# Road trips in Norway > 13 road trips and 32 hand-picked places in Norway, with routes, stops and practical tips for driving and camping. Source: https://camping-spirit.com/roadtrips/norway/ 13 road trips and 32 hand-picked places in Norway, with routes, stops and practical tips for driving and camping. ## Road trips through Norway - [Norway’s fjords: Bergen to the Atlantic Road](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/norway-fjords/): Waterfalls, hairpins and islands joined by bridges. Several legs include short car ferries. - [Chasing the midnight sun: Lofoten to Nordkapp](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/midnight-sun/): Fishing villages under sharp peaks, then the long road north to 71°. Best from late May to July. - [Southern Norway: Kristiansand to Preikestolen](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/south-norway/): Norway’s southern tip, the North Sea road through Egersund and the cliff above Lysefjord. - [Hardangerfjord and its waterfalls](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/hardanger/): Fruit orchards on the fjord, a waterfall you walk behind and Vøringsfossen on the edge of the Hardangervidda. - [The Helgeland coast: Kystriksveien to Bodø](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/b5-helgeland-coast/): Six ferries, a mountain with a hole in it, a glacier near the sea and the world’s strongest tidal current on Norway’s coastal road. - [Senja and Andøya: Norway in miniature](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/b5-senja-andoya/): Jagged peaks rising from the sea on Senja’s outer coast, then a summer ferry to the whale waters off Andenes. - [Lofoten end to end, by ferry from Bodø](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/b5-lofoten-ferry/): Cross from Bodø to the far end of Lofoten, then drive the E10 back through fishing villages, white beaches and a Viking longhouse. - [Jotunheimen: Valdresflye and Sognefjellet](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/b5-jotunheimen/): Two high mountain roads through Norway’s tallest peaks, from the Valdres valley via Lom to the head of the Sognefjord and the oldest stave church. - [Rondane and Dovrefjell: musk oxen and mountain views](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/b5-rondane-dovre/): From Lillehammer up the Gudbrandsdal to Norway’s first national park and the high plateau of Dovrefjell, home of wild musk oxen. - [Telemark: canal locks, stave churches and Rjukan](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/b5-telemark-canal/): Along the Telemark Canal to the biggest stave church in Norway, up to the peak of Gaustatoppen and into the valley of the heavy-water saboteurs. - [Sognefjord: Nærøyfjord, Stegastein and Borgund](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/b15-sognefjord-e16/): From Bergen along the E16 to the Nærøyfjord, up to the Stegastein viewpoint, over the Snow Road to Borgund’s stave church and on to Sogndal. - [Nordfjord glaciers: Fjærland, Briksdal and Dalsnibba](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/b15-nordfjord-glaciers/): Along the edge of the Jostedalsbreen ice cap to Olden and Loen, then over the mountains to the Dalsnibba viewpoint above Geiranger. - [Swedish Lapland: Kiruna to Narvik on the E10](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/b5-kiruna-narvik/): The Icehotel, the clear skies of Abisko and the road across the mountains to a Norwegian fjord, under the midnight sun or the northern lights. ## Places worth the detour in Norway - [Trollstigen](https://camping-spirit.com/places/trollstigen/): Eleven hairpin bends up a sheer mountainside, with a viewing platform at the top. Usually open late May to October. - [Atlanterhavsveien](https://camping-spirit.com/places/atlantic-road/): About 8 km of road hopping across islets on eight bridges, most dramatic in stormy weather. - [Reine](https://camping-spirit.com/places/reine/): Red fishing cabins below sharp peaks in the Lofoten Islands. Many rorbuer can be rented. - [Lindesnes Lighthouse](https://camping-spirit.com/places/lindesnes/): Norway’s southernmost mainland point and oldest lighthouse, with bunkers from the Second World War. - [Vøringsfossen](https://camping-spirit.com/places/voringsfossen/): A 182 m waterfall seen from viewing platforms and a staircase bridge above the gorge. - [Torghatten](https://camping-spirit.com/places/b5-torghatten/): A mountain with a hole right through it, about 160 m long, carved by the sea during the Ice Age. A steep path from the car park reaches the hole in about 20 minutes. - [Engabreen](https://camping-spirit.com/places/b5-engabreen/): An arm of the Svartisen ice cap that reaches almost down to sea level. In summer a small boat crosses Holandsfjorden from Braset, then a path leads up to the ice. - [Saltstraumen](https://camping-spirit.com/places/b5-saltstraumen/): One of the strongest tidal currents in the world, forcing millions of cubic metres of water through a narrow strait and forming whirlpools. Check tide tables and watch from the bridge or the shore. - [Tungeneset](https://camping-spirit.com/places/b5-tungeneset/): A wooden walkway over the rocks facing the jagged Okshornan peaks across the fjord. One of the classic viewpoints on the National Scenic Route Senja, lovely at midnight in June. - [Lofotr Viking Museum](https://camping-spirit.com/places/b5-lofotr/): A reconstruction of an 83 m chieftain’s longhouse on the site where the original was excavated, with a Viking ship on the lake below. - [Gjende and Besseggen](https://camping-spirit.com/places/b5-gjendesheim/): The green glacial lake of Gjende and the start of the Besseggen ridge walk, Norway’s best-known day hike. A boat