Themed & niche routes

Norway's most famous bike ride, freewheeling down the old navvies' road from the high plateau to the Flåm fjord.

62 km · about 4 h by bike

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

A quiet valley route up the medieval Numedal, threading old farms and stave churches toward the mountains.

125 km · about 8 h riding, allow 2 days

Pedal the fjord shore through blossoming orchards and waterfalls along the edge of the Hardangerfjord.

58 km · about 4 h by bike

Island-hop the Lofoten Wall on two wheels, from busy Svolvær to the road's quiet end at Å.

81 km · about 5 h by bike

A wild, low-traffic ride around the outer edge of Senja, Norway's second-largest island.

52 km · about 3 h by bike

Flat, breezy cycling past long North Sea beaches, dunes and lighthouses south of Stavanger.

66 km · about 4 h by bike

Follow the long Setesdal valley from the south coast up to the Hovden highlands, climbing all the way.

161 km · about 11 h riding, allow 2 days

A coastal island ride beneath the Seven Sisters peaks, with short ferry hops between the cycling.

64 km · about 4 h by bike

Open-sky cycling across Vesterålen to Andenes, where the whales feed off the island's tip.

121 km · about 8 h riding, allow 2 days

Ride the wave-leaping Atlantic Ocean Road and the quiet coastal lanes either side of it.

70 km · about 5 h by bike

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

Saddle up beneath the Lyngen Alps, glaciated peaks rising straight from the fjord road.

21 km · about 1 h by bike

A long inland ride from the coast to the wooden mining town of Røros, a UNESCO world heritage site.

187 km · about 12 h riding, allow 3 days

Climb the Hallingdal valley from Gol toward Hardangervidda, a steady ride into the high country.

64 km · about 4 h by bike

A fjord-edge ride from Ålesund into the Sunnmøre Alps, ferries linking the quiet shore roads.

55 km · about 4 h by bike

Big-sky, low-traffic riding along the treeless Varanger coast at Norway's far northeast tip.

61 km · about 4 h by bike

A drive that strings together Hardanger's biggest falls, from Steinsdalsfossen to Vøringsfossen and Låtefossen.

110 km · about 2 h drive

Climb the hairpins of Måbødalen to Vøringsfossen, Norway's best-known waterfall, plunging into its gorge.

63 km · about 1 h 15 min drive

Chase the falls of the Trollstigen, where Stigfossen tumbles past the famous hairpin road.

40 km · about 45 min drive

A glacier-fed drive past Norway's western waterfalls between Nordfjord and the Geirangerfjord.

39 km · about 45 min drive

Follow the valley to Rjukanfossen, the great falls that once powered Norway's pioneering hydro industry.

51 km · about 1 h drive

A short, dramatic loop past the twin cascade of Låtefossen on the old road over to Røldal.

31 km · about 30 min drive

Tuck between Tvindefossen and Skjervsfossen on a green drive through the valleys around Voss.

29 km · about 30 min drive

A mountain drive past roaring snowmelt falls and the medieval Borgund stave church.

55 km · about 1 h drive

The narrow Gudbrandsjuvet gorge and its viewing walkways on the wild road to Geiranger.

22 km · about 30 min drive

Drive the sunny south coast to Lindesnes, mainland Norway's southernmost point and its oldest lighthouse.

112 km · about 2 h drive

A flat coastal drive past the Jæren lighthouses, long sand beaches and the open North Sea.

87 km · about 1 h 30 min drive

Follow the Lofoten coast between fishing villages and the little lights that guard the fjord mouths.

70 km · about 1 h 15 min drive

Drive Andøya's ocean edge to the Andenes lighthouse, with whale-watching from the same harbour.

76 km · about 1 h 30 min drive

From Art Nouveau Ålesund out to the bird cliffs and lighthouse of Runde island.

34 km · about 30 min drive

A drive to Norway's wildest cape and the storm-battered Kråkenes lighthouse above the breakers.

37 km · about 45 min drive

Bridge-hop out to the fishing islands of Hitra and Frøya, lighthouses and seafood at the road's end.

107 km · about 2 h drive

The drive to the North Cape cliff, the lighthouse coast at the very top of mainland Europe.

67 km · about 1 h 15 min drive

Lighthouses and the Seven Sisters peaks along the Helgeland coast, ferries between the islands.

64 km · about 1 h 15 min drive

A trail past four of Norway's finest stave churches, including Borgund and the UNESCO-listed Urnes.

