Pure, fresh air, crystal-clear water, tranquility and space are what most people notice when they visit the more remote areas of Norway.

Norway is arguably the spiritual home of the travelling salmon fishermen. For generations groups of intrepid rods took the boat to Bergen to see what they could find. And what they found was a stunningly beautiful country with abundant numbers of very large salmon. Today the scenario is similar, but the destination is probably best for those fishermen who enjoy fishing beautiful fly water in exceptional scenery with the ever-present possibility of a 'lifetime' fish, rather than those after numbers of fish.

Norway affords aficionados and enthusiasts alike extraordinary fishing variety: it has more than 450 registered salmon rivers and there is something to suit everyone, from the rivers around the Trondheim fjord - which can be fished on the same day as leaving the UK - to fishing within the Artic circle, which has a magic all of its own.

The landscape of the country is also spectacular, with a coastline extending to 21,650kms and the highest concentration of fjords in the world. The fjord region on the west coast offers some of the most dramatic and beautiful scenery worldwide, with mountains, glaciers, national parks, fertile green valleys and hillsides, gin-clear waterfalls and expansive fruit orchards.