Pulpit rock

PULPIT ROCK  PREKISTOLEN, NORWAY

Preikestolen or Prekestolen (English: Preacher's Pulpit or Pulpit Rock) is a well-known visitor appeal within the municipality of Forsand in Rogaland county, Norway. Preikestolen is a steep cliff which rises 604 metres (1,982 ft) above the Lysefjorden. Atop the cliff, there may be an almost flat top of about 25 through 25 metres (eighty two feet × eighty  ft). It sits on the north facet of the fjord, opposite the Kjerag plateau, located on the south side.

Tourism at the web site has been growing in cutting-edge years, with between one hundred and fifty,000 and two hundred,000 website traffic in 2012, making it one of the maximum visited natural visitor points of interest in Norway. BASE jumpers often jump from the cliff. because of its expanded recognition, there may be currently a undertaking under manner to beautify the route to the internet page, that is first-class to be had via a three.8-kilometre (2.4 mi) lengthy hike