Geirangerfjord
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The Geirangerfjord (Geirangerfjorden) is a fjord in the region Sunnmøre which is located southernmost in the county Møre og Romsdal in Norway. It is a 15 kilometer long branch of Storfjord. Innermost in the fjord lies the small town Geiranger.
The fjord is one of Norway's most visited tourist sites and is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 2005.
Along the fjordsides there a number of now abandoned farms. Some restauration has been made by the association Storfjordens venner (link below). The most commonly visited are: Skageflå, Knivsflå and Blomberg. All of them are reachable with help of the sight seeing boat (M/S Geirangerfjord). Skageflå may also be reached on foot from Geiranger.
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