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Nightfall in the Norwegian summer is a relative concept," says Anthony Ham in Wanderlust magazine, so it's possible to leave your sightseeing until late in the day, when the crowds have gone home. Preikestolen (Pulpit Rock), a natural plateau overlooking Lysefjorden, has to be "one of the world's most beautiful" lookout points, and if you go in the evening, you could stay overnight to see the dawn break. The two-hour climb from the car park, over "rough-hewn rocky trails", is not too taxing. Set up camp in a sheltered spot - and then wait, in the silence, as the stars make their "slow passage across the sky". It never gets fully dark: the horizon glows dimly until, around 3am, the morning sun begins to light up layer after spellbinding layer of mountains retreating from the glistening fjord. It's an "epic" sight that makes you wish you could stay there forever.

Contact: Norwegian (020-8099 7254; www.norwegian.no) flies from £90 rtn. Go to visitnorway.com. ·