Knivsflå
Right next to the waterfall "The Seven Sisters," lies the farm Knivsflå, also called the knife, perched on a mountain shelf.
If you look up the mountainside, you can now catch sight of the roadless farm. At Knivsflå, the fjord was the only route to civilization. And as long as the people here weren't weatherbound, the children were transported to and from school by rowboat, in the old days. To get to the sea, they first had to climb down along the mountainside. With no handrails to hold onto or steps to climb, the path was perilous. For these people, it was entirely normal to have to balance on a mountain shelf over a precipice to get ahead. Perhaps this made the people at "The Knife" something out of the ordinary?
The legend Ole Knivsflå, also known as "Big Knife," was the heir and last generation of permanent residents at Knivsflå. At the age of 13, the family moved from the mountain farm, but he never stopped practicing what he had learned from life at Knivsflå. As a hunter, he shot two wolverines with one shot, and every day he came home with 30 ptarmigans in his hands. And if danger was looming, "Big Knife" was summoned, like the community's own superhero.
Today, Knivsflå is a popular hiking destination. If you wish, you can take a guided tour back and forth to the mountain farm with a fjord safari.
Doesn't that sound like a great experience?
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