Fjord
Municipality · Møre og Romsdal
About Fjord
Valldal's strawberries, the roaring Gudbrandsjuvet gorge on the road to Trollstigen, and Stordal's 1789 Rose Church, its walls and galleries covered in rose painting.
Fjord is the stretch between Trollstigen and Geiranger: Valldal's strawberry fields, the Norddalsfjord and the narrow Tafjord, with Stordal and the Storfjord shore to the north. Most people drive straight through it on the way between the two.
Give it a night or two: paddle on the Tafjord, visit the summer goat farm at Herdalssetra and buy fruit and cider straight from the farms.
Good to know
- Getting there: Fv63 over Trollstigen from Åndalsnes, the Linge–Eidsdal ferry (about 10 minutes, three an hour) and Ørnevegen to Geiranger, about 50 minutes from Valldal. Ålesund is about 1 h 30 away.
- Season: Trollstigen and the road from Geiranger to Langvatn are closed from November to May; the rest of the valley is open all year.
- Sleeping: About a dozen campsites and a few small hotels, among them Juvet Landskapshotell by Gudbrandsjuvet.
- Food: Valldal strawberries in summer, fruit, juice and cider at Lingebakken farm shop, and goat's cheese at Herdalssetra.
What to do and where to stay in Fjord
Places to stay are run locally, with no hotel or campsite chain behind them.
1GudbrandsjuvetViewpoint
A narrow gorge where the Valldøla forces through rock, seen from Jensen & Skodvin's curving walkways, with a summer café at the river's edge.
Valldalen, Fv 63 Geiranger–Trollstigen · 20–40 min · May–October (café summer)
2Rosekyrkja (Stordal Old Church)History & culture
An octagonal 1789 church that reused parts of a 14th-century stave church, its walls, pillars and galleries covered in rose painting and biblical scenes.
Stordalsvegen, Stordal · 30–45 min · summer (2025: 14 June–17 August, 11–16)
3HerdalssetraHistory & culture
A shared summer farm 520 m up a steep 10 km toll road from Norddal, with over 30 old buildings and goat farming unbroken for more than 300 years.
Herdalen, above Norddal village · 1–3 h · summer
4ZakariasdammenLocal oddity
A 96 m concrete dam above Tafjord, the highest in Northern Europe when finished in 1968; walk out on it and look for walls of drowned farms at low water.
Above Tafjord, end of the paved road · 30 min · snow-free season
5Lingebakken farm shopFood & drink
A fruit farm at Linge selling its own organic apples, pears and plums, cherries in July, apple juice and cider; cider tastings for groups by appointment.
Linge 75, Valldal · 20–45 min · July–October almost daily; otherwise by appointment
6Mefjellet from HaugeHike
A red-graded climb via the Nysetra summer farm to the 1,104 m top above Norddalsfjorden, with views into Valldalen; also a winter ski and snowshoe top.
Hauge, above Fjøra (sign to Selboskar) · Day trip (14 km) · all year (winter on skis)
7Muldal and MuldalsfossenHike
A late-1800s path climbs 13 bends to the abandoned Muldal farms in a hanging valley, beside a waterfall with a free fall of almost 200 m.
Between the tunnels on the road to Tafjord · About 2 h return (2 km each way) · snow-free season
8Norddal ChurchHistory & culture
Eight-sided church raised in 1782–84 by the farmer Ole Larssen Døving, on the south shore of Norddalsfjorden.
Norddal village · 15–30 min · exterior all year
9Bedringens vegNature
An easy 5.8 km riverside loop on gravel path along the Valldøla from Valldal centre, open all year and suitable for all ages.
Valldal centre, north bank of the Valldøla · 1–2 h (5.8 km, 107 m up) · all year
10Tafjord disaster memorial stonesHistory & culture
Memorial stones in Fjøra and Tafjord recall the night of 7 April 1934, when a rockfall sent waves up to about 60 m over the villages, killing around 40 people.
Fjøra and Tafjord village, inner Norddalsfjorden · 15–30 min · all year
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