Below you will find some tour suggestions that you can drive by car. This way you can explore beautiful Innherred.

Lake Leksdalsvatn

The lake is located both in Verdal and Steinkjer. Its circumference is about 33 kilometres and there is a good road going all the way around.

There was timber floating here right up until 1950. The timber was floated down the Figga River to Steinkjer.

Lake Leksdalsvatn is a popular spot for ottering. There are also nice bathing spots.

Suitable places for an outing near here include the Stiklestad National Cultural Centre and Steinkjer town centre.

Ytterøy

Take the car ferry from Levanger to the island of Ytterøy - the pearl of the Trondheimfjord. The island has a network of roads which are perfect for round trip excursions either by car or bicycle.

Ytterøy has one of Norway’s most dense stocks of roe deer. This is also a place of historical significance. Mining operations during three centuries have been of much importance to the island right up to the present day.

Around the Trondheimfjord

Good places to start this trip, are Steinkjer and Stiklestad with its National Cultural Centre. In Steinkjer you might want to visit Egge Museum.

Continue your drive along E6 to Asp and then get on rv. 17. Drive to Hjellbotn and then exit onto rv. 720 towards Malm and Follafoss. You will then enter the municipality of Verran.

Here you will first arrive at the municipal centre of Malm, and then drive through the villages of Follafoss, Verrastranda and Verrabotn. You will then enter the municipality of Mosvik and drive via the Trongsund Sound to the Skarnsund Sound, where one of the world’s longest cable-stayed bridges will take you over to Inderøy.

The Golden Route

This is a round trip taking you through beautiful cultural landscapes along the road rv. 761 (with side roads) in the municipality of Inderøy.

Locally produced food, handicrafts, art and open farms are among the experiences on the Golden Route.

Churches of the Middle Ages

Why not plan your round trip excursion based on Innherred's churches dating from the Middle Ages? The relatively large concentration of medieval churches bears testimony to the great prosperity that existed in Innherred in the 1100s.

Start out at Alstadhaug Church in Skogn dating from 1180, just near one of the county’s largest burial mounds.

Stiklestad Church in Verdal futher north is a Roman church that also dates from 1180. The church is built upon the site where St. Olav was killed during the battle in 1030.

Once back on the E6, the trip continues northwards to Mære Church. It was built in 1199.

Towards Inderøy on road 761, you will first come to Hustad Church at Sandvollan, the smallest of the still existing medieval churches. The church is encircled by a notched log fence that is the only one of its kind remaining in Trøndelag.

Finally, at Straumen in Inderøy, you will come to Sakshaug Old Church. It is likely that the stone masons who built Nidarosdomen Cathedral in Trondheim participated in erecting this church at the end of the 1100s. Look for the characteristic demon masks among the church décor.