Oslo & Eastern Norway
Eastern Norway runs from the capital, Oslo, up through forests, lakes and the long valleys of Gudbrandsdalen and Telemark to the high mountains of Jotunheimen and Rondane, home to Norway's tallest peaks. It is the most accessible part of the country and a natural starting point for a road trip.
Cities
Scenic drives
All scenic routes
Rondane
Innlandet
High open moorland beneath Norway's oldest national park, with a viewpoint built around a famous painting.
Valdresflye
Innlandet
An airy plateau crossing on the edge of Jotunheimen, with a glacier-fed lake and a sculpted rest stop.
Tjøme & Verdens Ende
Vestfold
An easy coastal drive south of Oslo to 'the End of the World', smooth rocks, skerries and a tipping-beacon lighthouse.
The Peer Gynt Road
Gudbrandsdalen, Innlandet
A panoramic toll mountain road across the moors that inspired Ibsen's Peer Gynt.
Hikes
All hikes
Besseggen
Jotunheimen, Innlandet
The iconic ridge between emerald Gjende and blue Bessvatnet.
Knutshøe
Jotunheimen, Innlandet
A spiky ridge directly across Gjende from Besseggen, with two airy scrambles.
Galdhøpiggen
Jotunheimen, Innlandet
Norway's highest summit at 2,469 m, by the glacier-free Spiterstulen route.
Gaustatoppen
Telemark
On a clear day you can see a sixth of Norway from this 1,883 m summit.
Themed routes
All 15 themed routesMjølkevegen: the milk road
Valdres & Gudbrandsdalen
A gentle high-country ride past summer dairy farms and open mountain, one of Norway's signature cycle routes.
69 km · about 5 h by bike
Telemark canal ride
Telemark
A lake-and-canal route up through Telemark, pairing easy riding with the historic Telemark Canal.
95 km · about 6 h riding, allow 2 days
Rjukan and the Telemark falls
Telemark
Follow the valley to Rjukanfossen, the great falls that once powered Norway's pioneering hydro industry.
51 km · about 1 h drive
Valdres stave church road
Valdres, Innlandet
Wind through Valdres to Lom, whose tall stave church has watched over the valley for 800 years.
152 km · about 2 h 45 min drive
Heddal & Telemark churches
Telemark
Visit Heddal, Norway's largest stave church, on a gentle loop through storybook Telemark.
63 km · about 1 h 15 min drive
Gudbrandsdalen church trail
Gudbrandsdalen, Innlandet
Follow the old pilgrim valley north past Ringebu and Lom stave churches toward the high mountains.
139 km · about 2 h 30 min drive
Sognefjellet autumn road
Jotunheimen, Innlandet
Northern Europe's highest mountain pass blazing with autumn colour between Lom and the Sognefjord.
103 km · about 1 h 45 min drive
Rondane golden drive
Rondane, Innlandet
Birch forests turning gold beneath the Rondane peaks, the landscape that inspired Norway's painters.
87 km · about 1 h 30 min drive
Peer Gynt mountain road
Gudbrandsdalen, Innlandet
Through the high country of Ibsen's Peer Gynt, all summer farms, trolls and big mountain light.
68 km · about 1 h 15 min drive
Places to see
All 241 places
Akershus Fortress
Oslo & the East
Alungsjøen
Oslo & the East
Ara
Oslo & the East
Asker Museum
Oslo & the East
Atnsjøen
Gudbrandsdalen & the mountains
Aulestad
Gudbrandsdalen & the mountains
Auli mølle
Oslo & the East
Aurdalsfjorden
Gudbrandsdalen & the mountains
Aursjøen
Gudbrandsdalen & the mountains
Avalsjøen
Oslo & the East
Bagn Bygdesamling
Gudbrandsdalen & the mountains
Bandak
Telemark
Bastøy Lighthouse
Oslo & the East
Bautahaugen Samlinger
Oslo & the East
Bessvatnet
Gudbrandsdalen & the mountains
Bingsfossen
Oslo & the East
Bjerkebæk
Gudbrandsdalen & the mountains
Bjølsenfossen
Oslo & the East
Bogstad
Oslo & the East
Bogstadvannet
Oslo & the East
Borgarsyssel Museum
Oslo & the East
Botsvatn
Telemark
Brannmuseet
Oslo & the East
Brekkefossen
Oslo & the East