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The south coast and Telemark

This contrasting trip follows the beautiful coastline dotted with detours to pretty little towns redolent with the atmosphere of the windjammer age.

The tour can be embarked on in Oslo, Larvik, Kristiansand, Stavanger or Haugesund. The length of your stopovers will determine whether you will be en route for four days or four weeks.

Even before leaving the Oslofjord area, many interesting detours suggest themselves: Horten, Tønsberg and Sandefjord, and further on to picturesque Kragerø, Risør, Tvedestrand and Arendal.

A whole series of delightful little towns are strung out along the E 18/E 39 - Grimstad, Lillesand, Mandal, Flekkefjord and Egersund. Norway's southernmost point at Lindesnes and the charming town of Farsund are reached by a side-road.

Other attractions along your route are the lively, international town of  Stavanger, picturesque Skudeneshavn (ferry from Mekjarvik), the North Sea port of Haugesund, the fjords in Ryfylke, the Lake Suldal, the mountain pass across Haukeli, colourful Rauland and the rugged Vestfjorddal in Telemark.

On this tour, you travel through Hardangervidda National Park.

Road From/To Distance
E18 Oslo - Kristiansand 320 kilometres
E39 Kristiansand - Flekkefjord 118 kilometres
Rv 44 Flekkefjord - Stavanger 152 kilometres
Rv 47 Stavanger - Haugesund  50 kilometres
E 134 Haugesund - Åmot 234 kilometres
Rv 37 Åmot - Kongsberg 177 kilometres
Rv 134 Kongsberg - Drammen  41 kilometres
E 18 Drammen - Oslo  40 kilometres
Total:   1,132 kilometres
Last updated:  2013-03-06
Girl with crab in Southern Norway - Photo: Johan Wildhagen/Innovation Norway
Girl with crab in Southern Norway
Langesund, Norway - Photo: Johan Wildhagen/Innovation Norway
Langesund, Norway

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Southern Norway - Photo: Johan Wildhagen/Innovation Norway

The south coast and Telemark

This contrasting trip follows the beautiful coastline dotted with detours to pretty little towns redolent with the atmosphere of the windjammer age.

The south coast and Telemark

Source: Visitnorway

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