Norway’s 5 Best Road Trip Routes for a Grand Tour Car Enthusiast

[@MrGlennJohnsen]

As a Norwegian I'd like to add one, very important, detail to anyone who wish to do these road trips: *FOR THE LOVE OF GOD, DO NOT DRIVE THESE AT THE HEIGHT OF TOURISM SEASON (JUNE-SEPTEMBER). THE ROADS ARE OFTEN NARROW AND COMPLETELY CONGESTED BY GERMANS IN THEIR RV's!* Come in May if you can, or late in September. The views are the same- if not better, and most of the roads are clear of congestion. You will have to research your route(s) to see if they're open or not, as many roads are weather exposed and/or closed due to maintenance or other reasons. My favorite road is driving west from Notodden towards Lysebotn, It's around 250km and will take 4.5 hours of solid driving ...but plan for more, the views and roads are equally spectacular. The norwegian automobile association (NAF) has a trip planner which you can use, it even gives suggestions for scenic places to visit near or on your route. Notodden is a town with enough history of its own worth visiting, but for road heads it's a very good starting point from which to start this epic trip. Dalen, Telemark, is barely even a village. It's at the inner most side of a lake-river system, in a valley with steep mountains on either side and the road squiggles like a MF on both sides to get to this location. Lysebotn is famous for its road, it's the definition of hell (or heaven) as a road depending on who you ask. It's challenging, scenic, keeps you focused (for good reasons) and it gives you plenty of emotions as you decline/climb to this tiny spot on earth.

[@f1briefings_SI]

Great advice - thank you for this!!

[@ThomasYao]

Thanks, can't wait to visit your beautiful country!

[@KathyHewins]

Absolutely breathtaking video!!

[@Diggy77]

Norway is Epic!

[@Cube-3710]

It would be epic to see an episode when they drive from Europe up to Norway to see the green lights in the night sky!

[@jamieedwards6721]

Can I just say I'm Welsh and can categorically state that we have puffins and kittiwakes on the Pembrokeshire coast. I've even seen puffins as far south as Spain. The statement that you'll only see these birds in Norway is just wrong.

[@AlexGossett]

Loved this video, adding this to my travel list

[@drojon4813]

Very good suggestions, BUT with Ryfylke you showed «Trollstigen». Its furter north, in «Møre og Romsdal».

[@tyronewhitehead3123]

This is going to be one epic Grand tour the Scenery is beautiful I can almost feel the atmosphere of the place and thank you for this footage it’s very helpful I want to visit one day for the Northern Lights

[@f1briefings_SI]

It's such an amazing place

[@henningaasland8704]

If you're coming here for the northern lights, you must come here during the winter months, and you need at least a 2 week stay.. Driving in Norway in the winter requires a good car(4WD/AWD) and studded tires.. And we have way more fantastic roads than what's listed at Visit Norway..

[@back1114]

Thanks for sharing! Note: The video around 4:40 said to be Sonja, is actually Reine area in Lofoten. I would technically not call this Senja.

[@espetor]

The hairpin road under RYFYLKE is wrong. The 20-something hairpins is the road in Lysebotn. The hairpins in this video is another famous and well worth driving, the Trollstigen (Trolls ladder). And don't drive this in the height of summer because of it's popularity.

[@Youtube_Stole_My_Handle_Too]

I strongly disagree. The first time I drove it, over forty years ago, it was filled with cars and buses from bottom to top. It took two hours to reach the top. We kids got out of the cars and looked down, while the adults chatted and prepared sandwiches and juice. When I drove it for the second time, it took less than ten minutes. I didn't talk to anyone, and it was difficult to feel excited about anything. I would suggest driving there during the peak season and time. I remember the girl in the car in front of us with her piercing blue eyes - I still wonder how she's doing and what she's up to.

[@OpenLogicEFI]

Would love an update on Richar....(sorry habit).... errr James May's crash. I really hope he is doing ok...

[@Thecrazyheadphoneguy]

6:43 Isnt that Trollstigen ?

[@drojon4813]

Yes it is

[@the_jarmel]

Have a good day everyone

[@f1briefings_SI]

You have a good day!

[@ziqiangwang537]

so anything in the south?

[@Dan-fo9dk]

This video seems lumped together rather quickly and poorly researched, with obvious no knowledge of these areas. What is said does not always correspond with pictures and map. On several points are there presented "facts" that has nothing with reality to do. It is so random... Give me any name of a place in Norway .....and I will know it ....and it's location. But so many of the names were butchered ....so I have no idea of what kind of name/place you tried to come up with. There are something called google translate that can help you with pronunciation....but no effort done.... No 5: The route along Varangerfjorden: A: The route runs "close" to the Russian border. Not really. At the closest point it is 128 km (along the road) to the boarder. I don't think that anyone in the UK think that two places which are 128km apart are "close" to each other. B: Most of the pictures presented while talking has nothing with that area to do at all. C: .....bird species like puffin and kittiwake "which you will not see anywhere else in the world". Sorry ...NO... The puffin are to be found all over the northern part of the north-Atlantic....like Labrador (north America), Greenland, Iceland, Faero islands, northern part of the British isles, Norway and east to Nova Semlja(Russia). The Kittiwake are an even more wide spread and plentiful species. It is to found circumpolar ....meaning it's all over the Arctic......whether that is Eurasia or north America. D: There is no reason to name Varanger as the "kingdom of the northern light". It's no better than other places in the very north of Norway. Rather the opposite. The western coast of northernmost Norway is closer to the magnetic pole ....hence greater chance for Aurora. Norway has also Svalbard that is much further north. E: Varanger has the "mildest winters on the Aurora belt". A weird statement....when it is in the context of accessibility. Norway is the northernmost nation on the planet ....and is also the only place in the Arctic with an infrastructure and easy accessibility for everyone. So as long as that Norway is the only candidate in that context is Varanger not the mildest but the coldest area along the coast of Norway. F: Varanger does not really represent "a challenging journey". ...well....well...I wish you good luck when one after the other of the hurricane force winter storms blow up..... No. 4: Road to Havøysund. That road is around 300 km away from the road mentioned above in Varanger. What kind of "circular trip" you are talking about in the connecting of those two roads is beyond me..... For the rest of the video it just go on and on in the same way as mentioned above with random pictures that does not match with the area presented. Like talking about Senja and showing picture of Reine in Lofoten 300 km away. Or talking about Ryfylke with the road to Lysebotn ...while showing a picture of Trollstigen ....which is nearly 1000 km away.

[@gewglesux]

Didnt see one pothole.... I wish the roads in the US weren't so rubbish.

[@korma9732]

Quick driving 😂 it's 50mph with heavy fines for speeding

[@matshjalmarsson3008]

And the Norwegian roads are kind of infamous for being bad

[@XDJawamdam]

Gimme some mo

[@f1briefings_SI]

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[@eprohoda]

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[@f1briefings_SI]

Glad you liked it!