The natural wonders, friendly citizens, beautiful lakes, refreshing spots and greenery. What does one ask for to consider a place to be beautiful? There are no two ways about it that may Norway not be cheap but it gives the traveler just a heavenly feel.

Here are the reasons why Norway can be considered the greatest

One of the jolliest places According to the 2013 World Happiness Report of United Nation, Norway was the second happiest country in the world. The survey was done with 156 countries which included the factors like health, average life span, and social life. Safer than any other places You name it and you'll find the rate of any crime is low in Norway as collated to big countries of the world. Here, the murder rate and the imprisonment average are too low. Allemannsrett Law Allemannsrett in Norway means all men's rights. The law gives freedom to any citizen of the country anywhere he/she wishes to roam. The law is a freedom to roam which enables the public rights to permit citizens to reach and traverse any uncultivated land of the country. This simply implies that one can hike, do camping and wild berrying at anywhere on the barren land of the country. This law is just a boon to the citizens as well as travelers as there are dozens of wonderful places to roam in Norway. Trolltunga is the perfectly gorgeous click This place can be said the perfect location to be captured in your memory. Kjeragbolten You can experience here standing above thousands of feet from the ground which is surrounded by beaches of beautiful hills. The luxurious urban places The Norway's capital, Oslo looks like is just located at the perfect spot of nature. The mesmerizing greenery and the hills above the city are just a place to be never missed. The atavistic wonderland of Norway- Fredrik tad Fortress This is the most sustained and gorgeous spots of the country situated in Scandinavia. Fjords These natural wonders just bound the travelers to explore more and more. The fishermen cabins One can also stay in these all equipped cabins during hiking and they are everywhere. The midnight sun- a marvelous amusement During the summer of Norway, a natural phenomenon makes the sun visible for 24 hours. One can not only enjoy hiking, boating and fishing in the daytime but the midnight sun is a mesmerizing scenario. Norway is the birthplace of skiing. The premature proves of modern skiing tells that skiing took birth here years ago. Also, the word ski which means split piece of wood comes from Old Norse. Norway surpasses the number of lakes than The Land of 1,000 Lakes- ‘Finland' Though Finland has more than 60,000 lakes, Norway excels here with an ease. There are thousands more lakes anywhere in the world. The Lærdal road tunnel, longest in the world is here The 20 minutes long drive which is 24.5 kilometers (15.2 miles) long. The tunnel is separated in four channels through colourfully-lit caves. Viewpoints from the top of Mount Fløyen This spot the top of Mount Fløyen is surely going to give you the views of your life. Aquavit- The national drink The potent drink of herbs flavored with potato-based spirit. One must try it when roaming in Norway.

One will get ample of water here that could be ever explored by boat and more ground to be ever covered by feet. You are never going to get bored here.

Planning to do something adventurous this summer? Nothing can be more fulfilling than hiking and explore nature at its best. Summer days are much clearer and considerably longer, thus, the idea of hiking in Helgeland, Norway can never go down. On looking from a certain distance, the area appears unconquerable with the sky high hills covered with white snow. But going closer makes you believe that it's just a beautiful illusion.

The finely spotted pathways assist even new hikers to reach these mountains with an ease. There's plenty of space to rest your feet and body in the timing day trip in comfy cabins placed around the area.

The pathways

One can easily find the trails here by tracking the bright red ‘T's (the sign spots large pathways of Norwegian Trekking Association). One can get a detailed hiking gear list on the website of Norwegian Trekking Association and an illustrative map of the area from the tourist information centre from the biggest city Mo I Rana. Mo I Rana is the doorway of the Helgeland too.

The pathways pass through series of fast-flowing mountains with the smothering lakes beside them by the wildflowers meadows. The environment here is always like a rain-forest with sky-high mountain slopes heading directly towards to the gabber meadows. These stones are dumped by the glacier movements many years ago; some of them are spotted a hundred kilometres away back to positions.

Norway's population is considerably smaller according to its area. The country has the population of only 5 million whereas the area is extended up to 320,000 so km. It is not a surprise here to pass the whole day long walking alone. Infrastructures here are not so large in number. There are few man-made structures which come occasionally between a footbridge and a shack built in gabber years ago to help the travellers get shelter.

One should come extremely prepared to hike in Helgeland. It's a big amusement or better said a gift to find a pathway here.

