Fjords

Eight bridges hop between tiny islands and skerries, waves crashing over the asphalt, spray soaking windscreens. The most photographed span, Storseisundbrua, curves upward and then drops away at an angle that makes it look like the road simply ends in mid-air.

The route connects two UNESCO-listed fjords via a mountain pass with hairpin bends that is barely just drivable. It's exactly as dramatic as the tourism brochures claim. This is the most visited scenic route in Norway, and for good reason.

Hardangerfjord has orchards on steep hillsides, snowcapped peaks reflected in wide water and some of the best hiking in Norway.

The Norway in a Nutshell route connects Oslo and Bergen through some of the most dramatic scenery in northern Europe. Trains, mountains, fjords, all in 2 days.