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preikestolen-Norway |
Pulpit Rock or Preikestolen, Prekestolen in Norwegian, is one of the areas most profound tourist attractions. This natural rock formation with a 25 meter squared plateau stands 604 meters above the sea. Thousands of tourists visit the Rock every year. The trip takes about two hours by foot, but the rock formation can also be enjoyed from the sea by boat. The original name of the rock formation is "Hyvlatonnå" - which means the tooth of a woodplane. In 2008 nearly 120,000 visitors visited Preikestolen putting it in fourth place amongst the most visited attractions in the area.The plateau from which a person can get a panoramic view of the valley and the surrounding mountains and vistas of green, is one of the most popular tourist destinations of the natural kind in this country. The vast waterway below, and the cliffs that surround it, is one of the most desolate places in one of the least densely populated countries on the planet.
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