Norway Motorcycle Tour: Trollstigen & Fjords

Your Norway motorcycle tour begins with the ferry from Hirtshals to Kristiansand. Depending on your departure time, you'll land in Norway in the morning, at midday or in the evening. Kristiansand welcomes you with its grid-planned old town, Kvadraturen, and the Fiskebrygge fish market – ideal for your first evening.

Today your Fjord Norway motorcycle tour continues from Kristiansand to Stavanger, passing rugged rocky coastlines and riding through several tunnels. Stavanger, Norway's fourth-largest city, impresses with the historic Gamle Stavanger district and its whitewashed wooden houses.

From today on, Norway's fjords shape your Scandinavia motorcycle tour: via Kinsarvik, where the Eid Fjord and Sør Fjord meet, you reach Eidfjord. Fjords, coastline, tunnels and the occasional ferry crossing alternate on this varied stage.

From Eidfjord, a detour to the Vøringsfossen waterfall is worthwhile before the route crosses a bridge over the Eid Fjord and passes Flåm on the way to the Sogne Fjord – Europe's deepest and longest fjord. Overnight stay in Sogndal, the starting point for the Sognefjell road the following day.

The Sognefjell road takes you from Gaupne to Lom through Norway's high mountains, before a short detour leads to Trollstigen. This ride over Trollstigen's tight hairpin bends is considered one of the most impressive stages of the entire trip. Overnight stay in Åndalsnes.

Via the short but sensational Atlantic Road, just a few kilometers long, you reach Kristiansund before continuing to Molde. The bridges and curves of this stage rank among Norway's most photogenic roads and repeatedly offer open views out to sea.

On the way to Geiranger, the Eagle Road takes you through the landscape in tight switchbacks with gradients of up to ten percent. A stop at the viewing platform above the Geirangerfjord, a UNESCO World Heritage Site and the highlight of any Eagle Road motorcycle tour, is absolutely worthwhile. Overnight stay in Stryn.

Between Stryn and Bergen, winding and straight coastal roads of Norway alternate – sometimes lush green, sometimes barren, passing waterfalls and red wooden cottages. Bergen, the country's second-largest city, impresses with the Hanseatic quarter of Bryggen and its historic fish market.

Crossing the bridge at the Eid Fjord, you reach the Hardangervidda, a vast high plateau that can still surprise you with snow even in early summer. The Vøringsfossen waterfall lies on your route toward Geilo – the winter sports town roughly halfway along the Bergen–Oslo motorcycle tour.

The final stage takes you from Geilo through picturesque landscape to Oslo, closing out your Fjord Norway round trip by motorcycle. In the capital, there's time for the Royal Palace, the City Hall and a stroll through the trendy Grünerløkka district.

In the afternoon, you head to the ferry port in Oslo: with your own motorcycle, you check in for the crossing to Germany. This motorcycle tour on your own bike is drawing to a close – you spend the night on board the ferry toward Kiel.

In the morning, the ferry reaches the port of Kiel, and your onroad Norway motorcycle tour ends where it began: back on land, ready for the ride home. Around 2,200 kilometers of fjords, passes and coastal roads now lie behind you.