Hiking Experts/Guides

Though the pathways are not too tough to be followed, but they better be walked along with an expert. Frank J. Persheim Langseth & Kulturformidling are famous and certified trainers of Helgeland. They can explain you about the plantation and animals around, real good. One has to be totally knowledgeable about safety, camping and shelters in the night to make the quest more enjoyable with safety. More importantly, a guide becomes much essential for the journey when deciding to go to a downtrodden track.

The highest apex of Northern Norway

The area is suitable for an all-day hike, most of the peaks are unmarked except cairns, and it mounts high at the top of Oksskolten which happens to be Norway's highest peak. The 1,916m high hill which flaunts itself alike a Bull's Head is often covered up with fog but when the clouds get apart occasionally, it builds up an inverse scenario to the lavishness of the ground around the lake. The scenario from the summit stretch into Sweden and the Okstind glacier on the other side intersects on to the lakeside ground.

Do not forget here to experience the most pleasant locations of all- the Okstind region. It is a horseshoe-shaped wide plateau west to the Oksskolten. Reach here with the help of a guide and feel the extremity of the silence of nature, the beauty of the surrounding gets enhanced with the chirping of birds and insects. All you are going to hear is the noise of footsteps and the rustling sound of the waterproofs covered with mist.

Places to stay

Apart from enjoying the pleasure of hiking and exploring Helgeland's incredible beauty, there are plenty of cheap accommodations with modern amenities to stay comfortably here. One can choose to go to the Scandic Meyergården hotel in Mo I Rana as a base. Hire a car and get to the most assorted and largest destination of the country i.e. the Saltfjellet-Svartisen National Park where one gets the suitable place for camping. There are other various campsites around the area. One can also head to one of the most inherent places like Nina. It is a coastal village from one can get the conveyance to reach Tomma. It is a small island with the only peak which mounts up to 922m situated in the archipelago.

Rabothytta is the newest and considered the most alluring cabin here. Rabothytta is located at the Okstind glacier corner. One can access the area easily walking the path from Leirskardalen valley. Hikers on the way to Rabothytta from Leirskardalen valley gets to see overwhelming viewpoints in the trails. With ample of provision stores in the supermarket at Korgen and well-equipped kitchens of the cabin, one can enjoy the supper at its fullest with a gracious over-the-glacier viewpoint. Nothing can be more fulfilling than enjoying life in the lap of Mother Nature.

There are many unique areas offered by Sweden and this is all thanks to the various structure of the landscape of the country. It offers vast lakes and forests and with the scape of the land, an inspiration for cutting edge designs in lodgings.

The Ice hotel is found near the village of Jukkasjarvi to the north of Sweden. This hotel is made from blocks of ice taken from the Torne River. The hotel displays ice suites that were individually carved by hand and features rooms and furniture created from ice. The works differ each year and this is a factor that helps to attract visitors. Visitors spend the night in Sweden military grade deluxe sleeping bags if they only have an overnight stay. The visitors that have extended stays are relocated to satellite bungalows. The bungalows offer the visitors a chance to view the northern lights form their skylights. The ice hotel is a winter only attraction that offers the services of their restaurant that serve only exquisite dishes on plates that are made from the same ice the hotel itself is also made from.

Sweden's leading architects are to be thanked for the design and construction of the tree hotel. This stricter is found off the ninety-seven route that lies to the west of Luleain. The structure is comprised of six unique treehouse constructions that are equipped with all unique and custom made furniture, fittings, and fixtures. The sauna and the bathroom are also custom made and is designed to reflect the eco-friendly theme of the entire complex. The hotel is suspended form the route by very old pines and hovers high above the ground. It includes a spaceship designed treehouse with retractable steps, a mirror cube design that reflects everything around it and a giant bird nest design. These are just half of what the hotel has to offer.

The Sala Silvergruva is located a hundred and fifty-five miles in Sweden's most important silver mine. The hotel offers a tour of the candle lit labyrinth of tunnels, underground caverns, and lakes. It boasts a vast banquet hall and provides you with a very cozy area cut in the rocks complemented by a champagne dinner. Your only outside link to the world is the small intercom radio that is installed in your area.

The Salt and Sill is Sweden's floating hotel. As the name suggest, thus is a hotel that floats on water. This construct is found on the island off Kladesholmen. This island is found to the west off the coast of Sweden. The hotel features six two-story buildings. They are designed in contemporary Scandinavian style with light rooms divided into bright areas. The hotel's namesake restaurant provides some of the best that is to be offered in seafood in that particular region. The hotel is tugged by a boat that boasts its own spa and it frequently venture out to sea.

