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SAVOR NORWAY

DINE ON WONDERFUL SEAFOOD IN BREATHTAKING SETTINGS

Story and Photos By Priscilla Lister

Norway, “are considered to be among about 63,000 miles of fjords, bays and
orway seems more like a wa- the most scenically outstanding fjord island shores compared to the coun-
Nterscape than a landscape. areas on the planet,” says UNESCO. try’s north-to-south distance of some
The northern country is literally a “Their exceptional natural beauty is de- 1,100 miles, according to National
glacial wonderland, where ancient ice rived from their narrow and steep-sid- Geographic magazine.
masses carved out deep valleys with ed crystalline rock walls,” rising some
steep rock walls, then melted and left 5,500 feet above the sea, punctuated With all that water -- cold water, no
them to fill with the sea. The result is by countless waterfalls. less -- Norway is also a seafood lovers’
a land of fjords, one of the most spec- destination. It is one of the world’s
tacularly picturesque places on Earth. Norway’s miles of seashore are actu- biggest exporters of fish. More impor-
ally 57 times greater than its north- tant, it is one of the biggest exporters
Indeed, two of Norway’s fjords, to-south mileage. of very high-quality seafood. Its colder
Naeroyfjord and Geirangerfjord, are waters, especially in the north, allow
listed as UNESCO World Heritage Recalculating the length of their coast- fish, mussels and shellfish to grow
Sites because they are so beauti- line, Norwegian geographers in 2011 more slowly, developing a firmer struc-
ful. Those two fjords, among many in measured Norway’s seashore to be ture with more flavor than fish from

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