Lysefjord (ii)

Posted in Norway Cruise, Trips at 12:00 on 27 September 2017

Lysefjord contains two natural features which are tourist attractions. One is the Kjerag Boulder, a 5 m³ rock left stuck between two pieces of mountain by retreating ice.

From the MV Black Watch it was not really apparent photographically:-

Close-up. It’s that little dot between the two rocks in the middle of the photo:-

People go and stand on this thing!:-

(By Scoundrelgeo – Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=41795395)

The other feature is known as Pulpit Rock becasue of its shape. The top is 604 metres above the fjord’s surface. You’ll note from the photo in the link that there are no railings around the top of this even though people go to visit – and stand on it. The Norwegian Government says, quite reasonably, that it cannot fence off every piece of nature in the country.

From distance:-