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e# 0 200 km National Parks 0 100 miles Svalbard (840km) D (See Inset) Svalbard N O R W E G I A N S E A Nordvest Indre REISA NATIONAL PARK Varangerhalvøya Spitzbergen Wijdefjorden #÷ #÷ #÷ Remote park in Norway’s High Arctic #÷ Seiland #÷Sassen-Bünsow Forlandet Land with multi-day hiking routes, a Nordre Stabbursdalen#÷ #• #÷ Isfjorden soul-stirring river valley and unusual Lakselv #÷ wildlife you may not see Nordenskiøld #÷Land elsewhere. #• Tromsø R Øvre U #÷ Reisa #÷ S Sør#÷ Øvre Pasvik S Ånderdalen#÷ I Spitsbergen Anarjåkka A Øvre #÷ Dividal#÷ 0 300 km 0 150 miles #÷ Møysalen FINLAND A rctic Rago ØVRE PASVIK Circ SALTFJELLET-SVARTISEN Sjunkhatten le #÷ #÷ NATIONAL PARK Bodø #• NATIONAL PARK #÷ Junkerdal Norway’s last refuge for the brown Sits astride the Arctic Circle with Saltfjellet- Svartisen bear in an otherworldly tongue of fabulous glaciers, but also upland ÷ Norwegian territory within sight of moors, Sami archaeological sites and Russia. glorious scenery. SWEDEN Mosjøen #• Lomsdal-Visten#÷ Børgefjell#÷ Gulf of Bothnia Grong #• Lierne JOSTEDALSBREEN Blåfjella- #÷ DOVREFJELL- A T L A N T I C Skjækerfjella#÷ NATIONAL PARK O C E A N SUNNDALSFJELLA Skäckerfjällen Europe’s largest icecap tumbles down Trondheim NATIONAL PARK FINLAND #• into the fjords in a series of glaciers Skarvan og Stark upland plateau that’s home to #÷ Roltdalen that are among Norway’s most Forollhogna #÷ wild reindeer, primeval musk ox and accessible. Ålesund eerily beautiful scenery. #• Dovrefjell- Sunnsdalsfjella Røros #÷ #• Reinheimen #÷ Femundsmarka JOTUNHEIMEN Jostedalsbreen #÷ Dovre #÷ FEMUNDSMARKA #÷ SWEDEN NATIONAL PARK #÷ Lom #÷ Gutulia#÷ NATIONAL PARK Breheimen #÷#• Roondane Gulf of The roof of Norway with more than Jotunheimen Wild land of lakes, marshes and #• Koppang Bothnia 275 peaks over 2000m, year-round Ormtjernkampen mountains close to the Swedish skiing and arguably Norway’s best #÷ Hallingskarvet border. The hiking is superb, and hiking. #÷ #• there are reindeer and musk oxen in #• Lillehammer #• Geilo residence. Bergen #÷ RONDANE Hardangervidda NATIONAL PARK #_ OSLO Home to some of Norway’s shapeliest HELSINKI #÷ Folgefonna #_ peaks and an excellent park for wildlife-watching and hiking, with #_ Stavanger#• Ytre some intriguing archaeological TALLINN Hvaler #_STOCKHOLM #• #÷ sites. Larvik ESTONIA HARDANGERVIDDA Baltic Sea FOLGEFONNA NATIONAL PARK NATIONAL PARK Vast, pre-Arctic scenery with tundra-like landscape perfectly suited A year-round taste of winter, with an to wildlife (including Norway’s largest icecap as ideal for skiing as it is for population of wild reindeer), hiking, glacier hiking. mountain-biking and skiing. DENMARK LITHUANIA.