Hiking in the Nordic countries Travel Guide — Things to Do, Food & Hotels
About Hiking in the Nordic countries
—Hávamál Norway, Sweden and Finland together cover an area of well over one million square kilometres, ten times wider thanAustriaandSwitzerlandcombined. The hiking area includes the humid, mild Atlantic fjords and coasts of Norway, through the wild alpine high peaks of the Scandinavian mountains, to the wide plateaus and deep forests of the interior. Only a few generations ago most people in the Nordic countries lived in the countryside. With a sparse population and meagre fields, forestry, fishing and berry picking gave important supplemental income to many. Today, hiking, fishing and berry picking are essential parts of the vacations for many of the local people, mostly as pastimes at the summer cottage. Not everybody is a serious backcountry hiker – but there are quite a few. One aspec
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