takes hikers up the lake to Memurubu in summer. - [Sognefjellet](https://camping-spirit.com/places/b5-sognefjellet/): The highest mountain pass road in northern Europe, topping out at 1,434 m between glaciers and peaks of Jotunheimen. Open from about late May to October; expect snow walls in June. - [Urnes Stave Church](https://camping-spirit.com/places/b5-urnes-stave-church/): Norway’s oldest stave church, from the 12th century and on the UNESCO list, famous for its carved animal ornament. It sits on a green slope above the Lustrafjord. - [Atnsjøen](https://camping-spirit.com/places/b5-atnsjoen/): A mountain lake below the peaks of Rondane. The Sohlbergplassen viewpoint on Fv27 marks the spot that inspired Harald Sohlberg’s painting Winter Night in the Mountains. - [Heddal Stave Church](https://camping-spirit.com/places/b5-heddal-stave-church/): Norway’s largest stave church, a tiered wooden building from the 13th century beside the E134. Still used for services, so check before visiting on a Sunday. - [Gaustatoppen](https://camping-spirit.com/places/b5-gaustatoppen/): A 1,883 m summit said to overlook a sixth of Norway on a clear day. The marked path from Stavsro takes about two hours up; a tunnel railway inside the mountain is the easy option. - [Vemork](https://camping-spirit.com/places/b5-vemork/): A hydro-electric plant on the edge of a gorge, target of the heavy-water sabotage of 1943. Now the Norwegian Industrial Workers Museum, part of a UNESCO industrial site. - [Stegastein viewpoint](https://camping-spirit.com/places/b15-stegastein/): A wood and steel platform jutting out 650 m above the Aurlandsfjord on the Aurlandsfjellet scenic route. The road up from Aurland is narrow and winding, and the small car park is busy in summer. - [Borgund Stave Church](https://camping-spirit.com/places/b15-borgund-stave-church/): The best-preserved of Norway’s medieval stave churches, built around 1200 with dragon heads on its roof ridges. It stands next to the E16 east of Lærdal, with a visitor centre and an entrance fee. - [Briksdalsbreen](https://camping-spirit.com/places/b15-briksdalsbreen/): An arm of Jostedalsbreen at the head of Oldedalen, reached by a path of about 3 km each way past waterfalls. The car park is at the end of the valley road from Olden; the glacier has retreated a long way in recent years. - [Dalsnibba](https://camping-spirit.com/places/b15-dalsnibba/): A 1,476 m summit with a platform looking down on Geiranger and its fjord, reached by a toll road off route 63. The road usually opens from late May to October; the upper hairpins are narrow. - [Ørnesvingen](https://camping-spirit.com/places/geiranger/): The Eagle Road viewpoint above the Geirangerfjord and the Seven Sisters waterfall. - [Preikestolen](https://camping-spirit.com/places/preikestolen/): A flat rock platform 604 m above the Lysefjord, about four hours there and back on foot. - [Nordkapp](https://camping-spirit.com/places/nordkapp/): A cliff at 71°N, often called the northernmost point of Europe. Midnight sun from mid-May to late July. - [Steinsdalsfossen](https://camping-spirit.com/places/steinsdalsfossen/): A waterfall you can walk behind, a few minutes from the fjord road. - [Andenes Lighthouse](https://camping-spirit.com/places/b5-andenes-lighthouse/): A red cast-iron lighthouse at the northern tip of Andøya. Andenes is the base for whale safaris to the deep water just offshore where sperm whales feed. - [Haukland Beach](https://camping-spirit.com/places/b5-haukland-beach/): White sand and turquoise water under steep peaks on Vestvågøy. The short climb up Mannen next to the beach gives a view over both Haukland and Uttakleiv. - [Lom Stave Church](https://camping-spirit.com/places/b5-lom-stave-church/): A large medieval stave church in the village centre, extended in the 17th century, with dragon heads on the gables and a graveyard above the river. - [Maihaugen](https://camping-spirit.com/places/b5-maihaugen/): One of Europe’s largest open-air museums, with farms, a stave church and a whole town street of old buildings above Lillehammer. - [Ringebu Stave Church](https://camping-spirit.com/places/b5-ringebu-stave-church/): A 13th-century stave church with a red 17th-century tower, on a hillside above the Gudbrandsdal valley at the foot of the road into Rondane. - [Tvindefossen](https://camping-spirit.com/places/b15-tvindefossen/): A broad waterfall dropping about 150 m over a stepped rock wall right beside the E16 north of Voss. Roadside parking makes it an easy break; the rocks near the spray are slippery. - [Bøyabreen](https://camping-spirit.com/places/b15-boyabreen/): A tongue of the Jostedalsbreen ice cap hanging above a small meltwater lake, seen after a short walk from the car park by road 5. It is right on the way from Fjærland to the tunnel north. ## FAQs **What are the best road trips in Norway?** Popular routes include Norway’s fjords: Bergen to the Atlantic Road, Chasing the midnight sun: Lofoten to Nordkapp, Southern Norway: Kristiansand to Preikestolen and Hardangerfjord and its waterfalls. CampingSpirit has 13 trip guides that pass through Norway, each with a stop-by-stop itinerary and a route map. **Which places in Norway are worth a detour?** Our editors recommend Trollstigen, Atlanterhavsveien, Reine, Lindesnes Lighthouse, Vøringsfossen and Torghatten. **Do you need a vignette or pay tolls in Norway?** Electronic tolls by number plate. Automatic toll roads and toll rings; many routes include car ferries. Rules and prices change. Check official sources before you travel. **What is the motorway speed limit in Norway?** 110 km/h on motorways for cars, unless signs show otherwise. **Are there low-emission zones in Norway?** Few or none.