The Kolarbyn Eco-Lodge is found near the Lake Skarsjon off Route 233. This is found in central Sweden and is the country's most primitive hotel. This hotel is geared at the lovers of minimalistic retreating. The hotel has no indoor plumbing, running water or electricity. The stove that is provided is a wood stove. The only source of water is a near-by stream and it has to be boiled n the wood stove. His stove is also where food is prepared and it is consumed in a communal dining hut designed in a Sami-style. The only bit of pampering that is provided by this minimalistic designed hotel is the rustic sauna.

The Jumbo Stay is the conversion of a seven forty-seven jumbo airplane into a hotel. The hotel is found at the Stockholm Arlanda airport. The pilot cockpit along with the black box room has been redesigned as luxurious suites. The rest of the airplane is designed in small room and snug dorms.

The Varghotellet is a hotel that is located next door Jarvzoo. This is a wildness animal park that is home to many of Sweden's Nordic animals. This may include bears, reindeer, muskoxen, lynx and wolves among another animal native to the country. This hotel is for the visitors that want to get up close and personal with the wild life of the country. The Gardsjo Elk Park is also a hotel that is much like the Varghotellet and is designed for the enjoyment of nature and wildlife. This is a self-contained cottage for two people that is found in the middle of Gardsjo Elk Park. It was once an 18th-century farm but has since been converted.

The Woodpecker hotel is similar to the tree hotel but it is a completely different thing. It is suspended above Vasteras's public park. To enter this hotel requires you climbing a rope ladder. The hotel provides no running water or electricity but they provide meals and water for its customers.

The first look of the island appears to be a streak beyond the cluster of gray clouds. As the sky gets clearer with the whipping of wind, it reveals a slight spot of the galaxy and the satellite's minor arc. The streak begins to illuminate and erect, striking off the successions of anguishing rotations before falling to the earth's surface.

In the old times, the people of Lofoten considered these northern lights as the angry gods' visible form which is hopeful to expose the unconscious souls in the sky to forever roam across the darkness. Even nowadays, to prevent from the unknown danger, local people here have a superstition to not to whistle during dawn. The life of a fisherman is full of perils here.

The icy paths, the uninvited cyclones here make it really tough for fishermen. The fishermen used to wear woolen clothes in the nineteenth century,' says guide Rahner Palsson adding that if the fisherman falls overboard, there is no chance to come up rubbing his hands to keep warmth. Then he led the way to the Lofoten's oldest fishing town-Nusfjord now turned into a living museum.

The temptress that made fishermen risk their lives is the reason what Norway is today was the cod fish. The life of fishermen was very difficult. This nutritious fish was one of the biggest reasons that made the pirates travel farther and this fish was the preference in their voyage's stuff. Cod has been the biggest export material for centuries now.

Some hundred years ago, almost 90 percent of Norwegian income used to come from taxation on stockfish-says Hartvig Sverdrup, a fish factory owner in Reine, a town surrounded by mountains in the form of a horseshoe. Hartvig's ancestors established the factory precisely five generations ago and the trading is quite same till date.

The export of the Great crates of fish is done directly to the markets of Nigeria, to the British chip shops and restaurants in Italy. The guide says taking a bite from a dried fish by whacking it with an axe that most of the population loves to eat fresh fishes only. He adds that the pirates used to take stockfish with them instead of raping and killing often, the cod fish became their prime source of trading.

The Lofoten islands' people's interest in fish has gone beyond the thoughts of commerce for years now. Lofoten people are insane about the cod fish. The fisher department would travel 500 miles long from the Barents Sea to the south where meets the cluster of island's warm waters to spawn en masse. Their meat becomes leaner and the prices are high after that very lengthy quest. Olga Wiesniewska, a Polish Ph.D. student completing his studies of fisheries in the famous town of Å adds that Norwegians wait for the code to arrive whole year long. His all the fishermen friends are eagerly waiting for the fish and now they can't be seen anymore as they are always out fishing 24x7.

Even in the beginning of the season, the sea is paved with fishing boats and these boats staggering over the bouncy tides following the seagull's pathways in the quest to drag a magnificent green-grey fish. For commercial traders, the limit is 13 tons on a fine day of good luck but most Norwegians are satisfied with a line and one or two can be taken out with beer for a supper too. The crusher rewarded a kilogram of coffee by theLofotposten newspaper after Lofoten got its first ‘coffee cod' – the first 30kg catch of the year.