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Norwegians grow up in the mountains — but nothing at home compares to walking beneath a wall of 8,000-metre giants. Here's why Nepal is the natural…
By Laxman Rawal · Jun 13, 2026
No nation takes its mountains more seriously than Norway. Friluftsliv — the love of open-air life — is practically a national religion, and Norwegians log more hut-to-hut miles than almost anyone. Which is exactly why so many of them, having walked their own…
Travel Himalaya Nepal · News
Galdhøpiggen, the roof of Norway and of Northern Europe, stands 2,469 metres. On a Nepal trek you walk past teahouses higher than that — and gaze up at peaks more than three times its height. For a hiker raised on Jotunheimen and the Lofoten ridgelines, the…
Travel Himalaya Nepal · News
The format will feel like home: walk all day, arrive at a warm lodge, eat well, sleep, repeat — Nepal's teahouse network is the Himalayan cousin of Norway's beloved DNT huts. The differences are the altitude, the Buddhist and Sherpa culture along the trail…
Travel Himalaya Nepal · News
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