National cycle routes

1. The coastal route

Svinesund – Kristiansand – Bergen – Trondheim – North Cape – Kirkenes

The coastal route is the longest of the national cycle routes and is not for the inexperienced. It is, however, not the steepest, but follows the long Norwegian coast from the east to the south, through Fjord Norway with the most famous fjords, and all the way up to the northeast, to Kirkenes on the Russian border.

Please note that the many fjords on the way make ferries, bridges or under sea tunnels the only ways to avoid long detours around each fjord.

3. Fjords and mountains

Kristiansand – Setesdal – Hardanger – Kristiansund

Starting in Kristiansand in Southern Norway, this route visits Hardanger and crosses the Sognefjord before terminating in Kristiansund in the northwest. The craggy mountains and deep fjords of Fjord Norway are the focus of this route, which leads through some of the most scenic parts of Southern Norway and inland Fjord Norway.

7. The pilgrim route

Halden – Oslo – Nidaros (Trondheim)

Halden, near the Swedish border in Eastern Norway, is the starting point of the pilgrim route, which takes you through Norway’s capital Oslo and along the old pilgrim route past the lake Mjøsa and the ruins of the Hamar cathedral, and northwards all the way to Trondheim, where you will find the Nidaros Cathedral, Norway’s national sanctuary.

9. The wilderness route

Halden – Trondheim

While the beginning of the wilderness route is quite similar to the pilgrim route, it takes a more inland route through the wild forest of Eastern Norway via the towns of Elverum and Koppang in Hedmark, and through Røros and Selbu before arriving in Trondheim.