The Eid Fjord ( no, Eidfjorden) is the innermost part of the Hardanger Fjord in

Norway Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, the mainland territory of which comprises the western and northernmost portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and t ...

. It extends eastwards from the Utne Fjord and Sørfjorden. The Eid Fjord lies in the municipalities of Ullensvang, Ulvik, and Eidfjord in

Vestland Vestland is a county in Norway established on 1 January 2020. The county is located in Western Norway and it is centred around the city of Bergen, Norway's second largest city. The administrative centre of the county is the city of Bergen, where t ...

county. The inner part of the ford is called the Simadal Fjord ( no, Simadalsfjorden). The villages of Ringøy and Bjotveit lie on the south side of the fjord, and

Djønno Djønno is a small village on the Oksen Peninsula in the municipality of Ullensvang in Norway's Hardanger district, in Vestland county. Geography Djønno lies near the sea on the west side of the Eid Fjord, about south of the ferry station in ...

lies on the north side. Further into the fjord, village on the north side include Vangsbygdi and, to the east,

Bruravik Bruravik is a ferry quay in the municipality of Ulvik in Vestland county, Norway. There was formerly a ferry connection from Bruravik to Brimnes in the municipality of Eidfjord. The ferry quay was equipped with waiting rooms, benches, and restro ...

. From Bruravik there was a ferry connection to

Brimnes Brimnes is a small village in the municipality of Eidfjord in Vestland county, Norway. Geography The settlement lies on the south side of the Eid Fjord, an inner branch of the Hardanger Fjord. The ferry quay at Brimnes formerly served the ferry ...

on the south side of the fjord. This ferry was part of the route between

Bergen Bergen (), historically Bjørgvin, is a city and municipality in Vestland county on the west coast of Norway. , its population is roughly 285,900. Bergen is the second-largest city in Norway. The municipality covers and is on the peninsula of ...

and

Oslo Oslo ( , , or ; sma, Oslove) is the capital and most populous city of Norway. It constitutes both a county and a municipality. The municipality of Oslo had a population of in 2022, while the city's greater urban area had a population of ...

across the

Hardangervidda Hardangervidda ( en, Hardanger Plateau) is a mountain plateau (Norwegian: ''vidde'') in central southern Norway, covering parts of Vestland, Vestfold og Telemark, and Viken counties. It is the largest plateau of its kind in Europe, with a cold ye ...

Plateau on Norwegian National Road 7. In 2013 the ferry connection was replaced by the Hardanger Bridge. At Bruravik the

Osa Fjord The Osa Fjord ( no, Osafjorden) is a branch of the Eid Fjord and the Hardanger Fjord fully located within the municipality of Ulvik in Vestland county, Norway. The fjord is long, with a maximum depth of at its mouth, and it runs northeast from i ...

( no, Odafjorden) extends to the northeast. The outermost part of the Osa Fjord is also known as the Bagns Fjord ( no, Bagnsfjorden). Deeper into the fjord, it makes a strong turn, first to the north and then to the south, where the village of Eidfjord is located. The Simadal Fjord extends from Eidfjord, constituting the last of the Hardanger Fjord.

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