Why this ride
157 km one way from Nesoddtangen - plan on about 3 h 18 of riding. The climbs: near Skjønhaug and Scenic stretch near Fetsund. Much of it runs through woodland.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Atlantic Road Coastal Bridges · part 3
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 157 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 3 h 18
- Journey
- One way; return travel is separate
Distance and timing basis
Ordered leg totals agree within rounding. Stop distances are approximate sums of rounded legs. Stops, delays, approach and any separate return travel add time. Basis: producer-declared routed record.
Reading history stays on this device. My road watch requires a separate selection; opening it does not subscribe this ride.
Distance and riding time are measured on the routed road. Check local closures and conditions before you ride.
Scenic road chapters
Atlantic Road Coastal Bridges checkpoint 8 → Atlantic Road Coastal Bri
Slow enough to look. The surface follows the shoreline, so the corners arrive where the water decided, not where an engineer did. Water arrives beside the road and stays for 63 km. The line follows the shore because there is nowhere else for it to go.
Chapter facts
- Length
- 78 km
Waypoint introductions and full write-ups
1. 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
Atlantic Road Coastal Bridges checkpoint 8 is where the day begins. Next is High point near Skjønhaug.
2. 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.
Read the complete High point near Skjønhaug write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
You top out here; the road stops climbing. Next is Scenic stretch near Fetsund.
3. 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.
Read the complete Scenic stretch near Fetsund write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
This is where the road stops climbing. Next is Back to Atlantic Road.
4. Back to Atlantic Road
The plain is the largest area of farmland in eastern Norway, a gently rolling landscape of grain fields, spruce woods and red wooden barns, with the E6 motorway and the main railway line running through it. Oslo's airport at Gardermoen is some thirteen kilometres to the north.
Read the complete Atlantic Road write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Back to Atlantic Road closes the day.
Leg by leg
High point near Skjønhaug to Scenic stretch near Fetsund
High point near Skjønhaug → Scenic stretch near Fetsund is 34 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Scenic stretch near Fetsund to Back to Atlantic Road
Scenic stretch near Fetsund → Back to Atlantic Road is 45 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.