After we drove from Geiranger we drove up to Dalsnibba to enjoy the views from Geiranger skywalk. Dalsnibba offers a good view and is therefore a popular tourist destination. Dalsnibba is often covered by snow even in the summer. The Norwegian County Road 63 passes along the south side of the mountain, and from that road, there is a private toll… Continue reading Dalsnibba
Category: Outdoors
Geiranger boat trip
The next day, we checked out of the hotel and went for a boat ride on the Geiranger fjord. The two most notable waterfalls in the Geiranger Fjord are Seven Sisters Falls and the Suitor. Both falls face one another across the fjord, and the Suitor is said to be trying to woo the sisters opposite. It… Continue reading Geiranger boat trip
Geiranger
Our destination for the long day of travelling and sightseeing was Geiranger, at the bottom of the Geiranger fjord. The road leading down to the fjord was a bit steep and full of turns, but not as much as Trollstigen that we had been driving earlier in the day. And this had a good view… Continue reading Geiranger
Valldal
On our drive we made a stop in the charming village of Valldal. The village is most known in Norway for being “the strawberry village”. The valley has very good growth condition for fruits ans berries. It was not strawberry season when we were there, but we could see all the fields where they grow… Continue reading Valldal
Trollstigen
After our trip with the gondola, we got back in the car to continue the journey. To get to where we were headed we drove one of Norway’s most famous roads called Trollstigen, meaning the troll path. It is part of Norwegian County Road 63 that connects the town of Åndalsnes in Rauma and the village of Valldal in Norddal Municipality. It… Continue reading Trollstigen
Romsdalsgondolen
In Åndalsnes we got the new gondola up to the top of the mountain. It opened this year on the 28th of may. It was really great both going up and down and soaking in the views at the top.
Åndalsnes
When we left the hotel in Molde, quite early in the morning the weather had gone back to being really lovely, sunny and warm. We drove over to the little town of Åndalsnes. And as we waited for the new tourist attraction to open in the morning, we sat down for a cup of coffee… Continue reading Åndalsnes
Atlanterhavsvegen
On our way from Molde to Kristiansund and back, we drove on the Atlantic Ocean Road. The road is a 8.274-kilometer (5.141 mi) long section of County Road 64 that connects the island and municipality of Averøy with the mainland at Eide. The road runs across an archipelago of partially inhabited islands and skerries. In 2009,… Continue reading Atlanterhavsvegen
