Tunnelstuo, the Norwegian tunnel where you can sleep hanging from a hammock.
The southwestern part of the Norwegian fjords is a territory full of geological accidents that take our breath away: the famous Pulpit (Preikestolen) , Kjerag (a round stone wedged between two mountains) or Trollpikken (the funny phallus-shaped rock formation) .
Reason why the region, which boasts countless routes for all levels, it is a paradise for hikers, who launch into the wild nature prepared to face from light walks to itineraries of more than ten hours. Routes that need the **pertinent rest (Viking)** once you return to civilization at the end of a day of adventure among its peaks, cliffs and even craters.
But what if we could sleep without leaving the idyllic setting we've been walking in all day? They must have thought of the same in the Magma Unesco Geopark –a geopark of 2,329 km2 of lunar landscape, where you can just as easily climb the mountains of the Jøssingfjord as row down its salmon rivers or let yourself be enthralled by the more than 6,000 lakes nestled between its anorthosite moon rocks–, so they have enabled an old tunnel from 1921 with a dozen hammocks in which to rest hanging from the rock walls.
The tunnel has a stone picnic table and two openings to enjoy views of the fjord.
Tunnelstuo is its name and, in its more than 250 meters long, it has two large openings in the natural stone, one of them next to the rock picnic table, to be able to enjoy views of the fjord, valley and mountain slopes nearby.
From tourism in Stavanger, the region in which it is located, they tell us that it is "a tough and at the same time safe experience with which to get closer to nature, since it is about an old road that crosses the mountain to Jøssingfjord".
Being in an area that has a rich history related to both its industrial heritage and the events of World War II, "you get a lot of emotions while sleeping in one of the hammocks in the tunnel. Those who have tried it, may not have fell asleep easily, but still They have been comfortable because in reality they had a great experience”, they conclude.
Fladen is a walk along a tram track built in 1918.
WHAT ADVENTURES TO DO BEFORE SLEEP
Geologists have been studying the peculiarities of the Magma Unesco Geopark for more than 100 years, since in addition to its unique lunar rocks has some geological phenomena that cannot be seen anywhere else in Europe.
Its most popular climbing areas are Hedlersfjellet and Profilveggen, and its Fladen route, a short but steep walk that runs through the 434 sleepers of a tram track built in 1918. And a few minutes from the tunnel, there are the two small 19th century wooden houses who take refuge under the natural rock of Helleren, deep in the fjord.
19th century wooden houses under the Helleren.