Photo: Arno van den Tillaart / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 2.0)
- Duration
- 5 h round trip
- Distance
- 260 km
- Stops
- 3
A coastal day from Ålesund to one of the world's great short drives. Work north via Molde to the Atlantic Ocean Road, where a chain of low bridges, the curling Storseisundet the star, leaps from islet to islet across the open sea. Time it for a breezy day and the waves put on a show. Pair it with the WWII coastal village of Bud and a seafood lunch.
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Best season: Year-round (storm days are spectacular)
The route
- 1
Molde
The 'town of roses' with its mountain panorama.
- 2
Atlantic Ocean Road
Storseisundet bridge into the sea.
- 3
Bud
Fishing village and wartime fort.