Stepping off the edge

At Kjosfossen, one of the stops on the Flam Railway trip down the mountain, we were encouraged to get out and take pictures of the waterfall. The waterfall was pretty sad, not it’s spring time powerful flow but instead just a trickle.

However, to our surprise and pleasure, haunting almost Celtic sounding music played and a woman with long blond hair in a red dress danced in the hills. She would disappear then reappear somewhere else!

According to Norse folklore, she is Huldra, a forest spirit who lives underground until an unmarried man approaches and she uses her seductive beauty to lure her prey.

It was a mesmerizing experience which we found out was performed by students of the Norwegian Ballet School.