren"
awesome side view of this famous, foaming waterfall, as plunges into the fjord
from the piercing peaks, of the steepest and most outrageous mountains on the whole
west coast, wetting the pictorial small tour boat at the fall base. The magnificent
view of the fjord, actually a UNESCO's World Heritage site, that hosts a few
very inspiring waterfalls, will be forever burned into your memory.
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