76 km · about 1 h 30 min drive

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

Visit Heddal, Norway's largest stave church, on a gentle loop through storybook Telemark.

63 km · about 1 h 15 min drive

The 'medieval valley' of Numedal packs four stave churches along one quiet mountain road.

125 km · about 2 h 15 min drive

Follow the old pilgrim valley north past Ringebu and Lom stave churches toward the high mountains.

139 km · about 2 h 30 min drive

A short Hallingdal run linking the valley's stave churches on the climb toward Hardangervidda.

45 km · about 45 min drive

Two stave churches and a fjord-ferry loop around the inner Sognefjord.

44 km · about 45 min drive

The classic island hop down the Lofoten chain, bridge after bridge between peaks and white beaches.

81 km · about 2 h 15 min drive

Cross Vesterålen island to island, from the Hurtigruten town of Stokmarknes out to Andenes.

121 km · about 3 h drive

Part of the famous Kystriksveien, a drive-and-ferry hop along the Seven Sisters coast.

64 km · about 2 h drive

Tunnel and bridge out to Trøndelag's seafood islands, all skerries, fishing harbours and open sea.

76 km · about 2 h 15 min drive

Reach the tiny fishing village of Husøy and the outer edge of Senja by a string of ferries and tunnels.

67 km · about 2 h drive

An easy island hop from Tromsø to the white-sand beaches of Sommarøy on the Arctic Ocean.

37 km · about 1 h 30 min drive

Wander the white wooden towns and sheltered skerries of the sunny Sørlandet summer coast.

88 km · about 2 h 15 min drive

A coastal hop through Norway's western island belt to the pilgrim island of Selja.

56 km · about 1 h 45 min drive

Ferry under the Lyngen Alps on a fjord-and-island loop east of Tromsø.

71 km · about 2 h drive

Drive to the North Cape to watch the midnight sun hang over the Arctic Ocean from Europe's edge.

173 km · about 3 h 15 min drive

The Lofoten peaks glowing through the small hours, when the sun simply circles instead of setting.

40 km · about 45 min drive

A wild coastal drive on Senja, the Devil's Teeth peaks lit by a sun that never goes down.

52 km · about 1 h drive

Glaciers and fjords north of Tromsø, at their most magical under the round-the-clock summer light.

71 km · about 1 h 15 min drive

Late-night whale watching and ocean light on Andøya, far above the Arctic Circle.

76 km · about 1 h 30 min drive

The big-sky tundra coast of Varanger, a birdwatcher's midnight-sun drive at the far northeast corner.

153 km · about 2 h 45 min drive

Cross the Arctic Circle on the Saltfjell and roll down to Bodø and the world's strongest tidal current.

162 km · about 3 h drive

Island-hop the Helgeland coast under the midnight sun, glaciers and sea peaks all the way to Bodø.

161 km · about 3 h drive

Northern Europe's highest mountain pass blazing with autumn colour between Lom and the Sognefjord.

103 km · about 1 h 45 min drive

Birch forests turning gold beneath the Rondane peaks, the landscape that inspired Norway's painters.

87 km · about 1 h 30 min drive

Cross Norway's great mountain plateau when the dwarf birch turns red and the reindeer move south.

63 km · about 1 h 15 min drive

Follow the colours up the Setesdal valley to the Hovden highlands as the season turns.

110 km · about 2 h drive

The 'Snow Road' high above the Aurlandsfjord, autumn-bare and wide open before it closes for winter.

26 km · about 30 min drive

Pine forest, lakes and the copper town of Røros, a quiet autumn drive near the Swedish border.

148 km · about 2 h 45 min drive

Golden forests and the Trollheimen peaks on a quiet autumn drive in southern Trøndelag.

80 km · about 1 h 30 min drive

The deep fjords and wooden wharves said to have inspired Disney's Frozen, by road and the Flåm railway.

115 km · about 2 h drive

Drive the Troll's Ladder and on to Geiranger, deep in the land of Norway's mountain-troll legends.

59 km · about 1 h drive

The icy plateau around Finse that doubled as the planet Hoth in The Empire Strikes Back.

22 km · about 30 min drive

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

The battlefield of Stiklestad and the saga landscapes where Norway became a Christian kingdom.

38 km · about 45 min drive

The stark Varanger coast and the Steilneset memorial to those burned in Norway's witch trials.

