Atlantic Road Coastal Bridges · short arc

Scenic road chapters

Waypoint introductions and full write-ups

1. 1. Fuel stop near Kløfta

   Kløfta is a busy junction north-east of Oslo, where the E6 motorway north towards Trondheim meets Rv2 east towards Kongsvinger and the Swedish border. Oslo Airport at Gardermoen is just to the north, and the area is a hub of roads, railways, service stations and shopping centres. It is not a place to linger, but it is a practical start for a long day.

   Read the complete Scenic stretch near Kløfta write-up.

   Recorded stop-planning note

   May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.

   Planning note

   Atlantic Road Coastal Bridges is where the day begins. Next is Oslo / Norway Scenic Roads return.

2. 2. Near Jevnaker, on the way back

   North of Jevnaker the long, narrow body of Randsfjorden reaches up into the hills, and this spot sits on its shores in the farming district of Hadeland. Randsfjorden is not a fjord at all but a freshwater lake, one of the biggest in Norway, some seventy kilometres long, filling a deep glacial trench between forested ridges. The water is clear, dark and quiet, with farms and small villages on the lower slopes and spruce forest above.

   Read the complete Near Jevnaker, on the way back write-up.

   Recorded stop-planning note

   May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.

   Planning note

   Oslo / Norway Scenic Roads return comes up about 95 km into the recorded legs. Next is Food stop near Vikersund.

3. 3. Food stop near Vikersund

   Ski flyers have soared further at Vikersund than almost anywhere else. The giant hill above the village, Vikersundbakken, is one of the largest ski flying hills in the world and has seen several world records, with jumpers flying well over two hundred metres. Even in summer, the scale of the in-run and landing slope is astonishing, and the view from the top over the lake is spectacular.

   Read the complete Food stop near Vikersund write-up.

   Recorded stop-planning note

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   Planning note

   A break here. Next is Photo stop near Tofte.

4. 4. Photo stop near Tofte

   Tofte lies on the Hurum peninsula, on the western shore of the Oslofjord, where the fjord narrows towards the Drøbak strait. For decades, the village was dominated by a large pulp mill, which closed in 2013, and the community has since been adjusting to life without it. The surrounding landscape is one of forests, rocky shores and small bays, with views across the fjord to the eastern shore.

   Read the complete Photo stop near Tofte write-up.

   Recorded stop-planning note

   May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.

   Planning note

   The high point of this section. Next is Atlantic Road Coastal Bridges checkpoint 8.

5. 5. Near Nesoddtangen

   Oslo's suburbs fade quickly here into forest, lakes and fjord. The point lies on the eastern side of the Bunnefjord, the inner arm of the Oslofjord, between Kolbotn and the Nesodden peninsula, an area of wooded hills, granite outcrops, small farms and houses painted in red, white and yellow. Nesoddtangen at the tip of the peninsula is linked to central Oslo by a ferry that crosses the fjord to Aker Brygge, and many locals commute by boat.

   Read the complete Near Nesoddtangen write-up.

   Recorded stop-planning note

   May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.

   Planning note

   Finish at Atlantic Road Coastal Bridges checkpoint 8. That is the ride. Next is High point near Skjønhaug.

6. 6. High point near Skjønhaug

   Skjønhaug is the main village of Trøgstad, in the inland part of Østfold, between the lake Øyeren and the Swedish border. It is a quiet, rural place, with a church, a school, a few shops and a landscape of rolling farmland and forest stretching away in every direction.

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   Recorded stop-planning note

   May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.

   Planning note

   High point near Skjønhaug is the summit of this stretch. Next is Scenic stretch near Fetsund.

7. 7. Scenic stretch near Fetsund

   Fetsund lies at the northern end of Øyeren, where the Glomma, Norway's longest river, flows into the lake through a vast, shifting delta of channels, sandbanks and wetlands. For more than a century, the Glomma was the great highway for timber from the forests of eastern Norway, and at Fetsund the floating logs were caught, sorted and bundled in a huge system of booms before being towed across the lake to the sawmills.

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   Recorded stop-planning note

   May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.

   Planning note

   Scenic stretch near Fetsund closes the day.