The Atlantic Road you've surely seen photos of. Eight bridges hop between tiny islands and skerries, waves crashing over the asphalt, spray soaking windscreens.


The route connects two UNESCO-listed fjords via a mountain pass that shouldn't be drivable. It's exactly as dramatic as the tourism brochures claim.

Norway has 18 designated scenic routes called Nasjonale Turistveger (National Tourist Roads). They add up to 2,240 kilometres of roads that go along coastlines, over mountain passes and through landscapes the main highways skip.

Must see Attractions


A concentrated, ordered presentation of a single sculptor´s entire public programme that lets you study material, form and expression across more than 200 works. It is free, open 24/7, and captures the universal human experience (joy, anger, grief) so perfectly that you don't need to know anything about art to feel it.
A concentrated, walkable collection of authentic Norwegian buildings and interiors that includes a medieval stave church and dedicated galleries for costume and craft. It is the only place in Oslo where you can physically walk from the Black Death era (1300s) to the Nokia era (1990s) in less than 20 minutes.
A preserved polar exploration ship with connected exhibition galleries that let visitors board the vessel and examine original expedition equipment and ship construction in close detail.

Places to stay


A serious sea-to-table restaurant and beautifully restored rorbu cabins in a working Lofoten fishing harbour.
A beautifully converted 1862 stock exchange at the absolute dead center of Bergen, with one of Norway's best hotel breakfast rooms. Pinstriped wallpaper, herringbone parquet, houndstooth upholstery. Details that nod to the financiers who once worked these floors without hitting you over the head.
125 years old. Rooms are individually decorated with hand-picked art, and the lobby bar, Bar Boman, houses one of the country's largest private collections of Edvard Munch prints. But the real draw is Theatercaféen, the grand Viennese-style restaurant on the ground floor, with its high ceilings and mirrored walls. It's been the place in Oslo where actors, politicians, and locals meet for over a century. Nationaltheateret station is 100 metres from the front door.