The Panoramic Road

Facts about the road:
The route starts in Stryn and goes west to Blekesvingen on the RV15 road. It then follows the FV613 road to Dokset and continues on the FV698 road until it meets the E39 road in Lote in Eid municipality. From there, the route is mostly through tunnels to Nordfjordeid. The section between Stryn and Nordfjordeid is about 52 km, and the drive takes 1 hour and 5 minutes according to the Norwegian Automobile Association’s route planner.

The road passes through lush, green rural areas where people have settled and lived for centuries. The Nordfjord was an important transport route in days of yore.
Although it is a longer way of getting to Nordfjordeid, the views from the Panoramic Road are spectacular. When the forest opens up and you get a beautiful view of the Nordfjord, you realise that it was worth the detour. The FV613 road runs high up the side of the valley along the fjord, from farm to farm. There’s a steep descent down to the fjord, and it’s incredible that tractors manage to make their way up and down this route.

There are many places to stop along the way, including the museums Jevnlig Gårdsmuseum and Ulvedal sag og bygdemuseum, Nos and Tvinnefossen waterfall.
At Jevnlig Gårdsmuseum, you can study almost 1,000 artefacts in the two old buildings. Ulvedal sag and bygdemuseum is a great little museum built around a restored head saw. There is also a smokehouse, a forge, and a planing mill. The latter also houses a museum and library. The mill pond is also used by the locals as a gathering place. There are several marked hiking routes, including to Baggehola cave where an outlaw from Innvik spent a few years in the 16th century.

The view from Nos viewpoint is stunning and there’s 500 metres drop straight down to the fjord. After stopping at Nos, take a detour to Randabygda and visit Tvinnefossen waterfall. A sign at the waterfall informs visitors that it is the only waterfall in Northern Europe that people and animals can actually pass behind.