Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Eidfjord Tourist Office
TOURIST INFORMATION
(
53 67 34 00;
www.visiteidfjord.no
;
Simadalsvegen 3;
9am-7pm Mon-Fri, 10am-6pm Sat & Sun
mid-Jun-mid-Aug, 10am-5pm Mon-Fri mid-Aug-mid-Jun)
Getting There & Away
BUS
Up to five buses run daily between Eidfjord and Odda (1¾ hours) and some continue on to
Geilo. In summer, a minibus service (Nkr100) operates between Tinnhølen lake/Trondsbu
and the main Rv7 Eidfjord-Geilo road; it's a convenient entry/exit point for hiking on the
Hardangervidda Plateau.
CAR
The spectacular, and often very windy, Hardanger Bridge (the longest tunnel-to-tunnel sus-
pension bridge in the world), joins Bruravik and Brimnes, just west of Eidford along the
Rv7/13.
Around Eidfjord
Eidfjord is a gateway to the
Hardangervidda Plateau
, the largest mountain plateau in
northern Europe and the site of one of Norway's largest national parks. From Eidfjord, the
Rv7 twists up through Måbødalen, taking in a number of corkscrewing tunnels, before
climbing up onto the plateau.
Vøringsfossen
WATERFALL
At the summit after a steep 20km drive, and where Hardangervidda begins, is the stunning,
182m-high
Vøringfoss Waterfall
. There are actually numerous waterfalls here, which to-
gether are called Vøringsfossen. They plunge over the plateau's rim and down into the
canyon, some with a vertiginous drop of 145m. The best views are from the lookout next
to the Fossli Hotel (parking Nkr40) or from a number of lookouts reached from the
Vøringsfossen Cafeteria back down the valley on the Rv7.
