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, Icel ...

Aurland Municipality Aurland () is a municipality in the county of Vestland, Norway. It is located on the south side of the Sognefjorden in the traditional district of Sogn. The administrative center is the village of Aurlandsvangen. Other villages include Bakka, ...

Vestland Vestland is a Counties of Norway, 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 cit ...

county,

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. The narrow fjord is a branch of the large Sognefjord, 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 pa ...

, near the

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highway. The village of Bakka and the Bakka Church are both located on the west shore of the fjord. Since 2005, the Nærøyfjord has been listed as a

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. It has also been rated by the

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as the world's number one natural heritage site along with the Geirangerfjord.

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 relatio ...

June 10, 2006.

References

External links

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Nærøyfjord WebsiteOfficial tourist information
Fjords of Vestland World Heritage Sites in Norway Aurland Sognefjord {{Vestland-geo-stub