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A fjord road trip in Norway by car: 7 stops in 7 days

Norway's fjords are built for a slow drive: short distances, ferries, and a viewpoint every ten minutes. Here is a week from Bergen to Ålesund, stop by stop.

Published 6 October 2026 · facts fetched from Wikipedia on 6 October 2026

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  1. 1 Bergen

    Bergen
    Photo by TomasEE, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

    Bergen is a city and municipality in the Vestland county on the west coast of Norway. Bergen is the second-largest city in Norway after the capital, Oslo. Wikipedia

    Start here: the wooden wharf at Bryggen and the funicular. Collect the car on the morning you leave.

    Written about in 126 languagesStart a trip here

  2. 2 Hardangerfjord and the Vøringsfossen

    Hardangerfjord and the Vøringsfossen
    Photo by JePe, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

    The Hardangerfjord is the fifth longest fjord in the world and the second longest fjord in Norway. It is located in the Hardanger region of Vestland county in western Norway. Wikipedia

    Day one: orchards along the fjord, the Hardanger bridge, and the waterfall at Eidfjord.

    Written about in 31 languagesStart a trip here

  3. 3 Flåm

    Flåm
    Photo by Kenny Louie, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

    Flåm is a village in the Flåmsdalen valley which is located at the inner end of the Aurlandsfjorden, a branch of Sognefjorden. The village is located in Aurland Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. Wikipedia

    Day two: the Flåm railway, the Stegastein viewpoint over Aurlandsfjord, and the Nærøyfjord ferry to Gudvangen.

    Written about in 25 languagesStart a trip here

  4. 4 Sognefjord and Jostedalsbreen

    Sognefjord and Jostedalsbreen
    Photo by en:User:Worldtraveller,, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

    The Sognefjord or Sognefjorden, nicknamed the King of the Fjords, is the longest and deepest fjord in Norway. Wikipedia

    Day three: the ferry across the Sognefjord and the Nigardsbreen glacier arm, walkable from the car park.

    Written about in 46 languagesStart a trip here

  5. 5 Geirangerfjord

    Geirangerfjord
    Photo by Andreas Trepte, CC BY-SA 2.5, via Wikimedia Commons.

    Geirangerfjorden (Norwegian) or Geiranger Fjord (English) is a fjord in the Sunnmøre region of Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is located entirely in Stranda Municipality. Wikipedia

    Day four and five: Geiranger itself, the Eagle Road, and the viewpoint at Dalsnibba.

    Written about in 54 languagesStart a trip here

  6. 6 Trollstigen

    Trollstigen
    Photo by Clementp.fr, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

    Trollstigen is a serpentine mountain road and pass in Rauma Municipality, Møre og Romsdal County, Norway. It is part of Norwegian County Road 63 that connects the town of Åndalsnes in Rauma and the village of Valldal in Fjord Municipality. Wikipedia

    Day six: the hairpins to Åndalsnes, open roughly from late May to October.

    Written about in 26 languagesStart a trip here

  7. 7 Atlantic Ocean Road

    Atlantic Ocean Road
    Photo by Stefan V. Baumgartner, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

    The Atlantic Ocean Road or the Atlantic Road is an 8.3-kilometer (5.2 mi) long section of County Road 64 that runs through an archipelago that crosses Hustadvika Municipality and Averøy Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. Wikipedia

    Day seven: the bridges to Kristiansund, then Ålesund's art nouveau town for the last night.

    Written about in 27 languagesStart a trip here

Riding or driving it

Plan 150 to 200 km a day in the fjords; the ferries and the stops fill the rest. In Roadlegs set a start and end time for each day, and the plan tells you how much driving fits between breakfast and the hotel.

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About the facts and photos

The descriptions in italics are the opening sentences of the Wikipedia article for each place, used under CC BY-SA 4.0, fetched on 6 October 2026. Photos are from Wikimedia Commons under the licence named beside each one. "Written about in N languages" counts the Wikipedia editions that have an article, from Wikidata; it is a measure of how well known a place is, not a rating. Everything else is the author's own opinion. Roads close with the seasons: check before you go.

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