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Glacier

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Jostedalsbreen is the biggest glacier in the European mainland.
Visit Bødalsbreen or Brenndalsbreen were you can experience the intense blue colour and beautiful formations in the Glacier ice. 

Glacierwalk

Combine accommodation at Stryn Hostel with some of the activities and you get discount. The Tour guides can offer hikes of different level of difficulty and length. 
You should always walk together with a professional and use the proper safety equipment when you walk on the glacier. You should have real mountain shoes, (available for rent), good trousers and jacket, raincoat, warm clothes, gloves and a cap. It is also good to bring suncream, sunglasses, food and water especially on long trips. Ice axe, crampons, climbing harness and helmet the tourguide will provide for you.

Bødalsbreen - www.briksdal-adventure.no
Bødalsbreen - www.powderguide.no

Jostedalsbreen National Park Centre

Green water, high snow covered mountains, and in the middle Jostedalsbreen National Park Centre. Jostedalsbreen National Park Centre is situated at the national park and beside the lake Strynsvatn, which was a part of the fjords thousands of years ago. The breathtaking landscape, the lake, and the mountains make a fantastic living postcard that you will never forget.

Jostedalsbreen National Park Centre is owned by a private foundation based on idealistic objectives. Prime minister Gro Harlem Brundtland officiated at the formal opening of the Centre on June 19, 1993.

The main building at the Centre has been constructed in a manner similar to Viking longhouses where pillars rather than the walls are supporting the roof.  The Viking longhouse here at Jostedalsbreen National Park Centre has about the size of the biggest longhouse found in Norway. Arcitect is Stryn Arkitektkontor. As a contrast to the old longhouse is the Cinema built in modern style, covered by  Norwegian polished stone, Larvikitt. This symbolizes the meeting between the past and the future. Jostedalsbreen National Park Centre is based on the past to care for the future.

Jostedalsbreen National Park Centre has been authorized by the Department of Environment to serve as an official national park visitor centre.

www.jostedalsbre.no

Visitors have said

Excellent breakfast, with big variety. Delicious hot supper at reasonable price. Very effective and friendly staff, especially the manager. Very good common spaces. Only complaint is that more hooks are needed for towels and clothes in the bathroom of Room 102.

Amazing breakfast and nice staff ! Quiet place on the top of a hill, pleasant stay, located 15min of a rather hard walk from the bus station ! Rather old premises, but very clean.

I'm impressed by your service. Thank you very much. I hope to see you next year! Room 204 7/12-09 

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