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Every summer, social media feeds are flooded with photos and videos of people falling, flipping, and sliding down Norway’s iconic slides, waterfalls, and drops. There is seemingly endless potential: At the right flows, places like Voss offer dozens of rivers within short driving distances. And Norway has places like Voss all around the country. More, there are amazing rivers to paddle almost any time of the year. With many of those rivers and features close to the road, it is even more tempting to go big. As most people who travel to Norway do not have an endless amount of time to spend exploring, they rarely venture beyond the so-called "classics." Fair enough: They offer world-class Whitewater with reasonable consequences, stunning scenery, and easy photo ops. There are also plenty of rivers for beginners and intermediate paddlers, which lets the Norwegian kayak community thrive. For experienced to expert kayakers, the sky’s the limit on how hard you can go. This article focuses on something different, though.
Multiday trips are nothing new for Norway; rivers like the Veig, Lomsdalen, and Glomåga saw their first descents years ago and have seen plenty of media coverage since. But with so many low-hanging fruits around, these three rivers have seen far fewer people and get less attention than other rivers in Norway. They require a bit more effort, but they offer adventure, empty landscapes—which are hard to find anywhere in central Europe—and
