The Nærøyfjord (or ''Nærøyfjorden'', ) is a
fjord
In physical geography, a fjord or fiord () is a long, narrow inlet with steep sides or cliffs, created by a glacier. Fjords exist on the coasts of Alaska, Antarctica, British Columbia, Chile, Denmark, Germany, Greenland, the Faroe Islands, Ice ...
in
Aurland Municipality
Aurland () is a List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in the Counties of Norway, county of Vestland, Norway. It is located on the south side of the Sognefjorden in the Districts of Norway, traditional district of Sogn. The administrativ ...
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,
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 ...
. The narrow fjord is a branch of the large
Sognefjord
The Sognefjord or Sognefjorden (, en, Sogn Fjord), nicknamed the King of the Fjords ( no, Fjordenes konge), is the largest and deepest fjord in Norway. Located in Vestland county in Western Norway, it stretches inland from the ocean to the smal ...
, and it is featured on the "Norway in a Nutshell" daytrips for tourists. The long fjord is only wide in some parts.
The river Nærøydalselvi flows down the valley Nærøydalen into the fjord at the village of
Gudvangen
Gudvangen is a village in Aurland Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It is a popular tourist destination and is located at the end of the Nærøyfjord where the Nærøydalselvi river empties into the fjord. The European route E16 highway p ...
, near the
European route E16
European route E16 is the designation of a main west-east road through Northern Ireland, Scotland, Norway and Sweden, from Derry to Gävle, via Belfast, Glasgow, Edinburgh, previously by ferry to Bergen, Voss, through the Gudvanga Tunnel and th ...
highway. The village of
Bakka and the
Bakka Church
Bakka Church ( no, Bakka kyrkje) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Aurland Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It is located in the village of Bakka, on the shores of the sparsely populated Nærøyfjorden. It is the church for ...
are both located on the west shore of the fjord.
Since 2005, the Nærøyfjord has been listed as a
UNESCO
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World Heritage Site
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. It has also been rated by the
National Geographic Society
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Founded in 1888, its interests include geography, archaeology, and ...
as the world's number one natural heritage site along with the
Geirangerfjord
The Geiranger Fjord ( no, Geirangerfjorden) is a fjord in the Sunnmøre region of Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is located entirely in the Stranda Municipality. It is a branch off the Sunnylvsfjorden, which is a branch off the Storfjo ...
.
In popular culture
Nærøyfjord was also used as an inspiration for Arendelle in ''
Frozen''.
Media gallery
File:Nærøyfjorden from Bakkanosi.jpg, Nærøyfjorden from Bakkanosi
File:Fjord in Norway.jpg, Nærøyfjord with sightseeing boat
File:Nærøyfjorden frå Gudvangen.jpg, View from Gudvangen
File:P1000566Gudvangen.JPG, Gudvangen ferry
Nærøyfjorden mot Gudvangen.jpg, Nærøyfjord
File:Nærøyfjord (6-2007).jpg, Nærøyfjord
File:Vesnorsk fjordlandskap Bakka.jpg, Plaquette at Bakka, signed by Queen Sonja of Norway
Sonja (born Sonja Haraldsen on 4 July 1937) is Queen of Norway since 17 January 1991 as the wife of King Harald V.
Sonja and the then Crown Prince Harald had dated for nine years prior to their marriage in 1968. They had kept their relations ...
June 10, 2006.
References
External links
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Nærøyfjord WebsiteOfficial tourist information
Fjords of Vestland
World Heritage Sites in Norway
Aurland
Sognefjord
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