Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
If you'll be doing a lot of driving, pick up a good local map. The
1:335,000-scale
Sør-Norge nord
map by Cappelens Kart is excellent (about
100 kr, available at local TIs and bookstores).
▲▲From the Lustrafjord to Aurland
The drive to the pleasant fjordside town of Aurland (see previous chapter)
takes you either through the world's longest car tunnel, or over an incredible
mountain pass. If you aren't going as far as Lom and Jotunheimen, consider
taking the pass, as the scenery here rivals the famous Sognefjell pass drive.
From Sogndal, drive 20 minutes to the Mannheller-Fodnes ferry (described
under “Lustrafjord Connections,” earlier), float across the Sognefjord, then
drive from Fodnes to Lærdal. From Lærdal, you have two options to Aurland:
ThespeedyrouteisonE-16throughthenew15-mile-long
tunnel
fromLærdal,
or the Aurlandsvegen
“Snow Road”
over the pass.
signed as if it were just another of Norway's countless tunnels. But driving it is
a bizarre experience: A few miles in, as you find yourself trying not to be hyp-
notized by the monotony, it suddenly dawns on you what it means to be driv-
ing under a mountain for 15 miles. To keep people awake, three rest chambers,
