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Norwegian Fjord Centre

A museum of life on the fjords, from cliff farms to rockslides and the tsunamis they cause.

Photo: Gerd Fahrenhorst · CC BY 4.0
Open
Every day in summer; shorter hours the rest of the year
Price
Paid
Time Needed
1½ hours
Address
Gjørvahaugane, 6216 GeirangerDirections
Getting There
A 10-minute walk up from the harbor along the river.

Why Go

Exhibitions and films tell how people farmed, fished and traveled in a landscape this steep, and how the mountains above the fjord are watched for the rockfalls that could send a wave down it.

Nearby in Geiranger

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