Kings View
To the south of Sundvollen rises Krokkleiva (443m/1,453ft), reached either on a side road (4km/2.5mi; toll) off the main road or by a "barrel lift" (tønneheis; 1,266m/1,385yd long). Below the summit is the Kleivstua (restaurant), with the beautiful "Queen's View" (Dronningens Utsikt). There is an even finer prospect from a projecting spur of rock known as the King's View (Kongens Utsikt; 379m/1,243ft), 25minutes' walk away.
Lake Tyri
Lake Tyri, which in English translates as Lake Resinous, is the fifth biggest lake in all of Norway, approximately 137 sq. kilometers in size. The water surface is 63 meters above the sea level today, which millenniums ago stood some 68 meters higher and made it a part of the sea.
Tyrifjorden it's one of the most beautiful and diverse lakes in all of Norway and a very popular place for recreation amongst the population in the district. Boating, swimming, sun bathing, fishing and bird watching is nothing but a few keywords that connects. The lake is surrounded by steep hills, which stretches towards some of the most beautiful recreation terrain in all of Norway. This terrain is over grown by Spruce-fir today, but this has not always been the case.
The lake is separated in four parts by the nature, called Steinsfjorden, Nordfjorden, Holsfjorden and Tyrifjorden, but their common name is Tyrifjorden. The average depth of the main plateau, which is the central middle part of the lake, is 286 meters (938 feet). The deepest part of it, however, is more than 330 meters (1,083 feet). This part is the middle section of Holsfjorden. The most shallow parts are the eastern parts of Nordfjorden and Steinsfjorden, who has an average depth of less than 20 meters (65.5 feet) and scattered by small cozy islands. The main water supply is the river Grand (Storelva), which is a joint river that blend from the two rivers Begna and Randselva almost in the middle of Hønefoss Town, a few kilometers north of the lake. This and the river Sogna both joins the lake at the sandy beaches on the northeastern shores of Nordfjorden.
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