Cross the bridge in Hellesylt and on your right stands the formerly somewhat majestic Grand Hotel with its Sherlock Holmes Pub. Just beyond the hotel lies the ferry landing where you board for the 65 minute-sail of the Geirangerfjord to Geiranger.
From the Grand Hotel, one can look back to the bridge with the cascading waterfall and local church of Hellesylt. Hellesylt lies on the Storfjord, set half way between Stranda (on the way north towards Aalesund) and Stryn (on the way south to Sogn and Bergen).
The ticket takers on the ferry find a moment of respite dockside before cars and passengers begin to board.
On the way in to Geiranger, the ferry passes the Seven Sisters waterfall in early September when little water is actually flowing to form the seven veils.
The ferry finally reaches the small village of Geiranger. First visited by cruise ships in 1869, the Geiranger fjord and its environs were placed on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 2005.
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