The’ coastal districts of the south and _ south- eastern parts of Norway are in great favour with holiday-makers and summer travellers. The scenery here has not that majesty and grandeur which we find in the West and North, and in the inner and central districts of Norway, but it is winsome, idyllic, and untrampled; the climate is dry and warm. Bathing can be enjoyed in a sea as fresh and temperate as anywhere along the north Continental coasts. The part of Norway which is perhaps the most interesting and attractive, not only to foreign travellers but also to the Norwegians themselves, is the North. The distinctive features of this ocean-girt scenery are the rugged grandeur of the coast, the peculiar formation of archipelagic groups of islands with their wonderful alpine mountain forms. The Lofotens — that remarkable island- realm — from which Norway’s greatest cod-fisheries are carried on, lie there a wild but gloriously beautiful wonderland in winter as well as in summer. But in the inner stretches of the northern fjords conditions resemble those farther south — mild and idyllic. Another feature of the islands and coasts of North Norway is the teeming seafowl life, which never fails to arouse the greatest won- der and interest. Over the whole of this magni- ficent scenery the sun pours night and day, from the end of May until the beginning of August. 178