Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Two Weeks
The Norwegian Coast
ThecoastlinebetweenTrondheimandtheLofotenIslandsismagnificent,takingyouacross
the Arctic Circle and following a shoreline fissured with deep inlets, shadowed by count-
lessoffshoreislandsandpopulatedbyquietfishingvillagesthatarethelifebloodofcoastal
Norway. You'll need a car to make the most of this route, although travelling aboard the
Hurtigruten coastal ferry, even for just a leg or two, is another fine way to travel in a much
shorter time frame.
Begin in
Trondheim
and linger for a couple of days in one of Norway's most agreeable
cities.Headingnorth,via
Hell
,stopoffin
Stiklestad
,asiteofgreathistoricalsignificance
for Norwegians. Then it's on to
Rørvik
on the coast, where a fascinating multimedia dis-
play is the perfect introduction to coastal life.
TheRv17travelsnorthtopicturesque
Brønnøysund
,anddon'tmisstheoffshoredetour
to the fascinating, Unesco World Heritage-listed island of
Vega
. Back on the mainland,
the extraordinary
Kystriksveien coastal route
hugs the coastline. Another candidate for
