Pipster
Registered user
Just back from a Scandinavian / Baltic trip and out of the 10 countrys we visited Norway tops them all 
There was a group of 8 of us on the trip and its the one country where we all had permanent grins on our faces
; the roads, the scenery, and, luckily the weather/temperature were perfect.
Literally, from the moment we got off the boat, and a 20 minute ride out of Stavanger, you hit mind blowing scenery. Miles and miles of it; frozen lakes and fjords, waterfalls, great biking roads with hardly any other traffic. And although there's a low speed limit, we stuck to the smaller roads and didn't see any police throughout.
Not that speed is an issue; the scenery is spectacular and you find yourself just cruising along, taking it all in. Unfortunately, we only had a day in Norway but we managed to cram in a great deal including the hairpin road down to the Lysebotn ferry (turning round to come back up from the bottom), and then over the mountain pass through the corriders of snow 20' deep. We dropped down into the next valley, making our way to Notodden
in the Telemark region.
The following morning we got up early to visit the heavy water plant at Rjukan, made famous by the Norwegian resistance in the second world war, and in going there found probably the best biking road I've ever had the pleasure of riding. Road 37 alongside Lake Tinnsjo, (stunning mountains to one side and a beautiful lake to the other), freshly resurfaced
road, twisties to die for; it has to be ridden to be appreciated.
On the way back we made our last stop in Kongsberg for lunch before sadly leaving Norway, and promising to come back for longer next year.
I'm well travelled but this place tops the list of anywhere that I've been. A big thanks to Liv for all the posts and time she's spends posting threads about Norway; very helpful.
There was a group of 8 of us on the trip and its the one country where we all had permanent grins on our faces
; the roads, the scenery, and, luckily the weather/temperature were perfect.Literally, from the moment we got off the boat, and a 20 minute ride out of Stavanger, you hit mind blowing scenery. Miles and miles of it; frozen lakes and fjords, waterfalls, great biking roads with hardly any other traffic. And although there's a low speed limit, we stuck to the smaller roads and didn't see any police throughout.
Not that speed is an issue; the scenery is spectacular and you find yourself just cruising along, taking it all in. Unfortunately, we only had a day in Norway but we managed to cram in a great deal including the hairpin road down to the Lysebotn ferry (turning round to come back up from the bottom), and then over the mountain pass through the corriders of snow 20' deep. We dropped down into the next valley, making our way to Notodden
in the Telemark region.
The following morning we got up early to visit the heavy water plant at Rjukan, made famous by the Norwegian resistance in the second world war, and in going there found probably the best biking road I've ever had the pleasure of riding. Road 37 alongside Lake Tinnsjo, (stunning mountains to one side and a beautiful lake to the other), freshly resurfaced
road, twisties to die for; it has to be ridden to be appreciated.
On the way back we made our last stop in Kongsberg for lunch before sadly leaving Norway, and promising to come back for longer next year.
I'm well travelled but this place tops the list of anywhere that I've been. A big thanks to Liv for all the posts and time she's spends posting threads about Norway; very helpful.
