Hardanger Shop

Journal November 2026

Journal

Fourteen articles. The address under the title is the one to send on.

The whole journal hardanger.shop/guide/en

  1. Trolltunga from the approach on 15 May 2017, snow on the ground. The place, not a parcel.

    Christmas gift

    A Christmas gift from Hardanger when you are not going

    The gift that lands has the place on it. The deadline is the post, not Christmas Eve, and the printer has not named a last day.

    hardanger.shop/guide/en/christmas-gift-from-hardanger
  2. Drawing of an icefall in blue and white with FOLGEFONNA below. Our design, not a photograph of Buarbreen.

    Glacier

    Buarbreen glacier: where the ice is now

    The ice at the head of the Buer valley is about 600 metres further back than in 1997, and 67 metres of that went in 2026 alone. The marked path ends at the lower arm, with a river you cannot cross between you and the ice.

    hardanger.shop/guide/en/buarbreen-glacier
  3. Drawing of a short apple spur with one open white flower and two pink buds. Our design, not a photograph.

    Spring

    Hardanger blossom: which week to book

    No page can give you the date: at Lofthus there was full bloom on 20 April 2025 and snow on the plum trees on 1 May 2023. Come around 17 May and you get some of the blossom, not always the apple trees.

    hardanger.shop/guide/en/hardanger-blossom
  4. Drawing of snow-covered boathouses along a quay, with a still fjord and white mountains behind. Our design, not a photograph.

    Winter

    Hardanger in winter: which side you come from

    You cannot choose the snow. You can choose the road and the day: from the east the crossings shut 2 to 44 days a year, and four museums share only Thursday and Friday.

    hardanger.shop/guide/en/hardanger-in-winter
  5. Trolltunga seen from the approach on 15 May 2017, with snow on the ground. The picture is from here, the print is from the EU.

    Souvenirs

    Hardanger souvenirs: what the name tells you

    The word Hardanger on a souvenir is not a place of origin. Ask who made it, and where, before you carry it home or send it.

    hardanger.shop/guide/en/hardanger-souvenirs
  6. Drawing of Odda with a crane, a furnace house, silos and a chimney at the fjord. The poster, not a photograph.

    Industry

    Odda is a smelter town

    In Odda you wait for the bus inside a protected furnace house. The power station that ran the smelter stands 6 kilometres away, and the World Heritage bid Odda shared with Rjukan–Notodden went to Rjukan–Notodden alone.

    hardanger.shop/guide/en/odda-smelter-town
  7. Trolltunga from the approach on 15 May 2017, snow on the ground and the tongue empty above Ringedalsvatnet

    Hike

    How long does Trolltunga take?

    27 kilometres from Skjeggedal, 20 from Mågelitopp. The clock starts at the car park, not on the rock.

    hardanger.shop/guide/en/trolltunga
  8. A cup of warm eplegløgg, a bottle of cider, apples and whole spices, with snow and the fjord outside the window

    Kitchen · Christmas

    What is eplegløgg?

    Cider, left to get hot. Not red wine, and not a pan at a boil.

    hardanger.shop/guide/en/epleglogg-oppskrift
  9. A drawing of one kloster square, five stitches on each side, one cut and two bars, with the word HARDANGER underneath

    Stitch

    Hardanger embroidery is not cross-stitch

    You tell it by the cut, where the cloth between the blocks comes out. The pages that rank for that question do not agree whether the block is four stitches or five.

    hardanger.shop/guide/en/hardangersom-er-ikkje-korssting
  10. A drawing of the Hardanger orchard in autumn, the fjord behind the trees, and the words SIDER and HARDANGER on a white label

    Bottle

    Which bottle is Sider frå Hardanger

    The protected name is fermented cider, and the classes start at 3 percent. A bottle marked alkoholfri, or eplemost, is not that name.

    hardanger.shop/guide/en/sider-fra-hardanger-pa-flaska
  11. A drawing of Sørfjord, fruit trees in blossom on the slope, and the Folgefonna ice plateau above the mountains

    Glacier

    Folgefonna in a day

    A day on the ice is a booked walk from Jondal. The summer ski centre closed in 2024, and the pages that rank disagree on the last day, the age and the price.

    hardanger.shop/guide/en/folgefonna-ein-dag
  12. A sticker with a green pattern of stars, fruit trees and mountains, and the words Julegave fra Hardanger. Not a bunad.

    Costume

    The Hardanger bunad is not blue

    You do not tell a Hardanger bunad by a blue bodice. Odda is not its own costume, and a green bodice is not how a married woman is marked.

    hardanger.shop/guide/en/hardangerbunad-er-ikkje-bla
  13. A drawing of Sørfjord, fruit trees in blossom on the slope, and the Folgefonna ice plateau above the mountains. Not a photograph of Bondhusvatnet.

    Lake

    Bondhusvatnet after 1 September

    The ban was lifted on 10 July 2026. An English page still says the inner valley is closed for summer 2026, and the signs that day win.

    hardanger.shop/guide/en/bondhusvatnet-etter-1-september
  14. A drawing of the Hardanger orchard in autumn, the fjord behind the trees, and the words SIDER and HARDANGER on a white label. Not a farm.

    Cideries

    Cideries in Hardanger

    Hardangergutane has been Epli Sideri AS since 30 May 2024. Two registered entities now sit at Aga 73.

    hardanger.shop/guide/en/cideries-in-hardanger