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Norway is ideal for taking trips by horseback. Because of its varied natural landscape you can ride along paths and roads as well as into untouched wilderness. Sitting on the back of a horse you can reach far into the wilds and come into closer contact with nature than you can any other way. On organized trips you will be accompanied by expert guides who help inexperienced riders learn everything from the names of the equipment to how to show the horse affection. You can find indoor riding, riding trips for the experienced and for beginners, plus opportunities to rent by the hour.

Today there are three different Norwegian horse breeds: the fjord horse, the North Norwegian mountain horse and the Forestry horse. In addition to these three, the national horse breed of Iceland, the Iceland horse, descends from Norwegian Viking horse.

The most famous Norwegian landscape, as known by tourists, is the long west coast to the Atlantic Ocean, where Fjords and Mountains are the keywords. In this steep landscape, the Fjord horse was developed. It is one the world’s oldest horse breeds, and it is probably quite closely linked to the ancient North Asian wild horse.

In the north of Norway the main component of landscape is mountainous. People live on small strips of flat land along the shores of the ocean. This is the region of the North Norwegian mountain horse, which has the same general features of body shape as the Fjord horse, but it is considerably smaller.

In the southeastern regions of Norway is where the Norwegian Forestry horse has been developed. Through generations this kind of horse has been used for farm work, carrying loads up and down the mountains and between the valleys, as riding horses, for driving with sleds in the wintertime and first and foremost they are famous for their skills when used in the forest. Norwegian Forestry horses are famous for their mental skills. They are intelligent, gentle, and patient and get deeply involved with their owners. These horses are not easily scared.

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