61 km · about 1 h drive

The Gudbrandsjuvet gorge and Juvet hotel from Ex Machina, on the road to the Geirangerfjord.

22 km · about 30 min drive

Norway's orchard country, where the fjord-side farms press award-winning cider and sell summer fruit.

37 km · about 45 min drive

Stockfish, king crab and fresh-off-the-boat cod along the Lofoten fishing harbours.

87 km · about 1 h 30 min drive

Norway's market garden: potato fields, dairy farms and farm shops across the flat Jæren coast.

64 km · about 1 h 15 min drive

The Røros region's renowned local food, reindeer, butter and beer, in the cool mountain air.

87 km · about 1 h 30 min drive

Klippfisk, fresh shellfish and the fishing heritage of the Ålesund coast and its islands.

34 km · about 30 min drive

From Trondheim's food halls to island oysters and seaside dining on Stokkøya.

93 km · about 1 h 45 min drive

Apple farms, cider and lakeside cafes through the gentle heart of Telemark.

64 km · about 1 h 15 min drive

An easy electric loop around the Oslofjord, packed with chargers, beaches and old shipping towns.

121 km · about 2 h 15 min drive

A fjord-and-waterfall loop from Bergen, sized for an EV with charge stops at every stage.

138 km · about 2 h 30 min drive

An electric loop up the Ryfylke fjords behind Stavanger, chargers and ferries all the way.

84 km · about 1 h 30 min drive

A high-country EV circuit from Trondheim to Røros, with overnight charging in the mountain towns.

187 km · about 3 h 30 min drive

Lofoten is compact and well charged, an ideal place to road-trip the islands on electric power.

73 km · about 1 h 15 min drive

Hop the white summer towns of the south coast to Lindesnes, charging as you go.

102 km · about 1 h 45 min drive

Northern Europe's highest mountain pass, threading the glaciers of Jotunheimen down to the Sognefjord.

103 km · about 1 h 45 min drive

Eleven tight hairpins climbing the Troll's Ladder past the Stigfossen waterfall.

37 km · about 45 min drive

The wild 'Snow Road' over the mountains, with the Stegastein platform hanging over the fjord.

26 km · about 30 min drive

A waterfall-lined climb over Gaularfjellet to the Utsikten viewpoint above the valley.

81 km · about 1 h 30 min drive

A high, often snowy crossing from Voss to Vik, dropping to the Hopperstad stave church.

52 km · about 1 h drive

The RV7 over Norway's largest mountain plateau, vast, open and reindeer country.

63 km · about 1 h 15 min drive

The historic Old Strynefjell road, a narrow heritage pass between snow walls and summer ski slopes.

97 km · about 1 h 45 min drive

A wide-open high-mountain road across Valdresflye, under the eastern wall of Jotunheimen.

68 km · about 1 h 15 min drive

Cross the Arctic Circle on the bare Saltfjell, the dividing line into the Norwegian north.

119 km · about 2 h 15 min drive

A snaking mountain descent past the Låtefossen falls from Røldal down to the Hardangerfjord.

31 km · about 30 min drive

An easy fjord-side escape from Oslo to the wooden village of Drøbak and back.

28 km · about 30 min drive

A full day from Bergen to the Hardangerfjord, with the Steinsdalsfossen waterfall on the way.

97 km · about 1 h 45 min drive

The day-trip everyone comes for: Stavanger to the Pulpit Rock trailhead above the Lysefjord.

26 km · about 30 min drive

A half-day from Tromsø to the Arctic white-sand beaches of Sommarøy and back.

37 km · about 45 min drive

A scenic loop from Ålesund around the Storfjord, with the Mount Aksla view to finish.

55 km · about 1 h drive

An easy south-coast loop between the white towns of Lillesand and Grimstad.

41 km · about 45 min drive

Around Norway's largest lake, Mjøsa, between the Olympic town and Hamar's cathedral ruins.

49 km · about 1 h drive

A short drive from Bodø to Saltstraumen, the strongest tidal whirlpools in the world.

11 km · about 30 min drive

A mountain-and-fjord drive between the war-history town of Narvik and coastal Harstad.

54 km · about 1 h drive

A coastal day run from Trondheim out to the seafood island of Hitra.

89 km · about 1 h 30 min drive

A day from Bergen to Voss, Norway's adventure-sport capital, with waterfalls along the valley.

65 km · about 1 h 15 min drive