Rauma. A river as a statement.

A river, a valley, a silent cry in the landscape. Between steep, towering walls, the water winds through the Romsdalen valley like a nervous thought—sometimes calm, almost pensive, then roaring, as if it had forgotten something and needed to hurry to catch up.

The surrounding mountains: vertical, rugged, and rude. Trollveggen—Europe's highest vertical rock face—looks down as if to say: "Well, do you dare? " Spoiler alert: No.

And yet a railway line runs through here, like a scar that someone has carved into the rock with a lot of defiance and even more dynamite.

The water? Not an invitation to swim. A tumbling madness that flings itself down the cliffs in silver fury, as if it wanted to shatter itself to finally find peace.

Here Norway obviously thought: Let's build a valley that wants everything – except people.

And that's exactly why it's so beautiful.