From 1923 to 2006, Hjerkinn was an important military training and shooting range. From 2006 to 2020, an extensive nature restoration was carried out, removing roads, structures, and waste from decades of shooting and bombing to return the nature to its original state. Today, the shooting range is part of the Dovrefjell-Sundalsfjella Nature Park, where you can go hiking in beautiful nature and listen to the sounds of nature. When Hjerkinn firing range was established in 1923,

Sandön is a crescent-shaped peninsula just after Smögenbroen where you can find a warm sandy beach and a beautiful hiking area with small ponds with red and white waterlilies. At the very tip you can see the remains of a former granite quarry and a memorial to the history of stonemasonry. Sandön has been a nature reserve since 1986. Smögen is known for its picturesque pier with restaurants and old shops. Many who visit Smögen only see this and perhaps the town next door and t

The Nissedal potholes are in a small valley in the mountains a few kilometers south of Lake Nisser, close to Hønetjønn. This beautiful natural phenomenon was created during the last ice age but was only discovered after the Fyresåna River was dammed in the 1950s. In the dried-up riverbed, both smooth-cut rocks with rounded shapes and small and large depressions emerged, which in some places were deep oblong or cylindrical holes, so-called potholes. This area is today a popula

Merradalsbekken is the shortest of Oslo's rivers. It is approx. 5 km long and runs from Voksenåsen/Holmenkollen to Bestumkilen at Skøyen. Parts of the river are laid in a culvert, but in a stretch of 2 km from Sørkedalsveien to Ullernchausseen it runs through Merradalen, which is a narrow valley with great biodiversity. Here there are many different plants, forests with several types of trees and a hiking trail that follows the river. This article describes the hike along the