Breathtaking Trolltunga - The Troll's Tongue in Norway
Trolltunga (meaning: troll's tongue) is a piece of rock that juts out horizontally from a mountain above Skjeggedal Valley, Odda, Norway. Only brave heart's have the courage to stand or sit on edge of this outcrop, which has a sheer vertical drop of 350 meters to the waters below.
There are both stairs and a path that leads upto the first 950 meters, and from there marked hiking trails have to be followed to reach the spot. Previously a funicular railway at the base of the mountain used to take visitors to a height of 960 meters high with a 42 degree angle slope. It is reportedly not functional now.
Trolltunga is one of the three awesome rocks in Norway. The other two, already covered in this travelogue, are - Kjeragbolten and Preikestolen
Image from Flickr is by udik
Image from Flickr is by Daffydus
Image Source: Benjamin Meyer's Blog
Click on the image to get the fantastic and breath taking enlarged view.
View approx. location in Google Earth Google Maps (unfortunately in low resolution)
Source of info and more info: Wikipedia and Benjamin Meyer's Blog - A good description of trip to Trolltunga.
2 comments:
Where is this place?
Regards from Montenegro!
Hi Miki - this amazing rock is in Norway and exact location can be seen in Google Earth / Google Maps by clicking on the link given in my post.
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