Øvre Eidfjord – Norway’s Unknown Idyllic Gem

Øvre Eidfjord – Norway’s Unknown Idyllic Gem

The sky gathers clouds into granite clumps like Norse gods readying for an almighty battle. I’m surrounded by sheer rock walls that echo grey and black as though both sky and land are made of the same stuff. Any minute, I’m sure, the heavens will crack open.

How to Climb Pulpit Rock (for the Faint-Hearted) Norway

How to Climb Pulpit Rock (for the Faint-Hearted) Norway

It’s one of the most iconic places to visit in Europe. In Norwegian, it’s called Preikestolen – a chip of stark rock jutting out over a stunning fjord that stretches to the horizon and beyond – but in English, we all know it as Pulpit Rock.