Ich bin auf einer Kreuzfahrt durch die wundervollen Fjorde. Atemberaubend.
Das Seltsame ist, dass wir immer wieder diese Häuser finden, die, ich schwöre, völlig unzugänglich zu sein scheinen. Sie sind zu weit vom Meer entfernt, um mit dem Boot erreicht zu werden, und es scheint keinen Weg zu geben, der von dort wegführt.
Was fehlt mir?
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Most of these are farmhouses that were first built a long time ago, usually somewhere on the mountainside where there is a patch of flat-ish land that was suitable for farming. Back in the day farmland was hard to come by, and any patch of land large enough to support a family would have been interesting to settle, even if it meant hauling materials up a literal mountain to build a house and barn there.
There are some funny anecdotal stories about farms like these that never paid taxes, because back in the day taxes were physically collected by a tax collector. These farms would often have nothing more than a narrow path leading to them, usually involving ladders or stairs. Some clever farmers simply removed the ladder when they knew the tax man was coming.
These days their usage will vary, some might still be inhabited, others may be used as holiday homes, and others will be abandoned.
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rw1SxVOSLuc](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rw1SxVOSLuc) ?
Where no one believes anyone could live
It’s not built on a sheer cliff.
There is most certainly a path and some flat land around which is not visible to you due to lower perspective and tree cover.
I’ve been to very similar places and it looks almost ordinary when you’re there, but the trees, perspective and distance make it look way different from the fjord
This is a place no-one could tru that anyone could bu
It’s about survival when all the better farming land are already taken.
You can find spots of better microclimate on mountain sides. The land may be slightly less angled than the rest of the mountain side, the sun hits at a better angle and there’s protection against wind. People found these spots where you can grow a crop, started farming it and settled there.
Houses were built through hard work. They would spend two or three days lugging a single piece of lumber up. Then repeat until you have materials to build a small house. Its not much but it is survival.
You will be surprised how many people who live at this type of remote places across the whole country.
There is a program called ‘where no one believes anyone could live’ interviewing people who lives remote.
24 seasons and still going, in a country with 5 million people.
Måren: 6 people lives there when this episode was made (2008)
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=uokcY0HGnVk&t=902s&pp=ygUmZGVyIGluZ2VuIHNrdWxsZSB0cnUgYXQgbm9rb24ga3VubmUgYnU%3D
[Same (cruise) question a month ago](https://www.reddit.com/r/Norway/s/YH4X0K2RUI) Great answers in comments 🙂
These where huts where troll hunters would stay for periods with a good view of the valley below
They are not too far to use a boat, you just have to walk down there
Back in the days it was a lot of carrying, nowadays most people just use helicopters to deliver supplies
They used to chop down wood on site and build from that. The foundation is made from clearing the land to farm. Norway doesn’t have enough farmable land to sustain itself. Hence the mass emigration to America and trying to utilize every farmable inch. Nowadays you just get your materials flown inn by helicopter.
Fun fact 1: log cabins are basically mobile homes.
Fun fact 2: Norwegians would by timber “on root” as recently as the 50s.
You should watch «Der Ingen skulle tru at nokon kunne bu»
*I am on a cruise*
Welcome to Norway, and I’m glad you’re having a good time! One thing, though – please don’t recommend to your friends and family that they follow your example and go on a cruise here. Cruise tourism is extremely destructive from an environmental point of view. In terms of impact on the locals, they are disruptive and unpopular, and do very little good for the local population.
Most cruise tourists don’t know this, so it’s not like you’re culpable! But just… please don’t encourage any more people to follow in your cruise-steps, as it were.
probably hytter (idk the english word for it)
Hope you found the answer and remember to support local businesses when you’re off the boat