#5 From Leardal via Berdalsfjellet towards Trondheim

 

The view of the Norwegian fjord in the morning

A new day dawns, the first glimpse out of the Tent We head towards the fjord, the sun doesn't really come through in the early morning, but it's not raining, which are good conditions for a nice day.

Breakfast is always such a ceremony for us, we weren't in the mood to have breakfast at the campsite, maybe we'll find a better opportunity on our way.

After a few discussions about where to go next, we agreed on Viggja, which is roughly in the direction of Trondheim.

We didn't want to stay in Trondheim itself; it's usually easier and cheaper to stay just outside of larger cities.

 

The Harley-Davidson navigation system shows the curves ahead.

We didn't have our planned tour set in stone, but each of us already had a rough idea of the direction we wanted to take and a few important destinations in mind. 

Our Ernst really wanted to go to the Pulpit Rock, The view is supposed to be so beautiful. The next plan was to take the ferry to the seven sisters (Seven Waterfalls). 

When we were on the ferry, Ernst told us that he would have to walk to the top and that we would wait for him downstairs for two hours. Of course, he didn't know that, and we promptly got off the ferry at the first landing stage and then, rather by chance, got to experience a mega pass road (Part 2).

The next dream road awaits us

More on that later, because now we have another experience ahead of us. In Floatavegen, the road continued with S-curves, and at some point we saw a sign indicating that we would have to pay, but why was completely unclear to us, as the route seemed rather deserted.

 

Tindevegen is another beautiful route for motorcycles.

The street is called Tindevegen It is a toll road, and the panorama at Berdalsfjellet at the top of the peaks is particularly worth seeing, at least from what I've heard, because it was quite cold and you have to walk to the Berdalsfjellet panorama view. 

We chose another equally beautiful mountain without a name for our panoramic view, which was also great. The road connecting Ärdal and Turtagro is definitely worth a visit; it is a fantastic route with views of the Hurrungane mountain peaks.

 

After the Berdalsfjellet Panorama comes the toll booth.

And then, somewhere in the middle, we came to the toll booth, where a barrier blocked the way and a machine demanded a credit card—and only a credit card. I think we each paid around 80 Norwegian kroner (€1 = approx. 0.11 NK), but it was worth it. 

What surprised us a little was that there was a small hut where two young girls sat and monitored the station. How boring is that? There wasn't even cell phone reception up here, at least not for us. 

You explained to us that the revenue is collected to maintain the national park. Okay, maybe that's a good thing. You can find the station at webcam Take a look, there's nothing up here except this hut for a long time.

 

There was stress at Tråsåvika Camping

For us, this should continue; time flies by incredibly quickly in Norway, and that should also lead to a few more discussions. 

At some point, we got onto the E39, a good road, and it was back to cruising through a fairytale world. It's just beautiful when lakes, rivers, and waterfalls keep appearing on the right and left. 

In the early afternoon, we arrive at the Tråsåvika Campground arrived, this is not a particularly large, but a well-kept campsite, where also biker are welcome. At least with the owner, who meant well and wanted to let us camp alongside a few other German campers.

A German camper in Norway – it almost escalated!

 

Once he had assigned us our spot, we started unpacking when suddenly some stupid camper started grumbling behind me. 

We would block his view, and, believe it or not, he was determined to defend his spot with all his might. His wife quickly disappeared into the camper, and the inevitable happened: things got loud. Well, with Hermann and Ernst around, it's always loud anyway, but now we had caused a commotion throughout the entire campground.

The troublemaker retreated to his camper, and other neighbors showed us what campers are really like, saying directly, "Guys, come join us, we have nothing against you." That was quite a statement, and as you can see in the photo, we had everything we needed for a wonderful evening, which we then spent with decent people.

What should happen the next morning?

Early in the morning, we sit down with the somewhat older and very friendly owner of the campground and have breakfast.

At Tråsåvika Camping, there were fresh rolls and coffee for breakfast.

Now we had one more thing to clarify: how do we continue tomorrow? On my list was: Geiranger Fjord, Trollstigen, Atlantic Road. Hermann and Ernst didn't do all three, but the Lofoten Islands. 

That was a problem, because we didn't have that much time to drive everything. We weren't able to solve the problem that evening, so let's see how it goes the next morning. But more on that in the next part of our Norway Tour.

Accommodations:

1. Leardal Campground
2. Tråsåvika Campground

Many thanks for the kind support of our tour partners, Visit Norway, Color Line, The Rokker Company and the Tallink Silja Line.